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Corfu holiday 3rd - 17th June 2011 - Aidan Williamson

Newcastle  3/6/11

Only aircraft of interest: LN-WDH Dash 8-402 Wideroe.

Routing was passing East of Teesside, continued south to the Wash, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Cologne, Frankfurt, passing south of Munich & Salzburg (UL603?) Zagreb, Dubrovnik , Kerkira.

Corfu 3/6/11:

On arrival, the only passenger aircraft present were Thomson B757-204 G-BYAP (our flight) & Thomson B737-804 G-FDZB.
From the arrivals hall I was able to read off the following parked in the “long stay” biz park/ military apron:
PH-MYX Ce 650
SX-BMK Ce 550
D-ICAC Ce551 (originally logged at Corfu on 17/6/05 so may be semi-resident?)
OO-SAV Ce560 XL
PP-FJA EMB Legacy 650

Our hotel was in Dasia (Dassia) and northerly departures with a procedural left turn passed over the resort , but I was only able to log one aircraft from the hotel during our stay: B737-700 LX-LGR, & identified a couple of others from their unique colour schemes (i.e G-EZUI, all orange Easyjet A320)

The best spotting location for movements at Corfu is the Royal Hotel Cafe overlooking Pontokonisi , (Mouse Island) and in an elevated position right next to the threshold of runway 35. The Hotel has been closed for a few years but the cafe remains open and offers food & cold (or hot) drinks, plenty of seating in or out of the sun and there are usually other European spotters there.

The following were present during 2 short visits to the airport on Tuesday 7/6/11:

D-AHFP B737-8K5 Tui fly (yellow)
D-AHXD B737-7K5 Op by Air Berlin in full colours
OE-LDD A319-112 Austrian
OE-LFK Fk70 Austrian Arrows
OE-LGE DHC-8-402 Austrian
OO-JAF B737-8K5 Jetair /Tui (blue)
PH-LNE Fk100 Denim Air (all white)
SX-BIU DHC-8-402 Olympic Air
Also seen but not logged while in Corfu town:
2x Air Berlin B737, 1x Germanwings A319, 1x Fly Niki A320.

A “proper” visit to the airport on Saturday 11/6/11 produced the following:

Departing at 9:40- 9:45 a French flying club “expedition” consisting of the following :
F-GIJI Mooney
F-GBHB TB10 Tobago
F-GSBD Robin DR400
F-GYBS Ce 172RG (?)
F-GZEU PA28 Archer
F-HFPH Ce 172

Other Movements:
D-ABBY B737-808 Air Berlin
D-ABKK B737-86J Air Berlin
D-AGWE A319-112 Germanwings
D-AHFR B737-8K5 Tui fly (yellow)
D-AHXC B737-7K5 op by Air Berlin in full colours
D-ATUA B737-8K5 Tui Fly (yellow)
D-ATUE B737-8K5 Hapag Lloyd/Tui (special scheme)
D-ATUI B737-8K5 Tui fly (yellow)
G-EZTN A320 -214 Easyjet
G-EZUC A320-214 Easyjet
EI- CXN B737-329 Transaero
HB-IOW A320-214 op by Air Berlin in full colours
HB-VWW Ce525A CJ1
OE-IHA EMB 190 Fly Niki (made at least 2 ops into CFU during the day)
OO-TCO A320-214 Thomas Cook Belgium (ex-G-OOAP)
PH-HZF B737-8K2 Transavia
PH-HZK B737-8K2 Transavia
PH-HZN B737-8K2 Transavia
SX-DGD A320-232 Aegean Airlines (ex SX-OAP)
SX-DVW A320-232 Aegean Airlines
SX-OAU A320-214 Olympic Air
YU-BZM Ce560 XL S
Other “tin” noted: EC-JHN Ce 172, F-GDAB Ce 172RG, N429CD Cirrus SR22, F-GJUV PA28 Archer.

A further 2 visits to the airport were made on Monday 13/6/11 (on either side of another trip to Corfu Town) The following were seen:

EI-TDV Falcon 2000LX
ES-LBD B737-35B Tor Air / Fly LAL
G-BYAT B757-204 Thomson
G-DHJH A321-211 Thomas Cook
G-EZTH A320-214 Easyjet
G-FCLD B757-25F Thomas Cook
G-JMAB B757-3CQ Thomas Cook
G-OJEG A321-231 Monarch
G-RSXL Cessna 560XL
G-THOO B737-33V(W) Thomson
HA-LOM B737-8Q8 Malev
LX-LGS B737-7C9 Luxair
LX-STA A320-212 Strategic Airlines
OH-PPS BL701 Global Express
OK-HLB Beech 350 Kingair
OK-TVJ B737-8Q8 Travel Service
OO-TUA B737-4K5 Jetair /Tui (blue)
PH-GGW B737-8EH Transavia (still carrying GOL colours on winglets)
PH-TFC B737-8K5 Arkefly/Tui (blue)
PH-HZJ B737-8K2 Transavia
SE-RJN A320-231 Travel Service (partial c/s)
SX-OBB DHC-8-402 Olympic Air ( operated services a.m. & p.m. )

On Departure (Friday 17/6/11) the following were noted:

C-FYLC B737-8BK Sunwing A/L
G-BYAW B757-204 Thomson ( our flight home)
G-STRW B757-28A Astraeus
HA-LOH B737-8Q8 Malev
M-JOLY BAe125 900XP
M-MIKE Cessna 525B
SX-OBE DHC-8-402 Olympic Air

On return to a very empty Newcastle the only aircraft logged was D-ACNG, a Eurowings CRJ900,
Other aircraft present were a BA A320 shuttle, 2x Eastern JS41 & a Flybe DHC8 on a remote stand.

Return routing was Kerkira, Brindisi, UL612 to Vicenza, & then UL613 through Switzerland, France
& up the UK, leaving airways, descending on vectors & passing over Tynemouth for a 25 arrival.

Aidan.
 

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