Boxing Day at EGPH

On days like these you’re better going to the Lenny Bridge up at the cargo end, Rab. Then you can stay in the car until something happens 😉

thanks for the comments guys much appreciated if it had’nt been for the wind chill it would have been not a bad day, but the wind was cutting right thru i can stand the cold but that day it just got too much.
Rab5869 ( Darkside Aviation )

Nice work Rab.Getting the hang of the new camera then?
Hope you had yer long johns on there big yin. brrrrrr. Great catch getting the Aer Arrann .

found this steve

1994: City Jet founded, operating Dublin to London City, 2 aircraft.
May 1997: Start of Air France relationship operating Dublin to Charles De Gaulle on wet-lease.
March 1999: Award of Dublin to Charles De Gaulle franchise. Operates Charles De Gaulle to London City, Florence and Strasbourg on wet-lease.
October 2000: Dublin to London City ceased. More wet-lease added. Fleet grows to 8 BAe146 aircraft.
March 2001: Award of franchise routes Charles De Gaulle to London City and Florence. Dublin to Malaga also commenced as Code Share. Fleet size now at 11 BAe 146 aircraft.
March 2002: Award of Charles De Gaulle to Gothenburg and Edinburgh as Franchise.
March 2003: Launch of Online Facility. Recommencement of Dublin to London City.
Winter 03: Award of Charles De Gaulle to Zurich as Franchise. Recommenced Dublin to London City. 14 Aircraft.Summer 04: Increase of Dublin to London City to 5 a day / 16 aircraft, serving TRN, AMS, STR, BSL and PAU on wet lease.
Summer 05: Cessation of wet lease activities. Takeover of CDGBHX – 6 Rotations per day. 18 aircraft by end of season.Winter 05: Addition of overnight LCY to Paris, cessation of Dublin – Malaga. CityJet now operating approx 82 scheduled sectors per day on 8 franchise routes for Air France
Winter 05: Addition of overnight LCY to Paris, cessation of Dublin – Malaga. CityJet now operating approx 82 scheduled sectors per day on 8 franchise routes for Air France
Summer 06: Introduction of 7th Frequency on DUB and FLR to Charles de Gaulle. CityJet now operating approx 86 scheduled sectors per day on 8 franchise routes for Air France with 20 Aircraft.
Winter 06: CityJet announce it has concluded negotiations for the acquisition of 23 AVRO RJ85 aircraft with a value of $221m. The phased introduction of the new aircraft from November 2006 represents a significant investment not only in fleet replacement, but also in the comapny’s future.
Summer 07: CityJet for Air France a new network launched out of London City Airport. New routes include Belfast City, Geneva, Madrid, Nice and Zurich with Dundee and Edinburgh to be operated on a codeshare basis with our partners Scot Airways

All great shots..i’ve not heard of Cityjet do you have some background on them??

Hi Rab.
Looks like another cold day up North. Don’t know if you’re trying to take the 757 or branching out into birds in action!!! Like the head on Aer Arran.
Hope you are having a good’n
Cheers
Stu

Nice pics! Just spare some thoughts for all the hard working people who keep commercial aviation going! It isnt easy getting up in the tiny hours of the morning the day after christmas to go to work.

I was one of them, off till late tommorow so a few beers are calld for right now! Happy christmas.

Good shots Rab, although looking at all those Flybe and Cityjet shots reminds me of the even more limted choice we’ll have to snap in 2008 now that BA Connect regional has gone and VLM merges into Cityjet…

I wonder what Loganair will look like in the coming months ?

Nice work rab!

Liking the first shot of the shorts and also the first cityjet and BA 757 shots too! 😀