Trialing Norwegian's Dreamliner (by Chris Hall & Chris Smith)

Report by Chris Smith

As a lot of you will know most airlines taking delivery of new Boeing 787 Dreamliners have been breaking them in (some quite literally) by putting them on short haul and even domestic flights so the crews can adapt to them before they're placed on the long haul routes the aircraft is designed for. Like many enthusiasts, I'd been keeping my eye out for a cheap(ish) short haul hop on one of these magnificent, but troubled, new airliners. The obvious candidate was British Airways, but although it was widely known they plan to place the aircraft on their Shuttle flights, details were too sketchy and chances were any flights would be at short notice and also pricey. Thomson were out of the question as unless you're taking a package holiday it's not too feasible (and again pricey for that matter). Like my previous trip report, it was social media that eventually pointed me in the right direction, as I couldn't help but notice fellow local enthusiast Chris Hall discussing on Facebook his plans for an identical trip, he'd booked Gatwick-Oslo with Norwegian Air Shuttle who had just announced plans to trial their first aircraft to a small number of European airports, Gatwick being one. By the time I'd got a couple of days off work and scrutinized the unusually healthy bank account, the price had risen slightly from when I first looked but was still cheap so I thought sod it, booked up and the trip was on!

Given the amount of current and likely future orders for the Dreamliner, it's going to be a very common sight before much longer and in just a few years from now you will be just as likely to find yourself on a Dreamliner as any other aircraft, so why do this I hear you ask? Well I don't do a lot of long haul flying (none at all in fact), so the chance to fly widebodies are next to none existant for me, plus the 'newness' of the aircraft and the opportunity to visit a 'different' airport that I wouldn't normally consider justified the trip.

With a departure time of 0550 and work commitments the previous day, I chose to travel down late evening / through the night, limiting any stops along the way to just East Midlands (on a good day I would have included Luton, Heathrow and perhaps some GA fields too). Leaving East Midlands was painful as their cargo operation was just ramping up and I couldn't help but wonder what exotic freighters I might have seen.

When I arrived at Gatwick I just dumped the car at the "Gatwick Central" Travelodge and got the shuttle bus to the South Terminal. Incidentally, there is another Travelodge that looks like it might give ideal views over the runways and possibly the whole airport too, but I chose the other one due to it's slightly cheaper rate and closer proximity to the terminals. At the airport, I checked-in straight away and the plan was to proceed straight through to departures and log most aircraft on the ground, but this plan was delayed due to the departure lounge and gates being closed during the night for construction work.

When my flight, DY2800, was eventually assigned a gate, I met up with Chris Hall as we'd realised a few days prior we'd booked the same flights. Knowing what I know now, this was ideal as I wouldn't have come back from Oslo with half the below log had I been on my own! Also a few days prior, as most of you will know, an Ethiopian Dreamliner that had been parked at Heathrow idle for over eight hours decided to cure it's bordem by spontaniously combusting. I couldn't believe it, my heart sank! It was a no-win situation - if the aircraft was grounded again it would be a pointless trip and a waste of money, yet if it wasn't I now had a lack of trust in the aircraft and would be afraid of burning to death over Scandinavia. The Heathrow incident was clearly only a very small fire, but due to the aircraft being unattended, said fire wasn't noticed until it had escalated. The on-going investigation seems to have identified the source as the 'ELT' and Boeing are said to be enthusiastic about proving to the many doubters that the 'plastic' airframe's skin can in fact be repaired.

LN-DYB was our ride over to Oslo Gardermoen, one of the older -800 series 737's in the Norwegian fleet, I was quietly hoping for one with the new 'Boeing Sky' interior but hey can't have everything. A strange thing happened on arrival, we left the aircraft via steps at the front of the aircraft, only to then climb up into the jetbridge to enter the terminal - tech jetbridge!? When we got landside, we quickly discovered we were in the world's most expensive city, so after a £5 bottle of water and a £10 sandwich, we got a £6 bus ride over a very short (but un-walkable) distance to the SAS museum, which was closed up despite the opening hours showing Thursdays and Sundays. There is a raised viewing platform adjacent to the museum where we spent most of the day. Near us was the GA terminal, an absolute dive of a building, run-down with no branding and presumably as a result, a significant lack of executive movements for an airport this size. Resident GA operate out of four much nicer hangers just up the road. It's also worth noting there is another museum with aircraft exhibits located elsewhere on the airport but we didn't visit it.

After a good few hours here, we headed back to the terminal around mid-afternoon and went straight to departures to log for the rest of the day, although due to no sleep the previous night I spent most of this time catching-up, luckily a quick walk around the gates meant I didn't miss anything. Just as our Dreamliner was due to land from Malaga, we still feared the aircraft would be grounded or simply wouldn't turn up and we'd get the regular 737, but much to our delight it soon appeared in the distance! When it arrived it's beauty and elegance was admired by all including the ground handlers who were taking photos on their phones. Fear seemed to turn to humour with many fire extinguisher/smoke related quips and before long we found ourselves boarding.

The aircraft looked great inside, spacious, light, roomy and fresh, with a 3-3-3 configuration in our section. Although it wasn't entirely without fault, with food debris on the floor and "damaged" is the word I'd use to describe the in-flight magazines and safety cards littered throughout the cabin. Another down-side was noise, although incredibly quiet on the outside, on the inside she's a sensitive bitch. Unlike most widebody aircraft which tend to 'absorb' everything, you could feel every bump, hear every control movement and there was enough vibration to make the aircraft very popular with sex-starved house wives. The aircraft has windows which are 65% larger than normal, but this rule must also apply to the wing, since I was sat right over it and due to it's width and flex I had a very limited view (it's a hell of an impressive wing though!) Despite these negatives it was still a very pleasant flight and I felt priviledged to be on such a modern, ground breaking aircraft so early into it's lifespan. When we arrived back at Gatwick a flight deck visit was refused due to a pilot in training (although I suspect the real reason was another spotter beat me to the punch). I was on the brink of flatlining so only aircraft in the immediate vicinity were logged and it was straight to the Travelodge for a shower, meal and very well earned sleep!

Due to a FoDTVA meeting back at DTVA in the evening and a holiday to Tunisia just two days later, I planned to call only at airports that were along my route on the way home, namely Redhill, Luton and East Midlands (on another day I might have stretched to Fairoaks, Farnborough and Blackbushe to name a few). Due to expectedly sleeping in, I had to bin Redhill and East Midlands, leaving only Luton (the Holy Grail of airports for my money). Very slow traffic meant I got home just in time to dump my things and head to DTVA for a very enjoyable FoDTVA Summer Meet which topped the trip off nicely.

Finally, I'll take a moment to apologise for many of my photos, heat haze amongst other things got the better of us and I kept photos I would normally bin simply because I didn't want to have next to nothing to look back on!

Now...when does the A350 enter service again...

Day One - 17/07/2013

East Midlands Airport (EMA / EGNX)
2150 - 2225

REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	NOTES
D-AALB*	Boeing 777-FZN/LRF	Aerologic
D-AEAD*	Airbus A300B4-622R/F	EAT Leipzig	Japan Airlines c/s
D-AEAT*	Airbus A300B4-622R/F	EAT Leipzig
EC-HMY*	Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia	Swiftair
EI-DPE	Boeing 737-8AS/W	Ryanair
EI-DYO	Boeing 737-8AS/W	Ryanair
EI-JIV	Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules	Air Contractors
EI-STB*	Boeing 737-476	Air Contractors
G-BCEN*	Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander	RVL Group	Hangared
G-BMRB*	Boeing 757-236/SF	DHL Air
G-BODY	Cessna 310R	RVL Group
G-BTPH	BAe ATP/F	Atlantic Airlines	West Atlantic c/s
G-CELR	Boeing 737-330/QC	Jet2.com
G-DHLE	Boeing 767-3JH/ERF(W)	DHL Air
G-DHLG	Boeing 767-3JH/ERF(W)	DHL Air
G-EGLT*	Cessna 310R	RVL Group
G-FDZE	Boeing 737-8K5/W	Thomson Airways
G-FIFA	Cessna 404 Titan	RVL Group
G-GDFB	Boeing 737-33A	Jet2 Holidays
G-GDFH	Boeing 737-3Y5	Jet2.com
G-IASA*	Raytheon B200 Super King Air	IAS Medical
G-LSAG	Boeing 757-21B	Jet2.com
G-MANH	BAe ATP/F	Atlantic Airlines
G-NOSE	Cessna 402B Utililiner	RVL Group	Hangared
G-RJXK	Embraer ERJ-135ER	bmi regional
G-ZBAF*	Airbus A321-231	Monarch Airlines
G-ZBAG*	Airbus A321-231	Monarch Airlines
N351UP*	Boeing 767-34A/ERF(W)	UPS Airlines
OE-IAS*	Boeing 737-4M0/SF	TNT Airways
OK-TSA*	Boeing 737-8S3/W	Travel Service Airlines	Operating for Jet2.com
OO-TNN*	Boeing 737-45D/SF	TNT Airways
OY-SRF*	Boeing 767-219/ERF	Star Air
OY-SRP	Boeing 767-232/ERF	Star Air
TF-FIG*	Boeing 757-23A/PF	Icelandair Cargo

Day Two - 18/07/2013

London Gatwick Airport (LGW / EGKK)
0100 - 0610

REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	NOTES
CS-TTD*	Airbus A319-111	TAP Portugal
D-ASTC*	Airbus A319-112	Germania
EI-EPS*	Airbus A319-111	Aer Lingus
G-BYAX	Boeing 757-204/W	Thomson Airways
G-CEXP*	Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald 209	Fire Department	Dumped
G-DAJB	Boeing 757-2T7	Monarch Airlines
G-DOCG	Boeing 737-436	British Airways
G-DOCW	Boeing 737-436	British Airways
G-EZAD*	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZAF	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZAN	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZAY	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZBV	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZDY	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZEB	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZEZ*	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZFL*	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZGE	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZGK	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZIP	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZIV	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZTB	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZTI*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZTK	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZTM	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZTR*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZTT	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZUN	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZUZ*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZWG*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZWK*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-FCLJ*	Boeing 757-2Y0	Thomas Cook Airlines
G-FDZJ	Boeing 737-8K5/W	Thomson Airways	New 'Dreamliner' c/s
G-JMAA*	Boeing 757-3CQ/W	Thomas Cook Airlines
G-OBYF	Boeing 767-304/ER(W)	Thomson Airways
G-OZBU	Airbus A321-231	Monarch Airlines
G-VINE*	Airbus A330-343X	Virgin Atlantic Airways
KAF325*	Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules	Kuwait Air Force
LN-DYB*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Our flight, named "Bjornstjerne Bjornson"
LN-DYI*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Aasmund Olavson Vinje"
SP-HAD*	Airbus A320-232	Small Planet Airlines
YL-LCH*	Airbus A320-211	SmartLynx Airlines	Operating for Thomas Cook Airlines

Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL / ENGM)
0900 - 1815

REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	NOTES
5629*	Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules	Royal Norwegian Air Force
A7-ACL	Airbus A330-202	Qatar Airways
CS-TNV	Airbus A320-214	TAP Portugal
CS-TQY*	Airbus A340-313X	HiFly	Operating for Norwegian Air Shuttle
CS-TTY			Possible mis-pole?
D-ABIK*	Boeing 737-530	Lufthansa
D-AEAD	Airbus A300B4-622R/F	EAT Leipzig	Japan Airlines c/s - noted previous day at East Midlands!
D-AIBB	Airbus A319-114	Lufthansa
D-AIDJ*	Airbus A321-231	Lufthansa
D-AILB	Airbus A319-114	Lufthansa
D-IABD*	Aero Commander 680FL	Corporate
EC-JYX	Airbus A320-214	Vueling Airlines
EI-FXA*	ATR 42-300/F	Air Contractors	FedEx Feeder c/s
EI-LNA*	Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner	Norwegian Air Shuttle	My flight, named "Sonia Henie"
F-HBLA	Embraer ERJ-190-100LR	Air France (Regional)
G-EUPT	Airbus A319-131	British Airways
G-EZDX	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
HB-JLS*	Airbus A320-214	Swiss International Airlines	Revised c/s
HL7436	Boeing 747-48E/F	Asiana Airlines Cargo
HS-TJR*	Boeing 777-2D7/ER	Thai Airways International
LN-AGW#	Cessna 172S Skyhawk	Gardermoen Flyklubb
LN-BRE*	Boeing 737-405	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-BRH*	Boeing 737-505	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-KHA	Boeing 737-31S/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KHB*	Boeing 737-31S/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KKD*	Boeing 737-33V	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KKL*	Boeing 737-36N	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Roald Amundsen"
LN-KKM*	Boeing 737-3Y0	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KKN*	Boeing 737-3Y0	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KKW*	Boeing 737-3K9	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-KKX*	Boeing 737-33S/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Blank tail
LN-LTA*	Raytheon B200 Super King Air	Lufttransport
LN-LTB*	Hawker Beechcraft B200 Super King Air	Lufttransport AS
LN-NGH	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Anders Zorn"
LN-NGI*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Wenche Foss"
LN-NGK*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	All white
LN-NID*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Christina Nilsson"
LN-NIF*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Minna Canth"
LN-NOB	Boeing 737-8FZ/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Edvard Grieg"
LN-NOC	Boeing 737-81Q/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Ole Bull"
LN-NOE	Boeing 737-8Q8/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Henrik Wergeland"
LN-NOG*	Boeing 737-86N/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Henrik Ibsen"
LN-NOJ*	Boeing 737-86N/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Tycho Brahe"
LN-NOM*	Boeing 737-86N/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Greta Garbo"
LN-NOT*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Piet Hein"
LN-NOU*	Boeing 737-8FZ/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Carl von Linne"
LN-NOV*	Boeing 737-8FZ/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Evert Taube"
LN-NOW	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Oda Krohg"
LN-NOX*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Christian Krogh"
LN-NOY*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Knud Rasmussen"
LN-NOZ*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Gidsken Jakobsen"
LN-OGV*	Eurocopter AS350BA Squirrel	Pegasus Helicopter
LN-OOG*	Eurocopter EC135 P2	Norsk Luftambulanse
LN-OSL*	Eurocopter AS350B2 Squirrel	Pegasus Helicopter
LN-OYO*	Eurocopter AS350B3 Squirrel	Pegasus Helicopter
LN-RCN	Boeing 737-883	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RCT*	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RCU	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RCW*	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RCX	Boeing 737-883	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RCZ	Boeing 737-883	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RKN*	Airbus A330-343X	SAS Scandinavian Airlines	Star Alliance c/s
LN-RML*	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RMR*	McDonnell Douglas MD-81	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RNN*	Boeing 737-783	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RNO*	Boeing 737-783	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-ROP*	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-ROT*	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPF	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPK	Boeing 737-783	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPL*	Boeing 737-883	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPU	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RPX	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRB	Boeing 737-783/W	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRF	Boeing 737-85P/W	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRG	Boeing 737-85P/W	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRN	Boeing 737-783	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRU	Boeing 737-883	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRY	Boeing 737-683	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-SOV	Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign	Sundt Air
LN-SSS*	Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign	Jetfly KS	Hangared
LN-SUN	Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604	Sundt Air
LN-TUA	Boeing 737-705	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-TUD	Boeing 737-705	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-TUK*	Boeing 737-705	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-TUL*	Boeing 737-705	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-TUM*	Boeing 737-705	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-WFS	De Havilland DHC-8-311 (Dash 8-300)	Wideroe
LN-WIC*	De Havilland DHC-8-100 (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LN-WIG*	De Havilland DHC-8-103B (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LN-WII*	De Havilland DHC-8-103 (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LN-WIJ*	De Havilland DHC-8-103 (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LN-WIM*	De Havilland DHC-8-315 (Dash 8-300)	Wideroe
LN-WIN*	De Havilland DHC-8-102 (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LN-WIR*	De Havilland DHC-8-103 (Dash 8-100)	Wideroe
LX-WAM*	BAe ATP	West Air Europe
LX-WAN*	BAe ATP	West Air Europe
N12109	Boeing 757-224/W	United Airlines
N356UP*	Boeing 767-34A/ER(F)	UPS Airlines
OE-LVO*	Fokker 100	Austrian Arrows
OH-BLP*	Boeing 717-23S	Blue 1
OH-LKO*	Embraer ERJ-190-100LR	Finnair
OH-LVA*	Airbus A319-112	Finnair
OK-XLS*	Cessna 560XL Citation XLS+	Silesia Air
OO-DWG*	BAe Avro RJ100	Brussels Airlines
OO-TNP	Boeing 737-45D/SF	TNT Airways
OY-JTB*	Boeing 737-3Y0/W	Jettime
OY-JTH*	Boeing 737-3Y0	Jettime
OY-JTY*	Boeing 737-7Q8/W	Jettime
OY-KAP*	Airbus A320-232	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
OY-KHG	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	SAS Scandinavian Airlines
OY-NPC	Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III	North Flying A/S
OY-VKD*	Airbus A321-211	Thomas Cook Scandinavia
OY-VKG*	Airbus A330-343X	Thomas Cook Scandinavia
OY-VKH*	Airbus A330-343X	Thomas Cook Scandinavia
PH-BCA*	Boeing 737-8K2/W	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
PH-BXL	Boeing 737-8K2/W	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
PH-EZF*	Embraer ERJ-190-100STD	KLM Cityhopper
SE-LVF*	Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain	Wermlandsflyg
SE-MAR*	BAe ATP	West Air Sweden
SE-RFV*	Boeing 737-86N/W	TUIfly Nordic
TC-JYG*	Boeing 737-9F2/ER(W)	THY Turkish Airlines
VP-BLL*	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot
YR-FKA*	Fokker 100	Carpatair
	ATR	DAT
	Boeing 737-800/W	THY Turkish Airlines
	Boeing 737-800/W	XL Airways
	HS125?	Corporate	Black, a.1425

Noted OTT:

9V-SGB

Airbus A340-541

Singapore Airlines

Click here for my Oslo Gardermoen photos.

London Gatwick Airport
1920 - 2000

REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	NOTES
CN-ROU*	Boeing 737-8B6/W	Royal Air Maroc
CS-DXV*	Cessna 560XL Citation XLS	NetJets Europe
CS-TMT*	Airbus A330-321	HiFly	Operating for Belgian Air Force
EC-LOP*	Airbus A320-214	Vueling Airlines
G-BWDB	ATR 72-202	Aurigny Air Services
G-ECOR	Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Dash 8-Q400)	Flybe
G-EZTT	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-FBEF	Embraer ERJ-195-200LR	Flybe
G-FBJB	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	Flybe
G-FBJF*	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	Flybe
G-MONK	Boeing 757-2T7	Monarch Airlines
G-OZBM	Airbus A321-231	Monarch Airlines
G-TAWL*	Boeing 737-8K5/W	Thomson Airways	New c/s
G-TUIA*	Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner	Thomson Airways
LN-DYA*	Boeing 737-8JP/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Named "Erik Bye"
LN-NOL	Boeing 737-800/W	Norwegian Air Shuttle	6000th 737
OE-ILY*	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 850	VistaJet
OY-RCD*	BAe Avro RJ85	Atlantic Airways

Click here for my London Gatwick photos.

Day Three - 19/07/2013

Just a single departure noted whilst leaving Gatwick:

A6-EGX*

Boeing 777-31H/ER

Emirates

Also, just the one arrival seen whilst passing Heathrow:

C-FCAG*

Boeing 767-375/ER

Air Canada

London Luton Airport (LTN / EGGW)
1150 - 1245

Airlines / Movements / Other

REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	NOTES
G-EZAT	Airbus A319-111	easyJet
G-EZUM	Airbus A320-214	easyJet
G-EZUY*	Airbus A320-214	easyJet	"Petra 200 Discover Jordan" titles
G-TAWA	Boeing 737-8K5/W	Thomson Airways
HA-LPM*	Airbus A320-232	Wizz Air
N727FD	Airbus A300F4-622R	FedEx Express	Hangared

The Pond

EC-HVQ*	Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1	Executive Airlines
G-MRAP	Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300	Ability Air Charter LLP (c/o London Executive Aviation)
G-SUGA	Embraer ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650	Amsair Aircraft Ltd
M-YWAY	Gulfstream G-IV	Blue Sky Leasing
N5MV*	Dassault Falcon 900EX	Wing and Rotor Transportation Holdings
N47EG*	Dassault Falcon 900LX	Bank of America
N1415N*	Bombardier BD-700 Global Express XRS	Wilmington Trust Co
N236FS*	Gulfstream G-IV-X (G450)	Air 95 Holdings LLC
N360PA*	Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300	Corporate
N410LM*	Gulfstream G-V	Lockheed Martin Corp
N452NS*	Gulfstream G-IV-X (G450)	National Air Services
N612FG*	Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000	N612FG LLC
N615MS*	Dassault Falcon 900	MSSFalcon900 LLC

North West Corner

A6-IAS*	Bombardier Learjet 60	Corporate
G-CGUL	Gulfstream G-V-SP (G550)	Kansas Transportation Ltd
G-JAGA*	Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300	London Executive Aviation
G-SPUR	Cessna 550 Citation II	London Executive Aviation
M-BIGG	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 605	Signal Aviation

Gulfstream

N800PM*	Gulfstream G-V	PAM Management Service LLC
N850PG	Gulfstream G-1159A (Gulfstream II)	Corporate

South Stands / RSS Jet Centre

Empty

The Ocean Sky Jet Centre has become the RSS Jet Centre, with the new owners seemingly abandoning the facility in favour of the Cargo apron.

Harrods Ramp - New

9H-VJC*	Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000	VistaJet
9M-TAN	Bombardier BD-700 Global 5000	Corporate
G-CEYL*	Bombardier BD-700 Global Express	Aravco Ltd
G-KAHR*	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 604	TAG Aviation (UK)
N189J*	Gulfstream G-IV	Aviation Enterprises Inc
N112WJ*	Gulfstream G-IV	TNT Aero Inc
N456HK*	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 604	Hawk Aviation LLC
N498QS*	Gulfstream G-IV	South Beach LLC
N707EA	Gulfstream G-IV	Emmanuel Aviation Inc
N778CR	Gulfstream G-IV-X (G450)	CMR LLC
VQ-BGN	Gulfstream G-V-SP (G550)	Rockfield Holdings Ltd
VT-DBG*	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 604	EON Aviation Pvt Ltd

Harrods Ramp - Old / Cargo

C-FWKX*	Dassault Falcon 900B	Air Toronto
C-GURJ*	Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 605	Image Air Charter Ltd
EI-GDL	Gulfstream G-V-SP (G550)	Westair Aviation
G-DLTC	Hawker Beechcraft 900XP	Hangar 8 Management
G-EDCM	Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2	Air Charter Scotland
G-SANL	Bombardier BD-700 Global Express	Sanctuary Aviation LLP
G-TWOP	Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2	Centreline Air Charter
M-ASIK*	IAI/Gulfstream G280	Floremzane
M-YULI	Bombardier BD-700 Global Express	Primavalue Trading
N841WS*	Gulfstream G-IV-X (G450)	Milburn World Travel Services
N902SB*	Dassault Falcon 900EX	Falcon 2000EX 101 LLC
VP-BHR	Gulfstream III	Saudo Oger Ltd - Stored

* = required / # = scrape

That's it! Thanks for reading and for even more photos visit the following websites:

Chris Hall (Centreline Photography.com)
Chris Hall (Flickr)

Chris Smith (airTeesside)

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