Aircraft parked at LGW
 

Does anyone know why the MD-80 from ItAli Airlines has been parked over by the cargo area for so long? I've flown through Gatwick a couple of times in the last month and it has always been parked there going nowhere.

Also, does anyone know the regs of the 2 parked 757's outside the BA hangar?

There was on ex BA B757 last Saturday noted, G-CPER less titles if that helps.

Cheers for that. When I flew out yesterday there were two parked, with at least one of them with blue undersides and G- regs.

There was also a white A320 parked there but I assumed this was the Astraeus aircraft which is being by BA as backup.

If it's all white it's likely G-STRP as that was next to G-CPER when I passed through. However there was an ex BA A320 G-BUS* with blue undersides kicking around Hangar 6 recently as well.

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The BA A320 is G-BUSH that has now been withdrawn from service. The ex BA B757's seem to be sent to LGW before heading off to the USA for cargo conversion. The A320 all in white (G-STRP) is indeed the back up a/c leased from Astraeus, it has only been used once in that role so far.

Thanks everyone. Anyone know the back story of the ItAli MD-80?

Some of the officals of ItAli were arrested recently for alledged tax offences......

There may be some issues regarding payments to Eurocontrol

Good Grief , I thought G-BUSH would have been bakebean tins by now it was in the batch of Airbuses we took over from I think B.U.A. back in the early 80s we used to call it George after the then president.
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Not quite - G-BUSH delivered 12/88.

Owned by GA Telesis Leasing, so they might be hoping to squeeze some commercial life out of it yet.

Sorry mate, feeling particularly mischaevous today.............

A more pointless reply is going to be hard to find anywhere on PPRuNe.

Not quite - G-BUSH delivered 19/06/89.

And still registered, according to CAA, to BAW.

I am told the MD-80 was impounded.

It was indeed detained last year and won't be going anywhere just yet.

G-BUSH
 

What eventually happened to G-BUSH? Is it back in service or still in storage/parking? And if so, where? Still registered to BAW?

<<What eventually happened to G-BUSH?>>

It ought to be a gate guardian at Gatwick in recognition of a past Chief Officer!

G-BUSH went to Lourdes in March for scrapping.

Not healing, then?
;)

Don't know about yesterday but the 2 unliveried BA 757's there today are G-CPER and G-CPES and there is a BA 757 Open Skies F-GPEJ

The MD80 was recently advertised for sale by NATS!
I think they must be owed a lot for route charges etc.

40612 now just a memory