The Friends of Liverpool Airport Newsletter Issue 120—Spring 2012
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09/27—Spring 2012 Issue 120—Spring 2012 The Friends of Liverpool Airport Newsletter 1 LJLA—Centre of the Known Universe 09/27—Spring 2012 Above —How’s this for framing your shot? — the mighty Vulcan at the Southport Air Show last year George Fox Below —Illustrating the Crashes and Accidents article later—G-AMOE makes an entrance into Gate 2 Ken Fielding LJLA—Centre of the Known Universe 2 09/27—Spring 2012 09/27 Information & Credits Index 09/27 is an independently produced newsletter principally for circulation to the members of FoLA. Regulars Airport News Martin Sloman page 08 The views expressed within the newsletter are those of the Bits and Pieces Editor page 34 Editor or the contributor and do not necessarily reflect those of Chairman’s Column Steve Pearse page 10 the FoLA Committee. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the content is true and accurate, the information contained Chocks Away (Editorial) Editor page 15 within is sometimes unconfirmed, and the Editor and FoLA Concessions page 42 Committee cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracies in Following On... Editor page xx any article or comment which it has accepted in good faith for General Aviation Ian Rimmer page xx publication. Interesting Visitors Ray Robson page 40 Ken’s Cuttings Ken Roberts page 36 Friends of Liverpool Airport is an independent support group, Letters to the Editor Editor page 38 and as such, this magazine only reflects the views and opinions Other Airports Vacancy page 11 of its membership and not necessarily those of the Management Plane Funny Vacancy page 39 and staff of Liverpool John Lennon Airport Plc. or its owners, Passenger Figures Keith Hardwick page 17 Peel Airports. Promotional Report Wynn Lloyd page xx Scheduled Flights Table Tony Williams page 04 Scheduled Airline News Tony Williams page 06 Editor Graham Ward Society News & Info page 41 The Editor welcomes letters, articles and information from Stop Press Editor page 46 members. Contributions should be sent to : Surface Access to LPL Steve Pearse page 10 The Don Stephens Collection Don Stephens page 29 The Editor 09/27 Irregulars Friends of Liverpool Airport 1933 Menu Keith Hardwick page 21 23 Cheyne Gardens AD Aviation Brian Jones page 31 Aigburth Airport Viewing page 28 Liverpool E-Bay Bargain Graham Ward page 23 L19 3PH Echo Letter page 28 First Airport Bank Ken Roberts page 14 e-mail address: FoLA AGM page 14 Friends of Malmi Airport via Dave Smith page 33 [email protected] Gibraltar Jaunt Jeff Peatfield page 37 Is it all easyJet’s Fault? Keith Hardwick page 22 Newsletter timetable Looking Back Peter Mawdsley page 30 09/27 is produced 4 times per year; normally, mid February, Packaged Holidays Tiffany Woodley page 12 May, August and November. Passenger Satisfaction Survey page 16 Peacetime Accidents... Graham Ward page 24 Production System Please Don’t Give Up page 15 The newsletter is produced using MS Publisher running on a Postcard Corner page 13 Windows7 based PC. It is printed by Hope University Repro Which? Best Airport via Wynn Lloyd page 32 Dept. Distribution is effected by Eddie Quinn and Tiffany Woodley. Material If you are ever unhappy with any aspect of the newsletter, please feel free to contact me or a member of the Committee. Please be assured all material and letters are read and if appropriate, used. Sometimes though, due to priorities, a given Special thanks to: article or snippet may not appear for an issue or two. I do try to answer all correspondence, if only to acknowledge receipt. Maureen Hardwick for chekin me inglish an Please send me your news, views, anecdotes, reminiscences, grama sow it reeds gud like wot it orta ann makin articles, memorabilia, gossip, information, data, fleet lists, book de spelins rite an dat. -reviews and rumours. Tell us what you think of the newsletter, the Airport or FoLA. Comments good or bad welcomed. Due credit should be given for any material reproduced This Edition elsewhere. Press date for next magazine: May 2012 Credits & Contributors to this edition : Next magazine due out: mid—May 2012 In addition to the main correspondents—Phil Butler, Ken Fielding, George Fox, Keith Hardwick, Brian Jones, George Jones, John Jones, Peter Mawdsley, Eddie Quinn, Kevin Front Cover: Pennington, Steve Pennington, Ken Roberts, Dave Sadler, Dave The short lived flyglobespan services to Tenerife and New York Smith, Don Stephens. of 2007 started with so much hope but ended in ridicule and farce. Even the Liverpool John Lennon Airport logo on the tail (And also the many people who pass over pictures, cuttings, of the Boeing 757 operating the service (seen here) tried to part newspaper articles, magazines, memorabilia and the like at the company half way across the Atlantic one day. LJLA meetings.) Thanks, as always, to the Management and Staff of Liverpool John Lennon Airport 3 LJLA—Centre of the Known Universe 09/27—Spring 2012 Scheduled Flights Table Tony Williams Route news for period 16th January to 30th June—Additions & cancellations around bank holidays are not included. Destination Code Airline Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Notes EZY RYR Oth Chge Alicante ALC easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 to 12th February Alicante ALC easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13th to 19th February Alicante ALC easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 20th February to 4th March Alicante ALC easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5th March to 24th March Alicante ALC easyJet 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 25th March to 15th April Alicante ALC easyJet 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 from 16th April 14 -1 Alicante ALC Ryanair 1 1 1 1 to 24th March Alicante ALC Ryanair 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 4 -6 Almeria LEI Ryanair 1 1 **NEW** from 25th March 2 2 Amsterdam AMS easyJet 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 to 5th February Amsterdam AMS easyJet 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 6th to 19th February Amsterdam AMS easyJet 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 20th February to 10th June 19 0 Amsterdam AMS easyJet 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 from 11th June Amsterdam AMS KLM 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 to 19th February Amsterdam AMS KLM 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20th February to 24th March -21 Barcelona BCN easyJet 1 1 1 2 1 2 to 3rd February Barcelona BCN easyJet 1 1 1 2 1 2 4th to 11th February Barcelona BCN easyJet 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 12th to 19th February Barcelona BCN easyJet 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 20th February to 24th March Barcelona BCN easyJet 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 from 25th March 12 -2 Barcelona BCN Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 **NEW** from 25th March 7 7 Belfast Intl BFS easyJet 7 4 4 5 7 4 5 to 1st February Belfast Intl BFS easyJet 7 4 5 7 7 4 5 2nd February to 24th March Belfast Intl BFS easyJet 7 6 6 5 7 4 6 25th March to 15th April Belfast Intl BFS easyJet 7 6 6 7 7 4 6 16th April to 24th June 43 -1 Belfast Intl BFS easyJet 7 5 5 5 7 4 6 from 25th June Bergerac EGC Ryanair 1 1 1 from 25th March 3 0 Berlin-Brandenburg BER easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 3rd June Berlin-Schonefeld SXF easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 to 1st June 7 -4 Bodrum BJV easyJet 1 1 from 25th March 2 0 Bordeaux BOD easyJet 1 16th June to 24th June 0 Bordeaux BOD easyJet 1 1 1 from 25th June Bratislava BTS Ryanair 1 1 1 3 1 Brussels BRU easyJet 1 1 1 1 to 24th March Brussels BRU easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 6 0 Carcassonne CCF Ryanair 1 1 1 to 24th March Carcassonne CCF Ryanair 1 1 1 from 25th March 3 0 Cork ORK Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 to 24th March Cork ORK Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 5 -4 Derry (Londonderry) LDY Ryanair 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 to 24th March Derry (Londonderry) LDY Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 7 2 Dublin DUB Ryanair 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 to 24th March Dublin DUB Ryanair 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 from 25th March 24 0 Faro FAO easyJet 1 1 1 to 29th January Faro FAO easyJet 1 1 1 1 30th January to 24th March Faro FAO easyJet 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 from 25th March 10 -1 Faro FAO Ryanair 1 1 to 24th March Faro FAO Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 7 -2 Fuerteventura FUE easyJet 1 1 2 -1 Fuerteventura FUE Ryanair 1 1 to 24th March Fuerteventura FUE Ryanair 1 1 from 25th March 2 0 Gdansk GDN Wizz Air 1 1 to 24th March Gdansk GDN Wizz Air 1 1 1 from 25th March 3 -1 Geneva GVA easyJet 2 1 2 2 2 5 4 to 5th February Geneva GVA easyJet 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 6th to 19th February Geneva GVA easyJet 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 20th February to 24th March Geneva GVA easyJet 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 25th March to 15th April Geneva GVA easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 16th April 7 0 Gibraltar GIB easyJet 1 1 1 3 0 Grenoble GNB easyJet 1 to 5th February Grenoble GNB easyJet 1 1 6th to 19th February Grenoble GNB easyJet 1 20th February to 7th April Ibiza IBZ Ryanair 1 1 1 from 25th March 3 0 Innsbruck INN easyJet 1 1 to 24th March Innsbruck INN easyJet 1 25th March to 7th April Isle of Man IOM easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 to 24th March Isle of Man IOM easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 7 1 Isle of Man IOM flybe 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 to 19th February Isle of Man IOM flybe 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 20th February to 24th March Isle of Man IOM flybe 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 from 25th March 24 -2 Jersey JER easyJet 1 1 1 1 to 29th January Jersey JER easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 30th January to 24th March Jersey JER easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 from 25th March 7 0 LJLA—Centre of the Known Universe 4 09/27—Spring 2012 Destination Code Airline Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Notes EZY RYR Oth Chge Katowice KTW Wizz Air 1 1 to 1st April Katowice KTW Wizz Air 1 1 1 2nd April to 15th April Katowice KTW Wizz Air 1 1 16th April to 17th June 2 -1 Katowice KTW Wizz Air 1 1 1 from 18th June Kaunas KUN Ryanair 1 1 1 to 24th March Kaunas KUN Ryanair 1 1 from 25th March 2 0 Knock NOC Ryanair 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 0 Kos KGS Ryanair 1 1 from 25th March 2 0 Krakow KRK easyJet 1 1 1 1 to 5th February Krakow KRK easyJet 1 1 1 1 1 6th February to 26th February Krakow KRK easyJet 1 1 1 1 27th February to 24th March Krakow KRK easyJet 1 1 1 from 25th March 3 -1 Krakow