I was at MAN all day, with no obvious local weather issues at the time you mention.

Flights were delayed during the evening due to CB build up in the region,making departures unsafe.

bmi maybe pulling a fast one.

lee

What is the best time to bag the 75’s on the deck together?

Gary and I were at LBA yesterday morning, and soon realised from the arrivals on the LBAI website that there were no arrivals for 2 1/2 hours, so we gave up and drove to MAN. Pleasant 100 mile round trip on the M62 for no reason. I suppose i should have checked arrivals before i left home, although i never thought of LBA as being that quiet.

By the time we got to MAN it was chucking it down and we had missed the Qatari.

The AVP breakfast and lunch made up for the dismal aircraft activity.

lee

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Can anyone confirm where G-CELB and TF-ELO are based at the moment?

Lee

Hi Guys,

You will need to hire a car at PMI to get the other side of the active.

When leaving the airport follow the signs towards Palma town and take the first exit off the main road once passed the end of the runway. Take the first junction off the exit roundabout and then the first right after about 30 yards into what seems like an industrial area. You will immediately hit a mini roundabout; take the second to last exit and follow the road around to the right until you reach the runway.

This is the entrance into the military part of the airport, although the security are happy as long as you do not drive past the no entry signs. You can however walk past the signs and access the bank on the left which would elevate you high enough for photography.

WARNING. This area is used by many local drug adicts to get there shot and as such the floor is littered with used syringes. Some very bizzarre locals can patrol this area, thus i would recommend a car. I would not want to be trapped on foot by some of them.

It is a fantastic airport where you will make a third of the Air-Berlin fleet every day.

Enjoy.

Lee

I heard it was transferring to MAN as the LBA load factors were poor?

Only kiddin.

Lee

As long as it arrives during daylight hours, i’ll be happy.

I cant believe i am looking forward to seeing a PIA.

lee

Cologne is a fairly cheap option with HLX. Good viewing facilities although photography is through glass. Having said that so is MAD. Cologne is getting very busy now with german LoCo’s and the Luftwaffe 310’s are based there.

With the new terminal and runways in use, MAD traffic will be split in two and difficult to ID everything from the old terminal eating area. Very orange and red. MAD is reasonably priced to get to and hotels are not badly priced if you dont mind a taxi journey away from the airport.

Having been on a ZRH ramp tour i can highly recommend it. In summer you get transported to the the remote terminal, to sit in the middle of the action. Local hotels are expensive. ZRH is not easy to get to from regional UK.

AMS is an all time favourite. ‘easy’ to get to from most of the uk with good facilities and reasonably local hotels. Shame is all blue.

Why dont we just go to Miami?

Lee