Another of the Nordwind 777 this morning to EGLL

5 May2020 VQ-BJA (Nordwind Airlines B777-212ER) EX 9V-SVK On NWS9430 UUEE-EGLL

A NORDWIND 773 also into BHX this morning along with a positioning POWD Titan 763 from STN
G-VROS just positioned from LHR-MAN (another VS B744 positioned LGW-MAN last weekend)

I saw a strange looking A320 this morning coming out of LHR, and it was a Joon example flying an AF flight from/to CDG. As a subsidiary it must be easy for them to substitute it as and when. Also just seen an Argentinian A330 going in, rather nifty paint job.

Joon was AF's short-lived foray into the LCC arena, only lasted from 2017 to (unhappy coincidence) June 2019. The fleet reverted to AF, but perhaps restoring the AF livery is a low priority

I think the Argentinian A330 may have been Spanish. Evelop A330 flew quite close to my house this morning on her way into LHR. Reg was EC-MTY.

Aerolineas A330 LV-GHQ landed around 1540.

Indeed! And this is no doubt the flight referred to by springheeledjack.
By coincidence, the Argentinian flight just passed overhead my place on it's way back home.

I also noted a Canadian 767 freighter coming in around 5pm, perhaps subbing for DHL, who strangely have been a bit invisible (to me) for the last few days in comparison to the last many weeks when they seemed to be very very regular.

The Cargojet B763 seems to have taken over from the Amerijet one on the daily CVG/LHR rotation.

Sort of LHR and General area comment

Looking at Fr 24 yesterday it showed an RAF C17 LHR to Brize which i thought must have excited some people lucky enough to see it. On closer inspection it was actuall y Northolt to Brize which i believe is not that uncommon. Just shows that FR 24 has its oddities in many aspects of its service. presumably Northolt is so close to LHR and uses LHR Approach was the reason. Didnt seem to get above 2500 ft which must have been entertaining for those below it .

I am getting a bit bored with the empty skies above me in Camberley- a few LHR inbounds a fee Mil Helis (including the inevitable Chinooks up and down the M3 making everything vibrate for miles around) seem to still be movements in and out of FNB no doubt reinforcing the fact that there really is one law for the rich etc. I had a moments hope today around 10390 ish when i was sure I heard a merlin spit or hurricane transiting to from a VE day flypast but sadly couldnt see it.



PB

Spitfiire was G-ILDA Departed Goodwood and flew around .over london ,

Canadian 767 freighter and Vamos A330 just gone in one after the other.

just notuced the wamos air On the log

EC-LNH PLM344 LGAV - EGLL

C-GVIJ (Boeing 767 - MSN 27212) KSVG-EGLL CargoJet Not one ive heard of before

See post #88.

The Nordwind NWS B777 this morning VP-BJG NWS9443 UUEE-EGLL.

I was surprised top see a pair of BA flights inbound from JFK following each other. BA114 (G-YMML) passed near my house at 08:07, followed by BA172 (G-YMMI) 7 or 8 ,minutes later. During this period, it has become quite common to see early morning trans Atlantic traffic arriving on what seems to be the reciprocal of the usual outbound route, via Basingstoke and Southampton. Oh, and G-VLUX was not too far behind these, also from JFK.

They come in pairs!
A couple of minutes ago, 2 BA 777s flew overhear JFK-LHR, just 2 minutes behind each other. Ahead of them was a United flight arriving from ORD and behind the BA flights was another United flight ex ORD.
I have to admit, it is nice to hear these flights approaching. It looks as if there will be an American from MIA soon and then... quiet skies for probably the rest of the day!

Almost all (if not) the BA flights now are "Freighters", even from JFK.

Bamboo Airways 787 VN-A818 just left Heathrow for Ho Chi Minh City - never heard of them before...

I must admit I was bamboozled too.

They may panda to a new class of customer...

that was an interesting one, are they any relation to Vietnam Airlines? Will we see this one in LHR again I wonder?
VN just started brining their A350 on resumed flights but I see a 789 was back in the other day The numbering sequence of the Bamboo Dreamliner isn't far off the VN airlines 789s.

Linked flights
 

Seems to be an increase in joined up services which might make sense.
I see last night PT-MUF of LATAM operated a flight FRA-LHR-GRU wonder if it operated in bound like this also?
The Koreans seem to be doing a LHR-CDG-SEL as well I suppose with low volumes these "stoppers" might become more regular.
LATAM A350 the other week did 2x LHR-CDG-GRU

I think the registration is simply in a sequence that Vietnam uses for all civil airliners. It's used by all the airlines: Air Vietnam, Bamboo (no connection with VN, they are a subsidiary of a construction company), VietJetAir, JetStar Pacific, etc.

319 leaving LHR now for CHR. Going to pick up a 380 or another one for the park? Strange times.

Pretty busy this morning!

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14/05/2020

VQ-BXD shell FA8X In this morning

Vitenam Airlines A350 VN-A899 in today and just climbed out past me, is that a first visit? I've only noticed the 787s on the trackers before.

It was the 1st visit of this particular airframe apparently.

The Chateauroux A319 is just skimming past Surrey on it's way back into LHR.

While I have no personal interest in what registration marks are worn by a particular aircraft, those that do care are enjoying the fact that, despite the greatly reduced number of movements, Heathrow is currently getting a higher-than-usual average of 2-3 aircraft per day that have never visited before.

A thought came to me yesterday evening and it was this...If 90% of the long-haul (perhaps SH also) flights are cargo flights and the cabin is full of cargo, how are they unloaded at LHR. I'm assuming that they park at the gates at the various terminals, so underbelly containers would come out as normal, but how about the large cabin loads ? Airbridge seems too complicated, perhaps a catering truck with telescopic capabilities ? Whichever, it must be very labour-intensive.

Also, I caught the Air China 747 coming into LHR yesterday afternoon. I haven't seen one of those in a good while, or at least it seems that way.

My guess is that they would park on remote stands and the cargo off loaded from there.
I noticed that Delta are going to reintroduce some pax flights because of the need to carry cargo.

Anyone clock N700KW today at LHR (G-BNWP as was) ex BA B767-336ER going Houston - LHR then what appears quick turnaround then towards Lagos/Nigeria direction.
Last time any of these fine machines were over here was the Thomas cook repriations to/from LGW and GLA. Great to be back on its home patch albeit a brief stop.

Cargojet B763F was in again today.
Massive amount of China Airlines, Capital Airlines and Hainan A330s in on recent days.
Cargologic appears to have resumed flights again to/from LHR, yesterday B744F G-CLAA was in.
Vietnam A359 seems almost daily now often in addition to the B789.
Alitalia B772 was in last night in addition to the A330 from FCO

A (G-TUIx) TUI Dreamliner was in late last week doing a repatriation flight from Ecuador (GYE) clearly a one off.

SAS NEO SE-ROY making appearances at LHR, very smart new livery.

SkyUp 737 UR-SQP just thundered over me, outbound Heathrow... Another carrier I'd never heard of.

They’re using DHL/Do&Co trucks to help out. Yes it is very labour intensive. This is balanced out by not having many flights to cater and plenty of spare rampies.

Tomorrow, the CHR A319 will do LHR-CHR, drop off the A380 engineers, then go to TLS to drop off 2 A350 pilots, then go back to CHR to pick up the engineers and ferry them back to LHR. A brand new A350 (G-XWBF) will follow to LHR from TLS on a delivery flight.

champ

Interesting - the day trips to Déols for the past couple of weeks have been on Thursdays. Presumably this week's has been brought forward a day to facilitate the A350 delivery.

Thanks champair79 for that information. Do you know if they use trolleys in the cabin to move the cargo ? Those seats, especially in Business and First are very expensive and there has to be incidental damage to them by the nature of loading/unloading, or are the rampies schooled in the art of gentle movement ? ;-)

See the new A350 is enroute and just abeam St Malo as I type. G-XWBB and XWBE are both currently stored according to Planespotter.

Their first 787-10 G-ZBLA has also been flown, wonder when that will be delivered.

The latest Wonderbus just flew past...

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I believe it's due tomorrow morning.