Good day at LGW.

I went up to LGW this morning. Got there about 11:45am. I Firstly parked along side the runway in a side turning on the road that runs parrallel with the main runway.

The aircraft were taking off away from the south terminal building, so the spot where I was parked was to say the least a very crappy spot, because half of the time, the aircraft were already pretty high up, and being the number cruncher that I am, this made it harder to see the registrations on the planes.

About 12:00pm, made my mind up to go to the spectators viewing area… I haven’t been up there for nearly 6 years!!! , how it has changed! Was very pleased with the price to get in… £1.50 for as long as you want.

Being the usuall Heathrow spotter, today was a real treat for me, saw the new liveries of Britannia, MyTravel, Monarch, Air 2000 and Thomas Cook. First time I had seen any of these.

The last time i visited LGW was in July last year… and since then many of the charter airlines have been painted up in the new colours… all but Britannia it seemed?

Dave… you said you were up there this morning, from what time were you there?, I may have seen you without noticing? I do agree with you though, the viewing is becoming more and more restricted due to on going building work. Nice to see that the comet with the short wings is still there. 🙂

By 1:30pm the landing traffic was rapidly fizzling out. But at the same time depature traffic was booming. Got really busy. Near enough the whole of the south terminal was empty by 2pm.

So overall, an enjoyable day for me, and a real treat at that. I plan to go up there again very soon. Going up to LHR, has become a little tiresome as of late… keep seeing the same thing over and over, just made a change to see something different.
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The list of what I saw today (9th March) at LGW.

British Airways — 737-400 — G-DOCW — Rendezvous colours
Monarch Airlines — A321-200 — G-OZBF — New colours
EasyJet Airlines — 737-300 — G-EZYT
Air 2000 — 757-200 — G-OOOD — New colours
My Travel — 757-200 — G-CCMY — New colours — with Daallo titles
EasyJet Airlines — 737-300 — G-EZYR
EasyJet Airlines — 737-300 — G-EZYB
British Airways CitiExpress — BAe 146-300 — G-OINV — UK Flag colours
Continental Airlines — 777-200ER — N78009
Britannia Airways — 767-200ER — G-BRIF
Belavia — TU-154m — EW-85748
Monarch Airlines — A330-200 — G-EOMA — Old colours
Thomas Cook Airlines — 757-200 — G-JMCG — Just recently painted
RyanAir — 737-200 — EI-CNW
Thomas cook Airlines — A320-200 — G-CVYJ — Newest addition to the fleet
European Air Charter — 737-200 — G-CEAE
Air Plus Comet — A310-300 — EC-IHV — Plain white livery
British Airways(GB Airways) — A321-200 — G-TTIA — UK Flag
British Airways — 737-400 — G-DOCP — UK Flag
European Air Charter — 747-200 — G-BDXH
Astraeus — 737-700 — G-STRC
Air France Regional — ERJ-145 — F-GUBB
Britsh Airways — 777-200ER — G-VIIR
EasyJet Airlines — 737-700 — G-EZJT — Latest addition to the fleet
Air 2000 — 767-300ER — G-OOAN — New colours
Astraeus — 737-700 — G-STRD
Air 2000 — A321-200 — G-OOAV — New colours
British Airways — 737-400 — G-DOCL — S.Africa Tail
Maersk Air — 737-500 — OY-APP
My Travel — A320-200 — G-CRPH — New colours
British Airways — 737-400 — G-DOCS — UK Flag
Britannia Airways — 767-200ER — G-BYAB — Old colours
British Airways — 737-500 — G-GFFI — UK Flag
Britannia Airways — 757-200 — G-BYAT — New colours
Excel Airways — 737-800 — G-XLAG
Emirates Airlines — 777-300 — A6-EMV — Newest addition to fleet, only weeks old.
British European — BAe 146-200 — G-JEAV — Old colours
British Airways — 737-300 — G-LGTI — UK Flag
British Airways — ATR-72 — G-BYTO — UK Flag
British Airways — 737-400 — G-DOCX — Ireland tail
British Airways — ATR-72 — G-BVTJ — Waves and Crains
Northwest Airlines — DC-10-30ER — N240NW
Astraeus — 737-300 — G-STRA
Palmair — 737-200 — G-CEAF — Just recently painted into Palmair livery
Air 2000 — 767-300ER — G-OOAL — New colours
British Airways — 737-500 — G-GFFD — UK Flag
British Airways — ERJ-145 — G-EMBS — UK Flag
Air 2000 — 757-200 — G-CPEP –New colours/ Ex B.A
British Airways — 737-400 — G-BVNO — Tartan colours
American Airlines — 767-300ER — N382AN
EasyJet Airlines — 737-700 – G-EZJC
British Airways — 737-400 — G-GBTA — Youm-al-Suq colours
Alitalia — MD-82 — I-DATM
Thomas Cook Airlines — 757-200 — G-JMCF
Monarch Airlines — A320-200 — G-MONX — Old colours
TAP Air Portugal — A319-100 — CS-TTK

The biggest suprise of the afternoon for me was the Belavia 154 and the Air Plus Comet A310.

So overall, a good couple of hours spotting. I would have stayed longer but… it was way to windy, and i was freezing!!!