Milan Malpensa & Linate  5-6 July 2008    Dave Anderson, Dave Rose & Ian McMaster

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A summer trip was required, none of us had been to Milan before and a cheap rate with Flybe from Manchester settled the destination. Embraer E190 G-FBEF was our transport both there and back, again none of us had flown the type before, landing ahead of schedule we were soon of to collect the car in the 25deg heat and sunshine. If you wanted to collect numbers only then spotting from McDonalds (not airside) would be fine, you would get anything that moved, photography is no good from inside the terminal. The twin runways 35L & R were in use for the duration of our stay, like most airports they alternate the use, it is a bit frustrating at times as depending on the time of day and runway in use some shots would be directly into sun, however as you can see from the photo's some good results can be obtained. We stayed until 2pm and headed over to Linate, just under an hour's drive away. spotting from the outside is fine and everything outside can be read off, photography of the biz area isn't possible due to fences and there are some points along the runway for landing shots.

SX-BGJ Boeing  737  4S3 25595 Aegean Airlines
SX-BGS Boeing  737  4Q8 26279 Aegean Airlines
VP-BQR Airbus A321  211 2903 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
VP-BQT Airbus A321  211 2965 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
OE-LKB Dornier Do.328  110 3036 Air Alps Aviation
YL-BBJ Boeing  737  36Q 30333 Air Baltic
YL-BBG Boeing  737  548 24919 Air Baltic
B-2385 Airbus A340  313X 192 Air China
I-ADJH British Aerospace 146-300 E3129 Air Dolomiti
I-VIMQ Boeing  767  3Q8ER 27993 Air Europe Italy
F-GUGA Airbus A318  111 2035 Air France
F-GUGD Airbus A318  111 2081 Air France
I-AIGL Boeing  737  33A 23636 Air Italy
9H-AEI Airbus A320  214 2189 Air Malta
EI-DSD Airbus A320  216 3076 Air One
EI-DSP Airbus A320  216 3482 Air One
EI-DIP Airbus A330  202 339 Air One
EI-DOU Canadair Regional-Jet  900 15068 Air One
EI-DRK Canadair Regional-Jet  900 15075 Air One
I-BIKE Airbus A320  214 999 Alitalia
I-BIKL Airbus A320  214 1489 Alitalia
I-BIKU Airbus A320  214 1217 Alitalia
EI-DBP Boeing  767  35HER 26389 Alitalia
I-DISE Boeing  777  243ER 32856 Alitalia
I-DACU Douglas MD82 53055 Alitalia
I-DATA Douglas MD82 53216 Alitalia
I-DATO Douglas MD82 53219 Alitalia
I-DAWE Douglas MD82 49193 Alitalia
EI-UPE McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  C 48427 Alitalia Cargo
EI-UPI McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  C 48428 Alitalia Cargo
I-ATPM Aerospatiale ATR 72  212A 705 Alitalia Express
EI-DFG Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000008 Alitalia Express
EI-DFH Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000009 Alitalia Express
EI-DFJ Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000011 Alitalia Express
EI-DFL Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000036 Alitalia Express
I-EXMB Embraer ERJ-145  LR 145330 Alitalia Express
I-EXMD Embraer ERJ-145  LR 145445 Alitalia Express
I-EXMF Embraer ERJ-145  LR 145641 Alitalia Express
I-EXML Embraer ERJ-145  LR 145709 Alitalia Express
I-EXMO Embraer ERJ-145  LR 145299 Alitalia Express
OE-LFG Fokker F-70 11549 Austrian Arrows
EI-CUN Boeing  737  4K5 27074 Blue Panorama
EI-DNA Boeing  757  231 28483 Blue Panorama
EI-CXO Boeing  767  3G5ER 28111 Blue Panorama
EI-CZH Boeing  767  3G5ER 29435 Blue Panorama
G-EUPO Airbus A319  131 1279 British Airways
G-EUUT Airbus A320  232 3314 British Airways
OO-DWE British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3327 Brussels Airlines
I-CGIA Douglas DC-10  30F 47843 Cargoitalia
LX-VCV Boeing  747  4R7F 34235 Cargolux
B-2173 Douglas MD-11F 48497 China Airlines Cargo
LZ-YUP Bombardier 604 Challenger 5602 Corporate
VP-BVG Bombardier Global Express  BD-700- 1A10  9193 Corporate
I-CMAB Cessna 560 Citation Excel S 560-5731 Corporate
N171AM Gulfstream G3 437 Corporate
OE-GTO Learjet 60 60-303 Corporate
OK-DGL Boeing  737  55S 28472 CSA Czech Airlines
N1603 Boeing  767  332ER 29695 Delta Air Lines
OO-DLT Airbus A300  B4-203F 250 DHL Worldwide Courier Express
G-EZAA Airbus A319  111 2677 EasyJet
G-EZBF Airbus A319  111 2923 EasyJet
G-EZBP Airbus A319  111 3084 EasyJet
G-EZEU Airbus A319  111 2283 EasyJet
G-EZIM Airbus A319  111 2495 EasyJet
G-EZIN Airbus A319  111 2503 EasyJet
I-EEZC Airbus A320  214 1852 Eurofly
I-EEZE Airbus A320  214 1937 Eurofly
I-EEZG Airbus A320  214 2001 Eurofly
I-EEZI Airbus A320  214 749 Eurofly
I-EEZJ Airbus A330  223 665 Eurofly
N601FE McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  F 48401 Federal Express
G-EMBK Embraer ERJ-145  EU 145167 Flybe
SX-BEV Douglas MD83 49668 Hellas Jet
EC-JFG Airbus A320  214 2143 Iberia
EC-IXD Airbus A321  211 2220 Iberia
G-CLHD British Aerospace 146-200 E2023 Intergrated Aviation Consortium
EP-IBK Airbus A310  304 671 Iran Air
PS-A97 Partenavia P.68 Observer 338-25-OB Italian Police
PS-81 UH-1H Huey ????? Italian Police
JA8073 Boeing  747  446 24425 Japan Airlines
CN-RPC Boeing  737  4K5 24125 Jet4you
PH-BXF Boeing  737  8K2 29596 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
HL7602 Boeing 747 4B5ERF 34301 Korean Air Lines Cargo
5A-LAA Canadair Regional-Jet  900 15120 Libyan Airlines
LY-AZW Boeing  737  5Q8 27629 Lithuanian Airlines
I-LIVL Airbus A330  243 627 Livingston SpA.
SP-LDE Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000029 LOT Polish Airlines
D-AIRP Airbus A321  131 564 Lufthansa
TF-ATZ Boeing  747  236BF 24088 MAS Kargo
I-SMEP Douglas MD82 49740 Meridiana
EI-DVC Boeing  737  33AF 25426 Mistral Air
EI-DRG Airbus A320  231 338 MyAir
JA03KZ Boeing  747  4KZF 34018 Nippon Cargo Airlines
AP-BHX Boeing  777  240ER 35296 Pakistan International
A7-AFE Airbus A310  308 667 Qatar Airways  
CN-RNW Boeing  737  8B6 33057 Royal Air Maroc
OY-KBL Airbus A321  231 1619 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPU Boeing  737  683 28312 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
9V-SWQ Boeing  777  312ER 34582 Singapore Airlines
N748SA Boeing  747  206BF SUD 21110 Southern Air
N754SA Boeing  747  228F 21576 Southern Air
N758SA Boeing  747  281F 23138 Southern Air
HB-IXV British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3274 Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IYV British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3377 Swiss European Air Lines
PT-MSH McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 48755 TAM Brasil
CS-TTN Airbus A319  111 1120 TAP Air Portugal
HS-TNB Airbus A340  642 681 Thai Airways
TC-JGL Boeing  737  8F2 34410 THY Turkish Airlines
N245AY Boeing  767  201ER 23897 US Airways
N249AU Boeing  767  201ER 23901 US Airways
F-OHFR Airbus A320  212 189 Volareweb
I-WEBA Airbus A320  214 3138 Volareweb
G-FLTL Douglas MD83 49790 Volareweb
EC-IZD Airbus A320  214 2207 Vueling Airlines
EC-JSY Airbus A320  214 2785 Vueling Airlines
EC-KBU Airbus A320  214 1413 Vueling Airlines

Milan Linate Saturday 5th July 2008

Spotting from the outside is fine and everything can be read off, photography of the biz area isn't possible due to fences but there are some points along the runway for landing shots. Not a busy airport but some nice variety, including the long term stored resident Liberian YAK-40, we only stayed for half an hour and headed back to Malpensa for the rest of the day.

EI-DSJ Airbus A320  216 3295 Air One
EI-DSR Airbus A320  216 3502 Air One
F-GKTA Boeing  737  3M8 24413 Air One
EI-COH Boeing  737  430 27001 Air One
SE-DJZ British Aerospace 146-RJ70 E1225 Air One
I-BIMD Airbus A319  112 2074 Alitalia
I-BIMF Airbus A319  112 2083 Alitalia
I-BIMO Airbus A319  112 1770 Alitalia
I-DACW Douglas MD82 53057 Alitalia
I-DATK Douglas MD82 53228 Alitalia
I-DATU Douglas MD82 53220 Alitalia
I-DAVT Douglas MD82 49552 Alitalia
I-DAVZ Douglas MD82 49970 Alitalia
I-DAWB Douglas MD82 49197 Alitalia
I-PRDA Agusta A-109 Grand S 22049 Corporate
OE-GFB Beech 400A Beechjet RK-84 Corporate
I-GFVF Beech 400XP Beechjet RK-499 Corporate
N123KH Bombardier 604 Challenger 5301 Corporate
N326FX Bombardier 604 Challenger 5464 Corporate
I-ERJA Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP 501-0006 Corporate
I-FLYA Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP 501-0099 Corporate
I-OTEL Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP 501-0048 Corporate
I-EDEM Cessna 525 Citation Jet 525-0155 Corporate
LZ-ABV Cessna 550/551 Citation Bravo 550-1103 Corporate
VP-BAK Dassault Falcon  2000EX EASy 110 Corporate
I-CAFD Dassault Falcon  50 183 Corporate
HB-IGL Dassault Falcon  900 58 Corporate
N228RE Gulfstream G4  SP 1438 Corporate
N52MK Gulfstream G4  SP 1337 Corporate
N947GA Gulfstream G550 5047 Corporate
I-AZFB Hawker-Siddeley 125  700A 257201 Corporate
I-TOPH Hawker-Siddeley 125  850XP 258809 Corporate
I-AIRW Learjet 31 31-025 Corporate
I-ERJJ Learjet 40 45-2053 Corporate
I-ERJE Learjet 45 45-226 Corporate
I-PREE Piaggio P-180 Avanti 1138 Corporate
OE-GMC Beech 400A Beechjet RK-162 Corporate 
G-EZEC Airbus A319  111 2129 EasyJet
I-EEZD Airbus A320  214 1920 Eurofly
I-ECJA Airbus A319  115LR 2440 Eurofly Corporate
OH-LXK Airbus A320  214 2065 Finnair
EL-CAR Yakovlev Yak-40 9412030 Leasing Company Stored
I-SMER Douglas MD82 49901 Meridiana
N1125Y Piper PA-46 Malibu 310P 46-8408073 Private
T7-COM Cirrus SR-22   Private  (First San Marino reg'd seen)

Milan Malpensa Sunday 6th July 2008

Following a nice meal, a few beers and a good nights sleep it was up early and back to business, although warm it was a little cloudy today, driving around the perimeter between Terminal 1 & 2 a few biz jets could be seen as well as the police air unit hangar. T2 is used by mainly low cost operators EasyJet and Volareweb, Fedex seem to day stop down here. At the other end of the airfield the huge freight area can be seen from Mcdonalds in T1, but not everything can be read off, we drove to the runway threshold and a spot at the end of 35L allows you to read more of the freight off, this is ideal for landing aircraft only in the afternoon but you can't see any of the departures. A public park opposite the end of 35R allows good pictures of landing / departing aircraft in the morning, heat haze can be a problem you can see all the movements from here the local spotters seemed to congregate here. Staying until about 4pm we headed back to the terminal to check in for our flight home. None of the aircraft noted yesterday are in this list.

SX-DVI Airbus A320  232 3074 Aegean Airlines
SX-BGR Boeing  737  408 25063 Aegean Airlines
SX-DVE British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3374 Aegean Airlines
VP-BQS Airbus A321  211 2912 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
VP-BWP Airbus A321  211 2342 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
YL-BBY Boeing  737  36Q 30335 Air Baltic
YL-BBD Boeing  737  53S 29075 Air Baltic
D-AGEN Boeing  737  75B 28100 Air Berlin
D-ABBI Boeing  737  86J 32920 Air Berlin
B-2390 Airbus A340  313X 264 Air China
I-ADJI British Aerospace 146-300 E3149 Air Dolomiti
OH-AFJ Boeing  757  2Q8 26269 Air Finland
F-GUGB Airbus A318  111 2059 Air France
F-GRHM Airbus A319  111 1216 Air France
I-AIGM Boeing  737  3Q8 24299 Air Italy
EI-IGB Boeing  757  230 24738 Air Italy
I-AIGH Boeing  767  23BER 23973 Air Italy Europe  ex Maxjet N252MY
I-AIGI Boeing  767  23BER 23974 Air Italy Europe  ex Maxjet N253MY
9H-AEO Airbus A320  214 2768 Air Malta
SU-BME Douglas MD82 49628 Air Memphis
EI-DSN Airbus A320  216 3412 Air One
EI-DIR Airbus A330  202 272 Air One
F-GKTB Boeing  737  3M8 24414 Air One
I-BIKB Airbus A320  214 1226 Alitalia
I-BIKC Airbus A320  214 1448 Alitalia
I-BIKF Airbus A320  214 1473 Alitalia
EI-DDW Boeing  767  3S1ER 26608 Alitalia
EI-DBK Boeing  777  243ER 32783 Alitalia
I-DANP Douglas MD82 53180 Alitalia
EI-UPO McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  C 48429 Alitalia
EI-UPU McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  C 48430 Alitalia
EI-UPA McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  F 48426 Alitalia
I-ATSM Aerospatiale ATR 72  212A 702 Alitalia Express
EI-DFI Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000010 Alitalia Express
N39367 Boeing  767 323ER 25194 American Airlines
OE-LBS Airbus A320  214 1189 Austrian Airlines
OE-LCF Canadair Regional-Jet  200LR 7094 Austrian Arrows
OE-LVE Fokker F-100 11499 Austrian Arrows
EW-252PA Boeing  737  524 26340 Belavia Belarusian Airlines
I-LLAG Boeing  767  330ER 25137 Blue Panorama
OO-DWG British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3336 Brussels Airlines
LX-ICV Boeing  747  428F 25632 Cargolux
B-18705 Boeing  747  409F 30762 China Airlines
G-OZRH British Aerospace 146-200 E2047 Cityjet
EC-ICT Airbus A320  211 264 ClickAir
EC-KFI Airbus A320  216 3174 ClickAir
N76062 Boeing  767  424ER 29457 Continental Airlines
HB-JSS Dassault Falcon 7X 2 Corporate
VP-CMR Gulfstream G4 1117 Corporate
I-CNDB Pilatus PC-12  -45 728 Corporate
OK-NEM Airbus A319  112 3406 CSA Czech Airlines
OK-XGD Boeing  737  55S 26542 CSA Czech Airlines
N1608 Boeing  767  332ER 30573 Delta Air Lines
N176DN Boeing  767  332ER 25061 Delta Air Lines
G-EZAB Airbus A319  111 2681 EasyJet
G-EZAI Airbus A319  111 2735 EasyJet
G-EZBA Airbus A319  111 2860 EasyJet
G-EZBJ Airbus A319  111 3036 EasyJet
G-EZDJ Airbus A319  111 3544 EasyJet
G-EZIW Airbus A319  111 2578 EasyJet
G-EZIX Airbus A319  111 2605 EasyJet
G-EZMH Airbus A319  111 2053 EasyJet
SU-GBA Airbus A320  231 165 Egypt Air
SU-GBW Airbus A321  231 725 Egypt Air
4X-EKP Boeing  737  8Q8 30639 El Al-Israel Airlines
A6-EAO Airbus A330  243 509 Emirates Airlines
A6-EYF Airbus A330  243 717 Etihad Airways
I-EEZK Airbus A320  214 1125 Eurofly
I-EEZA Airbus A330  223 358 Eurofly
F-GIXB Boeing  737  33AC 24789 Europe Air Post
N584FE McDonnell-Douglas MD-11  F 48436 Federal Express
LY-AWG Boeing  737  522 26700 FlyLAL
OE-LAD Airbus A319 132 3407 FlyNiki
EC-KRD Boeing  737  4K5 24126 Futura International Airways
EC-KKU Boeing  737  86N 32658 Futura International Airways
CC-CBD Boeing  737  400 24494 Futura Principle
D-AGWK Airbus A319 132 3500 German Wings
EC-FGH Airbus A320  211 223 Iberia
EC-IEI Airbus A320  214 1694 Iberia
EC-JDM Airbus A321  211 2357 Iberia
EC-IMU Airbus A320  214 1130 Iberworld
CN-RPB Boeing  737  4B3 24751 Jet4you
PH-BTF Boeing  737  406 27232 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
LY-AZW Boeing  737  400 27629 Lithuanian Airlines
EI-LVD Airbus A321  231 792 Livingston SpA.
I-LIVM Airbus A330  200 551 Livingston SpA.
I-LIVN Airbus A330  243 597 Livingston SpA.
SP-LDH Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000069 LOT Polish Airlines
SP-LGF Embraer ERJ-145  MP 145308 LOT Polish Airlines
D-AILU Airbus A319  114 744 Lufthansa
D-AIRL Airbus A321  131 505 Lufthansa
D-ABED Boeing  737  330 25215 Lufthansa
D-ACSB Canadair Regional-Jet  700 10028 Lufthansa Regional
LX-LGK Embraer ERJ-135  LR 14500886 Luxair
HA-LOP Boeing  737  7Q8 29354 MALEV
LZ-CCW LET L-410  UVP-E20C 912609 ??????
I-SMEB Douglas MD82 53064 Meridiana
F-ORMG Airbus A321  231 1956 Middle East Airlines
I-NEOS Boeing  737  86N 32733 NEOS
I-NEOU Boeing  737  86N 29887 NEOS
CS-TPG Embraer ERJ-145  EP 145014 Portugalia
I-SYAW SIAI-Marchetti S.205  20R 4-253 Private
A7-ACL Airbus A330 202 820 Qatar Airways
RA-85769 Tupolev Tu-154  M 93A951 Rossiya Russian Airlines
CN-RNX Airbus A321  211 2064 Royal Air Maroc Atlas Blue
CN-RNV Boeing  737  7B6 28988 Royal Air Maroc
F-OHGX Airbus A320  214 2953 Royal Jordanian Airlines
LN-RKK Airbus A321  232 1848 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-TUL Boeing  737  705 29097 SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge
9V-SWB Boeing  777  312ER 33377 Singapore Airlines
EC-HRP Airbus A320  232 1349 Spanair
EC-HXA Airbus A320  232 1497 Spanair
OY-MLW Boeing  737  73S 29078 Sterling Airlines
HB-IXN British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3286 Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IXT British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3259 Swiss European Air Lines
YK-AKC Airbus A320  232 1032 Syrianair
PT-MSI McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 48758 TAM Brasil
CS-TJE Airbus A321  211 1307 TAP Air Portugal
YR-BGI Boeing  737  78J 28439 TAROM
TC-JCT Airbus A310  304F 502 THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JFR Boeing  737  8F2 29779 THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JGY Boeing  737  8F2 35738 THY Turkish Airlines
TS-IMN Airbus A320  211 1187 Tunisair
VP-BPV Airbus A320  211 0203 Ural Airways
SE-RDI Douglas MD83 49631 Viking Airlines
F-OHFU Airbus A320  212 190 Volareweb
I-WEBB Airbus A320  214 3161 Volareweb
EC-JNA Airbus A320  214 2596 Vueling Airlines
EC-KRH Airbus A320  214 3529 Vueling Airlines

After we checked in day turned to night and one almighty thunder and lightening storm closed the airport not before a few Spaniards were launched into it, looked very risky, the storm lasted about 30 minutes and the holding aircraft started to arrive. Our flight was only delayed 45 minutes and we were soon on our way home arriving back at Manchester not too far behind schedule. Milan turned out to be a good choice of destination, a nice variety of airliners not dominated by a national carrier, it did have some quiet spells but as you can see from the list a steady flow of movements. If you need any more info just drop us an email.

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