So, in the end it was an uneventfull landing. FS2Crew wanted me to divert due to a sick passenger, i said sod it! I’ll probably do the return tomorrow!

Nice work Elgan – bet the passenger was chuffed with that :p

Just finished a quick LHR-LBA then positioned to MAN in a bmi A319 – couldn’t be bothered with shots though 😀

Great work E-GPK – that Ryanair loks clean 😀

It’s been a very busy year yet again for Gatwick, the world’s busiest single airport runway. This list is nowhere near as comprehensive as I’d like it to be, so I hope to be updating it over the next few days to get it more accurate!

Here’s a round up of what’s happened in 2006:

London Gatwick/LGW/EGKK

airBaltic

Switched services from LHR to Gatwick for Summer 06

Air Transat

Added third weekly Toronto service for Winter 06/07

Air Zimbabwe

Suspended flights in November over debt issues, has now resumed these. Some flights now operate via Malawi (Lilongwe) and Zambia (Lusaka)

Astraeus

Gatwick – Liberia (Monrovia) to launch in January 2007
Launched Banjul service in May

bmibaby

Teesside service dropped November

British Airways

Dropped Athens, Riga, Kiev and Newcastle
Announced Dresden, Sarajevo and Trinidad (added as a stop on the Barbados flights)
Launced Varna in March
Launched Salzburg in December
Launched Reykjavik

Centralwings

Launched Gatwick – Wroclaw

Delta

New daily JFK service launched – to go twice daily from next spring.

easyJet

Knock, Shannon and Cork routes dropped.
3 times daily Glasgow service launched
Split, Marrakech and Milan Malpensa launched.
Increased frequencies on other routes.
Announced Pisa, Krakow, Palermo and Fez in 2007.

First Choice

New longhaul service to Recife launched Summer 06
New longhaul service to Colombo & Male announced for Feb 2007

flyglobespan

Announced Toronto Hamilton for 2007

GB Airways

Dropped Valencia service in May

Jet2

Dropped Manchester from March 2007, launch Newcastle in its place

Malev

Launched Budapest service in May (Switched from STN)

Monarch Scheduled

Increased frequencies to Faro during Summer 06
Launched Lanzarote service in May
Launched Tenerife for the Winter 06/07 timetable

Northwest

DC10 services phased out completely. All flights now operated with A330 equipment

Oasis Hong Kong

New service to Hong Kong launched in October

Sterling

Aalborg launched.
Stockholm announced for March 2007

Virgin Atlantic

Launched Montego Bay service on Mondays and Wednesdays
Increased Las Vegas flights to daily service
Purchased maintenance facility causing non-regular long-haul aircraft to visit.
Took over maintenance for GB Airways from BA, fuelling rumours that the GB/BA Franchise would end.

Zoom UK

Expected launch March-May 2007 routes to America (JFK possibly) expected

PHEW! What a year !!

Nice shots everyone!! Liking the BA772 😀

Cheers Benny 😀
Came out better than I thought.

I think the first is my favourite – there’s a nice symmetry to it 😀
Great work Tom

Fantastic work Elgan – a great thread to follow 😀