Civilian Aviation

Here are a few from a very pleasant afternoon at Gatwick. Nothing remarkable, but with plenty of ski charter traffic it was a good day.

One of my main targets was the Monarch A300s before they are retired, so I was pleased to get both:

G-MAJS:


G-MAJS Monarch A306 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And G-OJMR:


G-OJMR Monarch A306 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Continuing with the Monarch, theme, here's one of many A321s which arrived:


G-OZBZ Monarch A321 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Which will shortly rep;lace the last few 757s:


G-MONJ MON B752 291213 EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

easyJet is undoubtedly 'King' at Gatwick, now with almost as many A320s as A319s:

A nice new one with sharklets:


G-EZWN easyJet A320 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And, what is affectionately known as 'The Carrot':


G-EZUI easyJet A320 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Back to some more charter traffic - Titan sent their all white 757:


G-POWH 'Titan Airways' B752 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And an incredibly long Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300:


G-JMAB Thomas Cook B753 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

A less interesting TCX A321:


G-OMYJ Thomas Cook A321 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

BAs 737s which have been repainted look very smart still as retirement looms:


G-DOCE British Airways B734 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And nice to see a Dove looking pristine, without any mismatched panels:


G-DBCB British Airways A319 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Thomson have a large presence at Gatwick. A 737 still wearing the perfectly good old livery:


G-TAWH Thomson B738 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And a couple in the new livery:


G-TAWK Thomson B738 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr


G-OOBB Thomson B752 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Flybe was another motivation for my trip, as they will shortly almost completely pullout of Gatwick as part of their restructuring:


G-ECOE Flybe DH8D at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr


G-FBJI Flybe E175 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And a nice surprise was the eco livery Dash 8:


G-JEDP Flybe DH8D at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Virgin made a single appearance in the middle of the day:


G-VGAL Virgin Atlantic B744 291213 EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Norwegian Air Shuttle were responsible for a few movements:


LN-DJN Norwegian Air Shuttle B738 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr


LN-NOW Norweigian Air Shuttle B738 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

And to end, a Turkish 737 and a nice Air Arabia A320:


TC-JFM Turksih Airlines B738 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr


CN-NMF Air Arabia A320 at Gatwick EGKK by AeroPics, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, and I hope these were of interest.

Great set and nice to see my favourite 747 "Jersey Girl" still looking lovely - she took myself and family out to Antigua in 2008.

A colourful set of pictures and not a cloud to be seen!!

Not being too familiar with LGW these days may I ask where your vantage point was for these?

Many thanks for posting

Neil

excellent photos..will be down to London at end of month for a week but have decided to miss out Gatwick and do London City instead.. now seeing these im wondering if ive made right decision

Thanks Mike, Neil and Coolmore for your comments.

Neil - the photos were taken from the far end of the Inner Perimeter Road - a nice spot I thought, the aircraft are close and low.

Coolmore - make sure your check the London City departures / arrivals board - as it is very, very slow there in the middle of the day. London City only really comes alive early morning (7 - 9am) and evening (5-8pm). I hope this helps and good luck.