October 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Here’s a few photos from the past week at Southend… First a rather smart Dornier 228 of Aurcus Air on stand after operating a passenger charter:

D-CAAR Arcus Air D228 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Former Brussels Airline 737-400returning to the hanagr after engine runs.

OO-VES B734 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr
The latest acquisition for Rossiya, a former Frontier Airlines aircraft as still registered as such.

N942FR Rossiya A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr
And now the main event, the new airline at Southend, OLT Express Germany who have commenced passenger flights from Saarbrucken and Dresden. Really nice to have some different aircraft types at Southend, such a this Fokker 100.

D-AKFB OLT Expres F100 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

D-AFKB OLT Expres F100 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr
And later what was meant to be the inaugural flight from Saarbrucken, until of course the Fokker 1000 operating the flight developed a technical problem on departure from Saarburcken and diverted to Stuttgart….

D-AOLB OLT S200 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr
So six hours late, a Saab 2000 arrives, no stranger to Southend, having being painted at Southend in March this year.
Once again, I hope these are of interest!
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 22nd October 2012 at 19:29
Well there’s my fun ruined 😀
By: AeroPics - 21st October 2012 at 22:26
Thanks for all your comments. Certainly nice to have some more interesting regional aircraft at Southend, if only for a couple of weeks before OLT stops for a while…
I’m afraid the Brussels 737 is actually OO-VES MANAIRPORTMAD!
Alan – It probably was the Fokker you’ve seen on departure. Unfortunately there has been a bit of drought of 727 movements, the last one was December last year. 🙁
By: AlanR - 20th October 2012 at 22:39
Nice photos.
It must have been FKB I saw during the week. It was just disappearing into
clouds over my house after taking off.
I only go a brief glimpse and thought it was a 727 😮
By: EGTC - 20th October 2012 at 19:54
Excellent 🙂
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 20th October 2012 at 18:33
Oo yes I like the reg of the Brussels 😀
OLT looks great too, nice shots!