Tristar - At Gatwick Last Saturday

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21st Aug 2006, 21:31

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Tristar - At Gatwick Last Saturday

I noticed a Tristar Landing at Gatwick on Saturday. Does anyone know if this is a regular ?

It made a nice change to see one on approach again.

22nd Aug 2006, 07:49

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Not a regular, it was operating a sub-charter, for XLA if memory serves me.

22nd Aug 2006, 23:08

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thats pretty cool i didn't think they operated anymore especially at Gatwick

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We still see the occasional L-1011, when operators have run out of their own a/c. BA were running one last year and Excel did 2 rotations last weekend. The ones we see are all Portugese registered (CS-xxx) Being 3-engined, they're useful on routes where ETOPS would be ruired for a twin and you've run out of approval for that on your fleet...

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