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[Bilko]

Hi Scottie

Yes my first post for a while. I monitor all Manchester posts everyday its just really that there hasn't really been much excitement recently in regard to Manchester, your TP updates are always good though I have to say having been round with you.

Last nights outbound re my screen at work had 297 souls on board which is amazing for a first day.

Cheers Scottie and everyone on the thread, the Juneyao launch should be very interesting.

Sergeant Biko ( one of my heroes )

 

[Bilko]

Hi again folks.

As promised I have a weeks pax figures as follows for the resumed Bangladesh route.

Sunday 5th 258 - 297, Tuesday 7th 148 - 269, Thursday 9th 57 - 276, Sunday 12th 165- 366. All are inbound first. Outbound very healthy indeed will settle down in time.

Another observation the loads for the Ethiopian route are creeping up recently. Could be due Christmas I agree but inbound to Man has had 101 lowest and 167 and 164 at high end. Outbound lowest 74 and highest being 135 and 136.

Lets hope for Thai very soon!!.

Cheers from Sergeant Bilko.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Just looking at FR24 and noticed G-DRTL (Jet2) on approach from Shannon. According to the FR24 history this shows as its first flight under Jet2 ownership having been in storage at Shannon since September 2019.

 

[David_itl]

Heads up with a difference! Dire forexast for Iceland means FI440/441 is amongst 24 Icelandair cancellations tomorrow

 

[mullion]

ZM333 and ZM335 Texan AKA Phenom just landing at Manchester

 

[David_itl]

TK1995 just landed was a 777.

 

[Bilko]

Hi all

With reference to the above this mornings Turkish from Istanbul was cancelled, so I presume both todays flights have been combined together, hence the B777-300. I'm not in work until later in the week so I cant verify the pax numbers.

Cheers from Sergeant Bilko

 

[LS@MAN]

Just a quick question, is it quite easy for some pilots to forget to switch the strobe lights on their aircraft for take off? Seen a few taking off recently off 23R and they definitely weren’t on...

 

[Coathanger16]

Just a quick question, is it quite easy for some pilots to forget to switch the strobe lights on their aircraft for take off? Seen a few taking off recently off 23R and they definitely weren’t on...

Depends what the aircraft is - depending on the airline, during setup on the A320 (and other Airbus aircraft I imagine) the strobe light should be set to 'auto'. Normally when entering an active runway the pilots should then select this to 'on' but in case they forget, having it set to 'auto' means the strobe lights turn on automatically when the aircraft leaves the ground.

Not sure about other aircraft types...

 

[Ginga]

As Coathangar16 says the strobes on the A32F have an 'AUTO' setting and this relates to a multitude of sensors not just air/ground sensing, it has inputs from the Throttle quadrant, Brake management and take off config, am sure there are other inputs also, it has been a while since I worked the A32F. On the Emb 170/175/190/195 and Boeing737NG/Max they are manually selected and is part of the checklist items but they should be switched on before entering and off just after leaving the active runway.
There are exceptions to this in the form of Dispatch deviations under the provisions of the MEL ie on the E-jet you can dispatch with the strobes u/s but you have to place the red beacon maintenance switch to bright.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of Alphafive on Facebook

24FEB20 EasyJet A321 NEO OE-ISC A1500 D1550
25FEB20 Ethiopian Dash 8 delivery A1135 D1235
25FEB20 Gainjet B734 A1200 D1500
27FEB20 JetairFly B73H A0815 D2355
27FEB20 Gainjet B734 A1620 D1730
27FEB20 Volga Dnepr IL76 **A1400 ** D1300 28FEB20
( Both flights now expected in daylight)

 

[Scottie Dog]

Extra Flights. Last Updated- 10MAR20
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11MAR20 Gainjet B734 A1045 D1500
11MAR20 Great Dane E190 A1100 D1300
11MAR20 Sunclass A333 OY-VKH D1300
12MAR20 Great Dane E190 A2340 D0010 13MAR20
14MAR20 Ethiopian Dash8 Delivery flight A1135 D1235
18MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1320 D1420
18MAR20 Maleth Aero B735 9H-VOX A1320 D1300 20MAR20
19MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1020 D0220 20MAR20
20MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1220 D1300

 

[Rob c DSA]

Extra Flights. Last Updated- 10MAR20
Please credit this AlphaFive Facebook Groups page if posting flight information to any other site. All times are LOCAL.

11MAR20 Gainjet B734 A1045 D1500
11MAR20 Great Dane E190 A1100 D1300
11MAR20 Sunclass A333 OY-VKH D1300
12MAR20 Great Dane E190 A2340 D0010 13MAR20
14MAR20 Ethiopian Dash8 Delivery flight A1135 D1235
18MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1320 D1420
18MAR20 Maleth Aero B735 9H-VOX A1320 D1300 20MAR20
19MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1020 D0220 20MAR20
20MAR20 Level (Austrian) A321 A1220 D1300

Guess most of these movements won't now happen assume all bar the Ethiopian were football related?

 

[mullion]

OY-VKH is the A330 that was stranded after TCX went bust

 

[EGCC_MAN]

Several of these are for the teams taking part (not fans). They should run as planned. The Level A321 on 19th is for the game in Manchester which (at present) is set to proceed as normal, so fans may still travel over. If permitted, a match featuring Linz playing at Old Trafford will be considered the chance of a lifetime by their fans.

 

[Bilko]

Hi folks

An ex Thomas Cook A321 regd G-TCBB has just landed at Manchester from Ostrave presumably where its been stored as it has no recent flight history. I couldn't make out the colour scheme from here in Timperley. Is this another one for Jet2?

Best wishes from Bilko.

 

[BlueManc]

G-TCDD. To Jet2 as G-HLYA

 

[EGCC_MAN]

Further to my post 2035, all those football matches have been called off now.

 

[mullion]

Think it actually came from Shannon as it arrived there yesterday

 

[twevsmiff]

And still they continue to operate-
G-JZBG(Channex 6068) just on finals at Manchester inbound from Malta