Dusseldorf


Taking advantage of a Jet2 offer from Leeds, I booked for 24 hours in Dusseldorf, for the princely sum of £50.00. The flight arrives in and leaves Dusseldorf in the evening so an overnight hotel is needed, and I managed to get a room at the Mercure in Ratingen for £30.00. The hotel is about 10 minutes by shuttle from the airport but there are a couple of alternatives adjacent to the terminal (Sheraton and Maritim), but these would be much more expensive.

On the way to Leeds I stopped in at Teesside for Lear Jet 60 HB-VOR and Citation 560 G-OSVM.

Only the usual suspects at Leeds:

LEEDS Wed 8th April 1500-1810

Jet2	737-300	G-CELF CELG CELS CELV
	757-200	G-LSAB LSAH
FlyBe	Dash8-Q400	G-JECO JEDV
	ERJ-145	G-ERJH
BMI	A319	G-DBCE
	ERJ-135	G-RJXJ
KLM	Fokker 70	PH-WXA


My flight LS347 (G-CELG) left Leeds at 1810 and exactly one hour later touched down on runway 23R at Dusseldorf. A smooth flight, which took us right over Schiphol as we began our descent. The observation deck on top of Pier B is open until 9pm so I made a dash up there for the last few minutes of light to get what was in before leaving for the hotel. To get to the observation deck follow signs for Besucherterasse in the B section, departures level. There are two escalators before passing through a long line of travel agencies. The cash desk for the deck is just beyond this area – pay your EUR2.20 and your ticket is valid for both decks.

Logs for Dusseldorf don’t include the Lufthansa mainline fleet as I only need a few widebodies, which don’t use DUS. Also, I didn’t log every German aircraft but you will see many Eurowings / Lufthansa Regional CRJs and 146s.

DUS Tue 8th April 2010-2050

Air Berlin/LTU	A319	D-ABGJ ABGK
	A320	D-ABDP
	A330	D-ALPB ALPJ
	737-700	D-AGES
	737-800	D-ABAQ, ABBU
Fokker 100	Fokker 100	D-AGPD
FlyBe	ERJ-145	G-EMBV ERJD
Norwegian	737-300	LN-KKL
Emirates	A330-200	A6-EAM
LGW	Do228	D-ILWS
Air France	A318	F-GUGL
Pegasus	737-800	TC-AAE

D-IEGO	Citation Mustang
D-IKOP	Citation 525
D-IWBL	Citation 525-2


Wednesday morning I was back at the airport for 6.30am (observation deck on pier B opens at 6am). After a quick breakfast under the golden arches I went up to the observation deck and waited for blue skies and sunshine. It was a long wait! Runways 05L/R were in use till mid morning, at which time I took the Sky Train to the airport railway station where there is another super observation deck overlooking the taxiway and the 23L/R thresholds. This deck also looks across the LTU apron.

Operations changed back to 05L/R mid-afternoon so it was back to the pier B deck for the remainder of my stay. The rain came just as I left the deck to check-in for my flight back to Leeds.

DUS Wed 9th April 0630-2100

Air Berlin/LTU	A319	D-ABGC ABGD ABGJ ABGK
	A320	D-ABDA ABDB ABDI ABDP
		D-ALTB ALTF ALTG ALTH ALTJ ALTL
		OE-LTU
	A321	D-ALSA ALSB ALSD
	A330	D-AERQ AERS
		D-ALPB ALPG ALPI ALPJ
	737-300	D-ADIF, ADII, ADIJ
	737-700	D-ABBV, AGEN, AGEP, AGES, AGEU
	737-800	D-ABAT
		D-ABBO ABBT ABBU
	Fokker 100	D-AGPD AGPE AGPL
LH Regional	CRJ700	D-ACSB ACSD (Op by Eurowings)
	ATR-42	D-BMMM BPPP (Op by Contactair)
TUIFly	737-800	D-AHFQ AHFS AHFW
		D-ATUD
Privatair	A319LR	D-APAC APAD
Blue Wings	A320	D-ANNA ANND ANNI
LGW	Do228	D-IKBA ILKR ILWS IMIK
Condor	A320	D-AICJ
	737-300	D-ABOI, ABOJ
Emirates	A330-200	A6-EAE EKX
Iberia	A319	EC-JVE
	A320	EC-FQY HQK
Aer Lingus	A320	EI-DEA DVH
Pulkovo	737-500	EI-CDF
KD Avia	737-500	EI-DOM
Air France	A319	F-GKXA GKXL
	A320	F-GFKR
AF/Brit Air	CRJ	F-GRJH GRJP
AF/Regional	ERJ-190	F-HBLF*
FlyBe	Dash-8-Q400	G-JEDJ
	ERJ-145	G-EMBH EMBI EMBN EMBX
		G-ERJA
British Airways	A319	G-EUOA
	A320	G-EUUA EUUC
	767-300	G-BZHA
Jet2	737-300	G-CELB
Swiss	RJ100	HB-IXR IYT
	A320	HB-IJF
Alitalia	ERJ-145	I-EXML EXMN
Norwegian	737-300	LN-KKN
Northwest	757-200(W)	N545US
Delta	767-300	N174DN
CSA	A319	OK-MEL
	737-400	OK-CGI
Austrian Arrows	CRJ	OE-LCM LCO
	Fokker 100	OE-LVL
Sun Air/BA	Jetstream 31	OY-SVB
Cimber Air	CRJ	OY-RJD
SAS	A319	OY-KBR
	737-700	LN-RPJ