Got these 2 of it at LGW today.

Ahh damn, I relied on H30 to get to that side of the airport if they were on 09’s. Is there any other bus to BA Waterside?

Also use bus 285 to get to the visitors centre. It takes you right round past the hotels and McDonalds, then along the Eastern Perimter road to Hatton Cross.

First of all, don’t count on any viewing facilities. This is BAA we’re talking about. The queens building is not still open, no. When you get the coach down, it will drop you off at the central bus station which is the bus station for Terminal’s 1,2 and 3. It then depends on what runway they’re on. If they are on 27’s, then jump on the 285 bus towards Hatton Cross. It will take you down the perimeter road which is on short finals for the runway, and as soon as you see an apropriate spot you can just wait for the next stop and jump off.

If they’re on 09’s, jump on the H30 bus which is the free BA staff shuttle to BA’s HQ, Waterside. From here you shall be able to see the arrivals just half a mile or so away. It’s then a case of walking down the dual carriage way (on the path of course!) and you will eventually come to the approach lights.

Yeah we have 4 satellites here (soon to be 5) with about 20 gates on each. The Alpha’s are for the cargo, which generally shows up the most surprises. The Bravo’s tend to have a lot of EZY, but this is also where much of the Charter stuff and other interesting things go from. But when it get to the Charlie’s and Delta’s, don’t ask! You will literally see 737 after 737, as most of the other 737 operators including Air Berlin use these. Then if you want to see half of the Ryanair fleet in one, look at the Delta’s. This one was built for Ryanair, and is 100% dominated by them.

I don’t want to argue with you now wannabe pilot, I didn’t mean to get you annoyed!

Sorry, I’m not arguing! I should have put a ‘ 🙂 ‘ in there! Just trying to highlight the fact that we are so over shadowed by Ryanair and Easyjet that it makes the airport look bad.

No! No, no, no. Why is Stansted just in the huge shadow of Ryanair and Easyjet?! Anyone that lives here will know, STN is always underestimated because of RYR and EZY creating such a big image here. You have to expect the 737’s, as they are the world’s most popular airliner. However, we do get lots of variation. A typical hour and a half at Stansted, looking from my registration book, will show these up:

3 GSS 747-400F’s (If you’re lucky enough to see them all at once, most of the time only 2 on the ground)
1 Eastern Airways J41
1 Aurigny Saab 340
1 Aurigny ATR
1 West Air Sweden ATP
1 Thomas Cook A320
1 MYT A320
1 Air Contractors ATR
1 Air Contractors A300
1 Asiana 747-400F
1 Titan 146
2 FedEx MD-11’s
1 UPS 767
and 1 Polet An-124

That is not including any 737’s. If you include these aswell, here’s what ya get:

9 Ryanair 737-800’s
2 Ryanair 737-200’s
5 Easyjet 737-300’s
3 Air Berlin 737’d
1 Air Berlin Fokker 100
1 CSA 737
1 Malev 737
1 Transavia 737
1 Iceland Express 737
and 1 Channel Express 737

That was several weeks ago on a Thursday evening, from about 5-7pm.

Britannia have a few based 757’s. We also get Transavia ones, a few private ones, namely Mid East Jet. Also get the based Titan one, DHL visit sometimes and as I mentioned now, FCA and TCX are using them. Think MYT are also planning to base one instead of one of their A320’s.