Another update – 2 star visitors at work today.
This was the first – in to take Chelsea off to Newark, NJ.

Pace Airlines – N767MW – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
Then the beast dropped in for a BA staff visiting session this afternoon.

British Airways – G-XLEA – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

British Airways – G-XLEA (wide angle) – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

British Airways – G-XLEA nose – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

British Airways – G-XLEA Panoramic view – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

British Airways – G-XLEA tail – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

G-XLEAf by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

G-XLEAg by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

G-XLEAh by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
Just a shame the weather wasn’t as good as it has been in recent weeks! 😡
The second visit yesterday of the NAX Dreamliner – caught just before its departure last night.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Long Haul) – EI-LNA nose – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Long Haul) – EI-LNA – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
This week’s star guest – arrived yesterday from Male in the Maldives and is apparently due to leave today and head up to Luton.
VH-LAL

Littl Aviation Ltd. – VH-LAL – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
6 more from this mornings shift…

Republic of Ghana – 9G-EXE by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

First Union Commercial Corp. – N545CS – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

United Arab Emirates (Dubai Air Wing) – A6-ESH – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

United States Aviation – N227WE – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

United States Aviation – N227WE close – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

British Airways – G-EUNB – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
So, it was a rather quiet shift this morning so here’s a couple from last month.

Turkish Airlines – TC-JNK – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Virgin Atlantic – G-VROS – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Germania – D-ASTC – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Lufthansa – D-AIHO – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Lufthansa – D-AIMB nose – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Lufthansa – D-AIMB – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
Cheers guys – glad they are of interest to some. Plenty more to come over the following days / weeks etc.
Two little bizzies from today (13/6)

Luxaviation – LX-SEH – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr

Aerodynamics Magaga – EC-LCX – London Gatwick (LGW) by Andrew_Simpson, on Flickr
The A330’s were originally destined for Air Asia X – Hence the red/grey interior.
It was late yesterday by nearly 2 hours. It was due to get in at around 8pm but failed to arrive until about 9.40pm – hence the late departure.
The flight was operated by the A330 but not in a full livery – very similar to the livery on the A320 shown in the first pic of this thread.
Nice job on catching the spanking new Iberia A330!
We’ve had a few visits in the last few weeks (most recent yesterday 1-3-2012) of SX-BHV of Hermes Airline (Air Mediterranee – A320) coming into Gatwick from Baghdad via Erbil.
Does anyone know if this has had anything to do with the resumption of Iraqi Airways flights into London?
I hear that when they do start up again at Gatwick they will be using A330s!
Looking at the larger version of your photo, it looks to read “MMM” on the nose wheel door, which would imply that it is A6-MMM.
Flight radar is usually pretty up-to-date with its info too, so it probably was this one.

B-LNK – This was the last Hong Kong Airlines A330 to leave us.

LY-COS – As of late this has been another regular on most weekends. I heard yesterday that they have bought Iceland Express, so I would imagine we’ll be seeing more of them at Gatwick in the future.

LY-SKW – This has been a regular over the summer months, operating out to Greece on charters for Small Planet Airlines.

N577DA – One of our many biz visitors.

G-VINE – One of the newer VS A330’s in service. It was originally leased to Ryan International as N771RD.

I-SNAW – Another bizzy visitor.

LY-FLH – Awaiting its next mission.

G-VROM – One of the many based VS 747’s.

G-VYOU – Positioned in from Amsterdam a few weeks ago to operate a one off charter to Orlando and back.

HL7598 – One of the newer, regular airlines operating out of Gatwick.

G-EUPM – One of our recent diversions – en route to LHR from AMS. Seen here being readied for push back for its return to Heathrow.

EI-ERH – After Strategic Airlines went bankrupt due to loosing its contract with Olympic Holidays, Livingston picked up the contract and now use this A320 on services to the Greek isles from Gatwick.

G-PJLO – One of our regulars, resting between flights.

N17126 – Another recent fog related diversion. Newark to Heathrow (UA8) – seen here departing to LHR.

EI-DCL – Ryanair’s Dreamliner.

9Y-LHR – And after some time of using chartered Omni Air 767’s, Caribbean Airlines finally sent us one of their own!



9M-MMI – A recent diversion at LGW – En route to Kemble for scrapping, but due to fog came here.
Hope these were enjoyed! Cheers.
The Air Canada is an A319 that does a daily flight between St. John’s and LHR. Arrives early morning and departs around midday.
Thanks for the comments – more shots to come during the week.
G-OBYG in full new livery. The first to receive it. I think it looks better on the 787. There is a picture of the 767 at Manchester on http://www.skyliner-aviation.de
Nice shots Matt.
I think both of the KLM shots are the exact aircraft Michael (T5) and myself flew on last year to AMS and back – He may have to clarify! BGB there and BGH back?