‘Scene’ at the East Midlands Airport again on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Something I mention from time to time, for the benefit of new readers/viewers.

 

Is that if you were to single click on any image in these blogs, it will take you to my ‘Flickr’ page where the image you have clicked is available to view in a larger format enabling details to be viewed more clearly.

 

A visit to the EMA at Castle Donington on the borders of Derbyshire and Leicestershire to see the freight aircraft come and go, has become one of mine and friend John Beastall’s (who, incidentally, supplied all the aircraft details) little pleasures in life.

 

I like freighters. 

 

They are often older former passenger airliners that have been converted when their passenger flying days are done.

 

That said, there are numbers of new build aircraft joining the ranks.

 

If there is a downside, it is the knowledge that much of the freight they bring into the country are goods and products that in years gone by we would have, as a nation, produced for ourselves. 

 

Anyone seeking further details of the aircraft are advised to type the second line details of type and c/n into Google and go to the ‘planespotters.net’ entry.

 

G-NPTX ‘West Atlantic’.

Boeing 737-4C9F c/n 25429

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Luxair’ in February 1992 registered LX-LGF having first flown on 30/01/1992.

 

Pictured having arrived from Jersey and later going to Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

G-JMCV ‘West Atlantic’.

Boeing 737-4K5F c/n 24128

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Hapag-Lloyd’ in May 1989 as D-AHLO.

 

Pictured having arrived from Aberdeen.

 

 

 

 

N334UP ‘UPS Airlines’ (United Parcel Service).

Boeing 767-34AF c/n 34844

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘UPS’ in November 2001.

 

Pictured having arrived from Philadelphia and later departing to Cologne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

G-OHJK ‘ASL Airlines’.

Boeing 737-82RF c/n 35701

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Pegasus’ (Turkey) registered TC-AAH in January 2008.

 

Pictured having arrived from Belfast and later departing to Paris.

 

 

 

 

OY-SRH ‘Maersk Air Cargo / Star Air’ (Denmark).

Boeing 767-204ERF c/n 24457

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Britannia Airways’ registered G-BPFV in March 1989.

 

In its ‘Britannia Airways’ days, I flew in this aircraft on a return flight from Corfu.

 

Pictured having arrived from Edinburgh and later departing to Cologne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at the East Midlands Airport 1 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A visit to the EMA at Castle Donington on the borders of Derbyshire and Leicestershire to see the freight aircraft come and go, has become one of mine and friend John Beastall (who incidentally supplied all the aircraft details) little pleasures in life.

 

I like freighters. 

 

They are often older former passenger airliners that have been converted when their passenger flying days are done.

 

That said, there are numbers of new build aircraft joining the ranks.

 

If there is a downside, it is the knowledge that much of the freight they bring into the country are goods and products that in years gone by we would have, as a nation, produced for ourselves. 

 

Anyone seeking further details of the aircraft are advised to type the second line details of type and c/n into Google and go to the ‘planespotters.net’ entry.

 

G-DHLX ‘DHL Air’.

Boeing 777-F c/n 67139

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

One of the new boys on the block being new in 2022.

 

Pictured having just landed having come from Cincinnati, USA to where it would return later in the night.

 

 

 

 

G-DHLG ‘DHL Air’.

BOEING 767-3JHF c/n 37807

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Having earlier arrived from Milan and now on its way to Cincinnati

 

New in 2009.

 

 

 

 

G-BMRB ‘DHL Air’.

Boeing 757-236SF c/n 23975

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Delivered new to ‘British Airways’ in 1987.

 

Pictured having just landed having come from Reykjavik, Iceland. It would later depart for Leipzig, Germany.

 

 

 

 

G-DHLK ‘DHL Air’.

Boeing 767-3JHF c/n 37810

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 2012.

 

Pictured having just landed having come from Bahrain. It would later depart for Leipzig, Germany.

 

‘DHL Partner’ livery.

 

 

 

 

G-DHLO ‘DHL Air’.

Boeing 767-316ERF c/n 40592

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘LAN Airlines’ (Chile) in 2012.

 

Pictured having just landed having come from Belfast. It would later depart for Brussels, Belgium.

 

‘Scene’ at the East Midlands Airport. Wide Bodied Freighters on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Whilst passenger services have plummeted because of the Covid-19 pandemic, freight traffic has rocketed.

 

Not surprisingly then, this blog illustrates freighters.

 

Many thanks go to friend John Beastall who provided all the identification and operational details.

 

Readers seeking further details of particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft registration. e.g. G-CLBA. 

 

I then go to ‘www.airfleets.net'

 

G-CLBA ‘Cargologicair’. Boeing 747-428ERF.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2004 registered as F-GIUD to ‘Air France’.

 

 

 

 

C-GYAJ ‘Cargojet’ Boeing 767-35EERF.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1992 registered as B-16605 to ‘EVA Air’ (Taiwan).

 

It has since had spells with both ‘First Choice Airways’ and ‘Thomson Airways’ registered as G-PJLO before joining ‘CargoJet’ (Canada) in 2014.

 

Pictured parked at DHL’s facility.

 

 

 

 

N342UP ‘UPS Airlines’ Boeing 767-34AF ‘Worldwide Services’.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

UPS = ‘United Parcel Service’.

 

New in 2011.

 

 

 

 

OY-SRO ‘Star Air’ Boeing 767-25EBDSF.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1986 registered as B-1623 to ‘EVA Air’ (Taiwan).

 

It joined ‘Star Air’ (Denmark) in 2006.

 

 

 

 

G-TUIN ‘TUI Airways’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2017.

 

At the time I took the image, G-TUIN and G-TUIM were employed as freighters due to the lack of work for passenger aircraft due to Covid-19.

 

‘Scene’ at the East Midlands Airport. DHL freighters on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Whilst passenger services have plummeted because of the pandemic, freight traffic has rocketed so not surprisingly, this blog illustrates freighters.

 

Many thanks go to friend John Beastall who provided all the identification and operational details.

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft registration. e.g. G-BMRA.

 

I then go to ‘www.airfleets.net'

 

‘DHL’ are one of the largest air freight carriers in the world and are in and out of the airport regularly during the evening and night.

 

G-BMRA ‘DHL Airways’. Boeing 727-236SF

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew on 13/02/1987 for ‘British Airways’ which makes it 34 years old at the time of writing.

 

 

 

 

D-DHLE ‘DHL Airways’. Boeing 767-3JHF

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

It first flew on 28/07/2009 for ‘DHL’ which makes it 12 years old at the time of writing.

 

 

 

 

D-AALM ‘DHL Airways’. Boeing 777-FZN

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

It first flew on 23/09/2019 for’ DHL’ which makes almost 2 years old at the time of writing.

 

Operated for ‘DHL’ by ‘Aerologic'.

 

 

 

 

EI-DGU ‘DHL Airways’. Airbus A300B4-622RF

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

It first flew on 27/02/1990 which makes it 31 years old at the time of writing.

 

New registered SU-GAR for ‘Egyptair’.

 

Operated for ‘DHL’ by ‘ASL Airlines Ireland’.

 

‘Scene’ at Manchester Airport (MA) 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 For ‘Scene’ at Manchester Airport (MA) 1 see blog posted 29/07/2019. For ‘Scene’ at Manchester Airport (MA) 2 see blog posted 30/08/2019.

 

Thanks go to friend John Beastall who provided much of the information accompanying the images.

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft type and the c/n. ie ‘Boeing 737-8BK c/n 33030.

 

4X-EKT ‘EL Al’, Israel. Boeing 737-8BK c/n 30112

 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

c/n 33030, it first flew in March 2006 as 5B-DBZ for ‘Eurocypria’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C-GEOQ ‘Air Canada Rouge’. Boeing 767-375ER

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in September 1999 for ‘Canadian Airlines’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EC-MQE ‘Vueling Airlines', Spain’. Airbus A 320-232 c/n 7585

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in February 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G-VMNK ‘Virgin Atlantic’. Airbus 330-223 c/n 0403

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in April 2001 as D-ALPA for ‘LTU’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HZ-ARA ‘Saudia’, Saudi Arabia. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner c/n 41544

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in January 2016.

‘Scene’, Freighting at the East Midlands Airport (EMA) part 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I have been a regular visitor to the East Midlands Airport at Castle Donington since it opened in 1964.

 

Much has changed. Freight provides a large part of the movements at the airport and freight requires freighters. 

 

Early to late evening is probably the best time to see the comings and goings taking place.

 

‘DHL’ have a massive facilty at the EMA at the West end of the runway whilst ‘UPS’ are based East of the passenger buildings and apron.

 

The other operators featured use either the ‘DHL’ or ‘UPS’ bases.

 

Thanks to friend John Beastall for all the additional infiormation.

D-AZMO ‘DHL Airways’. Airbus A300F4-622R

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New as JA02GX with ‘Galaxy Airlines’.

 

From Belfast, To Brussels and then to Vittoria (Spain).

 

 

 

N349UP‘UPS Airlines’. Boeing 767-34AF.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘UPS’ in 2012.

 

From Louisville (Kentucky) and Philadelphia. To Cologne and then to Malmo (Sweden).

 

 

 

G-DHLE ‘DHL Airways’. Boeing 767-3JHF

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

From ‘John F Kennedy’ Airport (New York). 

 

To Leipzig before returning to ‘JFK’.

 

 

 

EC-JQF ‘Swiftair’. ATR 72-211F

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Executive Air Charter’ as EI-CBC in 1990.

 

From Jersey. To Guernsey. Operating for DHL.

 

 

 

D-AALB ‘Aerologic’. Boeing 777-FZN

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Aerologic’ in 2009.

 

From Leipzig. To Cincinnati.

 

 

 

G-JMCJ ‘West Atlantic’ (operated by ‘Atlantic Airlines’).Boeing 737-436F

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘British Airways’ in 1993 as G-DOCW.

 

From Belfast. To Belfast.

 

 

 

EI-STM ‘ASL Airlines Ireland’ Boeing 737-4Z9F

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Lauda Air’ as OE-LNI in 1993.

 

From Belfast. To Leipzig and on to Katowice (Poland).

 

 

 

 

G-JMCT ‘West Atlantic’ (operated by ‘Atlantic Airlines’). Boeing 737-3Y0F

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Phillipines Airlines’ as EI-BZH.

 

From Edinburgh, To Edinburgh.

 

‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport. ‘Thomson/Tui’ on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Todays ‘Thomson/Tui’ airline has its beginnings in 1962 with a company called ‘Euravia’ which at that time flew Lockheed Constellations on holiday charters.

 

The name ‘Britannia Airways’ (BA) was adopted in 1964 when former BOAC Bristol Britannia 102’s joined the fleet.

 

In 1965 ‘BA’ became part of the ‘Thomson’ group. A Canadian owned company.

 

In 2000 ‘Thomson’ and ‘BA’ were purchased by ‘Preussag’ AG (Tui group) of Germany.

 

The ‘Thomson’, ‘Thomson Airways’ & ‘Thomsonfly’ names have continued to appear on aircraft but the ‘Tui’ titling is now replacing them.

 

The current fleet comprised Boeing 737’s, Boeing 757’s, Boeing 767’s and Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s.

 

 

G-FDZY ‘Tui’. Boeing 737-8K5

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2011. Leased from time to time to ‘Sunwing Airlines’ of Canada as G-FDZY and C-GHZY.

 

 

 

G-TAWF ‘Tui’. Boeing 737-8K5

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2012.

 

 

 

G-FDZR ‘Thomson’. Boeing 737-8K5

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2009. Leased from time to time to ‘Sunwing Airlines’ of Canada as C-FLZR.

 

 

 

G-BYAY ‘Tui’. Boeing 757-204

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘BA’ in 1999.

 

 

 

G-OOBN ‘Tui’. Boeing 757-2G5

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 2000 to ‘Balair’ (Switzerland) as HB-IHR. Leased to ‘Air Berlin’ and to

‘Thomson Airways’ 2010.

 

 

 

G-OBYF ‘Tui’. Boeing 767-304ER

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘BA’ in 1998. Has been leased to ‘Garuda Indonesian’ twice as G-OYBF and ‘Eurowings’ (Germany) as D-ATYF.

 

 

 

G-OBYG ‘Tui’. Boeing 767-304ER

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘BA’ in 1999. Has been leased to ‘Garuda Indonesian’ several times as G-OYBG and ‘Tuifly’ (Germany) as D-ATYG.

 

 

 

G-TUIF ‘Tui’. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at ‘The East Midlands Airport’

Located almost at the side of the M1 with the cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham all less than 20 miles away, the ‘EMA’ is superbly situated at the centre of the East Midlands region.

 

This is what attracts the range of operators that it does

 

N319UP

 

An American registered Boeing 767-34AF of ’United Parcel Service’. (UPS)

 

It first flew in August 1997 and was delivered new to ‘UPS’ the following month.

 

G-BTPE

 

A British Aerospace ATP-F of ‘West Atlantic Airlines’. 

 

It was originally built for ‘British Airways’ (BA) as ‘PE’ and first flew in March1989 spending almost 10 years with ‘BA’ before moving as EC-GZH to ‘Air Europe Express’ (AEE) in Spain.

 

It later carried the registration EC-HGE whilst with ‘AEE’ before being restored to the UK register with ‘Atlantic Airlines’ in October 2007 before moving to ‘West Atlantic’ in  April 2009.

 

EI-SEV

An Irish registered Boeing 737-300 of ‘Ryanair’.

 

An unusual aircraft in the ‘Ryanair’ fleet in that it is the only 737-300 in an otherwise totally 737-800 fleet. The reason being that it was bought specifically as a crew training aircraft and not for commercial operation.

 

It first flew in January 1999 as N60436 with Boeing and was delivered to ‘Azzurra Air’ as EI-CRP the following April.

 

Since then it has flown as PR-SAE in Brazil, OY-MLW in Denmark and HK-4627 in Colombia before joining ‘Ryanair’ in June 2015.

 

N714SA

 

An American registered Boeing 777-FZB of ‘Southern Air’. (SA)

 

Seen being loaded outside the massive DHL freight terminal.

 

Delivered in March 2012 to ‘SA' operating for DHL.

 

G-JECX

A Canadian built Bombardier DHC 8-Q402 of ‘flybe’.

 

The ‘Q’ in the designation indicates quiet.

 

EC-HCF

 

A Brazilian built Embraer EMB 120RT Brasilia of Spanish operator ‘Swift Air’.

 

It first flew 1n 1985 as PT-SIB.

 

The blanked off windows indicate that the aircraft has been converted to a freighter.

 

G-MCGH

Sikorsky S-92A operated by ‘Bristow Helicopters’ on behalf of HM UK Coastguard.

 

CS-TLZ

 

A Portuguese registered Boeing 767-375ERF of ‘euroAtlanticargo’ operating for ‘Star Air’.

 

It first flew in December 1988 with the test registration of N6055X and was delivered in March 1989 as C-FCAJ to ‘Canadian Airlines’.

 

It moved to ‘VARIG’ in Brasil as PP-VPV in December 1997 before coming to its current operator having been converted to a freighter.

 

G-JMCP

A Boeing 737-4Q8F of ‘West Atlantic Airlines’ (WAA).

 

Built as N39340 March 1987 for ‘Continental Airlines’. 

 

Converted to freighter configuration, it moved to ‘TNT Airways’ as a freighter with the Belgian registration OO-TNB.

 

It moved to ‘WAA’ in December 2013.

 

TF-FIG

An Icelandic registered Boeing 757-23APF of ‘Icelandair Cargo’ (IC).

 

It first flew in July 1989 as N571CA for ‘Challenge Air Cargo’ by whom it was leased in Australia to ‘Ansett World Wide’.

 

It came to ‘IC’ in September 1999 who converted it to freighter.

 

OE-IAT

An Austrian registered Boeing 737-4M0F of ‘TNT Airways’.

 

Built for the leasing company GECAS and first registered to Boeing as N1015B. 

 

Its first flight was in January 1999 and was delivered to the Russian operator ‘Aeroflot’ in April 1999.

 

It was registered as VP-BAR. The Russians registering the aircraft in Bermuda to avoid paying import taxes in Russia.

 

In 2004, it moved to ‘Garuda’ in Indonesia as PK-GZO before being converted to a freighter and joining ‘TNT’ in June 2012.

 

OY-SRL

A Danish registered Boeing 767-232F of ‘Star Air Freight’ (SAF), a Danish company. 

 

Interestingly it carries joint ‘Maersk’ titling. 

 

‘Maersk’ being a major company worldwide in the transport and energy sectors. 

 

Delivered to ‘Delta Airlines’ in January 1983 as N107DL.

 

It was converted to a freighter by Israel Aircraft Industries in 2006 when it joined ‘SAF’.