Stansted 30-01-2022

[andygolfer]

(yet) another trip to Stansted this morning to catch some departures in the sun, nothing unusual unfortunately but a pleasant morning nevertheless...

Ryanair are putting more aircraft on the UK register, the RUK* series is now up to H
G-RUKC B737 Ryanair Stansted 30-01-2022 5157 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the Maltese fleet continues to expand with both B737 800s and the MAX 8-200, 9H-VUQ was delivered two months ago and the latest 'VUV arrived at Dublin on 19th December, they now have over 130 aircraft on the 9H register however only the first b6 were delivered in Malta Air colours.
9H-VUQ B737M Ryanair Stansted 30-01-2022 5223 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

aircraft are also being transferred onto the Polish register to Ryanair Sun such as this 737-800
SP-RSI B737 Ryanair Stansted 30-01-2022 5331 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and they are also transferring aircraft to Buzz although mainly in Ryanair colours, of the 11 Max's delivered only the first 8 are in @Buzz colours...
SP-RZH B737M Buzz Stansted 30-01-2022 5386 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and another Ryanair subsidiary Malta Europe continue to operate A320s in Lauda colours
9H-LAX Lauda Europe Stansted 30-01-2022 5544 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Jet2 seem to be getting busier with aircraft in both the Jet2 and Jet 2 holidays schemes departing
G-JZHL B737 Jet2 Stansted 30-01-2022 5665 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-DRTI B737 Jet2 Stansted 30-01-2022 5903 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Pegasus are about the only foreign airline operating multiple daily flights using their A320s and A321 as well assubsidiary AnadoluJet's B737s
TC-NBG A320N Pegasus Stansted 30-01-2022 5879 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there wasn't much on the biz front just these 2 small ones
EJ-REVA Hawker 800 Stansted 30-01-2022 5734 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-SUGR Emb.135 Legacy Stansted 30-01-2022 5318 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and this rather large corporate jet was the largest aircraft we saw depart, one of the Dubai Royal Flight 747s
A6-HRM B747 Dubai Government Stansted 30-01-2022 5813 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

finally I mentioned Buzz and I hadn't been there long when I got 'buzzed' by the buzzard that landed quite close to me and watched with interest for a few minutes trying to understand what I was doing
Buzzard near Stansted 30-01-2022 5586 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy