05/03/2020

Thursday, 5th March

D-CZZZ    Citation 560XL     DC Aviation              DCS707         0827/1849
EI-GHK    EMB-190            Stobart Air              opf Aer Lingus         
G-NICB    Beech 200GT        Dragonfly Aviation       CBM66      1520/1643 F/V
N652FX    Gulfstream 650     TVPX Aircraft Solutions  LXJ652      arr 0720 F/V
VP-CCK    BD.700             Clear Vantage Ltd.       VP-CCK          dep 1430
9H-ILZ    CRJ-200            VistaJet                 VJT683          dep 1853
9H-QBI    B737-8             Malta Air                RYR6WU/6485          F/V
9H-QBQ    B737-8             Malta Air                RYR4KW/8556          F/V
276       AW-139             Irish Air Corps          "Wolf"         1508/1533
278       AW-139             Irish Air Corps          "Wolf"         1508/1533
G-XXEB    Sikorsky 76C       The Queens Flight        "Wolf"     1508/1558 F/V

Comments
The helicopter formation arrived from Galway to drop off the Royal visitors who were traveling to Heathrow aboard Aer Lingus A320 EI-EDS. The Air Corps 139s departed back across the city to Baldonnel while the S76 departed back to the UK after refueling.  Following the demise of Flybe, Stobart used their 'free' E190 on regional flights for Aer Lingus - the first time they have used a jet on these services, I believe.