Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

PinOnTheRight · 30-01-2021 12:32pm

ohlordy wrote: »

My query is why a 787 flight from london to a small regional airport in northern norway? I'm doubtful that there was a freight load going either direction that needed such a large aircraft

As de biz says, cargo service only for the seafood industry.
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/virgin-atlantic-cargo-to-norway/

smurfjed · 30-01-2021 8:07pm

Just flew into Luton, the airspace is so empty, literally didn’t hear another plane since the French FIR.

PinOnTheRight · 31-01-2021 12:26pm

smurfjed wrote: »

Just flew into Luton, the airspace is so empty, literally didn’t hear another plane since the French FIR.

It's all a bit dire, UK traffic is about 20% of 2019 currently and Saturday evenings/Sunday mornings are particularly dead.
LTN was the second busiest in the UK yesterday with 65 movements, a normal Saturday in January would be around 280.

HTCOne · 31-01-2021 12:44pm

I might go an hour or 2 now without talking to a single crew. It is bleak. Traffic is going down too due countries bringing in even stricter travel requirements. Everyone is pretty down. New variants, lockdowns with no end in sight, vaccine delays. I think the hope that we might get a decent summer in the industry has been crushed in people.

Tenger · 31-01-2021 2:37pm

HTCOne wrote: »

I might go an hour or 2 now without talking to a single crew. It is bleak. Traffic is going down too due countries bringing in even stricter travel requirements. Everyone is pretty down. New variants, lockdowns with no end in sight, vaccine delays. I think the hope that we might get a decent summer in the industry has been crushed in people.

My thoughts exactly. The new year was looking positive. Last 2-3 weeks have crushed that hope.

roadmaster · 31-01-2021 3:15pm

A Dash 8 flew in to Dublin this morning from Iceland and is now going south over France. Would that be a new aircraft delivery coming from Canada to a customer?

smurfjed · 31-01-2021 3:25pm

I had to laugh, when our 2nd crew called for start, they were told that we had a one hour delay due to SLOT TIME. In that time I literally didn’t see one other aircraft move in Luton.

I assumed that the quietness on the European frequencies was due to CPDLC-ATN, but I had expected London to be busier.

@roadmaster, yes, from manufacturer to airline.

IQO · 31-01-2021 5:25pm

roadmaster wrote: »

A Dash 8 flew in to Dublin this morning from Iceland and is now going south over France. Would that be a new aircraft delivery coming from Canada to a customer?

https://twitter.com/Michaelkelly707/status/1355859008687636481

eronayne · 02-02-2021 12:35am

TK6697 diverting to Shannon

faoiarvok · 02-02-2021 11:59pm

eronayne wrote: »

TK6697 diverting to Shannon

FR24 is often guessing with destinations for cargo aircraft as their schedules are less predictable than passenger flights.

That’s a regular (almost daily?) flight into Shannon.

03-02-2021 1:24am

A cargo plane from Germany (Saab 340af) seems like a long way for such a small cargo plane.

AEG491 from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden to Dublin https://fr24.com/AEG491/26ba8e9d

vicwatson · 03-02-2021 1:28am

Deleted User wrote: »

A cargo plane from Germany (Saab 340af) seems like a long way for such a small cargo plane.

AEG491 from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden to Dublin https://fr24.com/AEG491/26ba8e9d

Covid tests?

03-02-2021 2:58am

vicwatson wrote: »

Covid tests?

Could be although I think I remember someone on here saying that the Air Corps was doing the transport of Covid tests?

theguzman · 04-02-2021 2:25am

A rare visitor to SNN
https://www.flightradar24.com/SCX8972/26bcc949

Oops! · 04-02-2021 2:46am

Rare? A regular visitor....

theguzman · 04-02-2021 3:00am

Oops! wrote: »

Rare? A regular visitor....

Is it a cargo ops? Sun Country are a LCC in the states, is it an Amazon cargo run?

Oops! · 04-02-2021 3:05am

US Troops.

LXFlyer · 04-02-2021 8:05am

I see that Lufthansa A350 D-AIXP is now returning non-stop from Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands to Munich.

https://www.flightradar24.com/DLH2575/26bcf620

The southbound flight from Hamburg on Sunday was Lufthansa's longest ever flight.

https://en.mercopress.com/2021/02/02/lufthansa-lands-in-falklands-with-scientists-returns-to-germany-on-wednesday

Incidentally it's passing the twice weekly "air bridge" flight between RAF Brize Norton & Mount Pleasant (operated by Air Tanker A330 G-VYGJ) at Dakar in Senegal where that aircraft is landing to refuel and change crews en route to Mount Pleasant.

04-02-2021 2:25pm

US air force Beachcraft C-12C heading out over the Atlantic after a stopover in Shannon, looks like it's some kind of executive transport.

GUTS65 from Shannon https://fr24.com/GUTS65/26be2030

EchoIndia · 04-02-2021 2:29pm

Deleted User wrote: »

GUTS65 from Shannon https://fr24.com/GUTS65/26be2030

Embassy transport aircraft ex-Riyadh heading back to USA.

smurfjed · 05-02-2021 9:16am

There is talk about removing the Atlantic organised track structure and replacing it with more fuel efficient random routes. One one of the benefits of CPDLC and ADS-B.

https://nats.aero/blog/2021/02/is-it-time-to-disband-the-organised-track-structure/

stooge · 05-02-2021 12:38pm

Plane just flew overhead near Hodson Bay (Roscommon) very low (100m or so). Not on Flightradar that I can see.

Any ideas what it could be? Did not seem like military (more private type aircraft), and seemed too low for radar mapping. Was travelling a bit fast for me to get a picture but did get a decent look.

(Its not this one by the way https://www.flightradar24.com/BIO05/26c04eb3 this was approx 10mins later in same area)

irishgti · 05-02-2021 12:45pm

stooge wrote: »

Plane just flew overhead near Hodson Bay (Roscommon) very low (100m or so). Not on Flightradar that I can see.

Any ideas what it could be? Did not seem like military (more private type aircraft), and seemed too low for radar mapping. Was travelling a bit fast for me to get a picture but did get a decent look.

(Its not this one by the way https://www.flightradar24.com/BIO05/26c04eb3 this was approx 10mins later in same area)

This just flew over my house( near ballinasloe)too very low, looks like its heading for Shannon direction

05-02-2021 1:05pm

Just heard AN-12 fly over.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=508116

Tabnabs · 05-02-2021 1:05pm

Antonov An-12B currently flying over the country, lucky for those who can hear it go by.

https://www.flightradar24.com/CVK7055/26c05419

RadioRetro · 05-02-2021 1:20pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Antonov An-12B currently flying over the country, lucky for those who can hear it go by.

https://www.flightradar24.com/CVK7055/26c05419

Flew right over me here in Wexford. Heard it all right. Heading for St. John's, Newfoundland from Birmingham.

Tenzor07 · 07-02-2021 7:45pm

G-VBEL - 787 just landed from LHR
And EI-EIM AL A330 just left DUB for LHR...

Very big aircraft for that route?

EchoIndia · 07-02-2021 7:49pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

And EI-EIM AL A330 just left DUB for LHR...

Very big aircraft for that route?

EI178 operated by A330 three or four times a week.

Boxcar_Willie · 07-02-2021 7:56pm

EchoIndia wrote: »

EI178 operated by A330 three or four times a week.

Brits connecting to DXB via DUB ?

Tenzor07 · 07-02-2021 8:41pm

EchoIndia wrote: »

EI178 operated by A330 three or four times a week.

Must be due to less frequency of flights so they try and fill a 330..

I guess also that the 787 is for cargo rather than passengers...

Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

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