RECENT NEW ACTIVITY @ LHR
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Yep, 9V-SFO - I've seen it while out walking so often recently I thought it must be daily!
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G-VLNM at LHR
Anyone know the story why VS A330 VLNM ferried DSA-LHR today? I take it this is for continued use to infill or some MX? Most of the other VS 330s including the RR powered ones have recently gone south to CIDUAD REAL presumably for further storage.
This must be cheaper storage than MAN/GLA/DSA? unless their fate is going to be otherwise part out/scrap
I see 2x VS A350 are nearing completion and handover including G-VDOT an ex Airbus Industrie demo and G-VRNB.
This must be cheaper storage than MAN/GLA/DSA? unless their fate is going to be otherwise part out/scrap
I see 2x VS A350 are nearing completion and handover including G-VDOT an ex Airbus Industrie demo and G-VRNB.
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CSN A380 was coming in weekly scheduled service every WEDS (and then seems to dropped to every other Wednesday)
Been charter ops last couple of Monday afternoons arrival around 1445local but i think those have ceased now were one offs.
One caught me out over north London the other day and i thought i was seeing things initially then realised it was this
EK is due to resume A380 ops daily DXB-LHR very soon apparently
Been charter ops last couple of Monday afternoons arrival around 1445local but i think those have ceased now were one offs.
One caught me out over north London the other day and i thought i was seeing things initially then realised it was this
EK is due to resume A380 ops daily DXB-LHR very soon apparently
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Wamos 747 on approach into Heathrow, actually did a couple of turns around the Epsom stack, I imagine for noise considerations - it's just 6am - rather than spacing! Strangely I didn't hear it or the BA777 immediately after, whereas the AA 787 following was quite audible despite following a track on the other side of my house, albeit a bit closer! Windows on this side are open too...
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I was in Kenya then... I kept thinking Wisley... Ockham! Had to look at a chart.
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TUI 767 PH-OYI made a brief stop at Heathrow this morning arriving from somewhere across the pond, now on its way to Amsterdam...
I think I read somewhere that a few Nigerian repatriation flights are to be attempted this week into LHR using those 777's that were over (without pre-arrangement) a few weeks back.
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Emirates A380 just passed over me outbound Heathrow. Is that the first EK example for a while or have any others sneaked in while my back was turned?
Long standing twice weekly B744F Thu/Sat pm.
Thankyou, yes apparently to LHR for light and then Manila for heavy Mx. That must be a sign that they'll be back in service sometime in the not too distant future, unlike the beautiful, but high-houred 747's.
I saw an Emirates A380 roll on by this morning into LHR from DXB. That's the first one that I've noticed since the lockdown in March. I wonder if that's a sign of more traffic, or just a consolidation of two flights ?
In general there does seem to be more flights at the moment into LHR than for some time.
In general there does seem to be more flights at the moment into LHR than for some time.