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Air Antwerp Fokker 50, OO-VLS, taxiing at London City Airport. This Air Transat is the only carrier still using the Airbus A310 on passenger
is the only UK location with a passenger service flown by the type. services to the UK. The twin jet airliner can be seen at Glasgow and
Alisdair Anderson Manchester (pictured). Ashley French
Luxair Dash 8-Q400 Sat 0800/0830 LG4591/2 Luxembourg
1140/1210 LG4593/4
Luxair Dash 8-Q400 Sun 1420/1450 LG4595/6 Luxembourg
1510/1540 LG4603/4
1945/2015 LG4597/8
London City is the only UK airport served by Luxair following its withdrawal from Heathrow in October 2008.
London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Air Arabia Maroc A320 Thu/Sat 1155/1310 (Sat 1830/1920) 3O103/104 Fez
Air Arabia Maroc A320 Fri/Sun 1440/1530 (Sun 1830/1920) 3O101/102 Tangier
Air Arabia Maroc A320
Air Arabia Maroc Wed/Sun 0940/1030 (Sun 1715/1825) 3O105/106 Marrakesh
Air Arabia Maroc started services to Gatwick in October 2012 and has expanded the operation to six weekly flights across three destinations in Morocco. The airline
recently discontinued the Casablanca to Manchester service, meaning Gatwick is currently its only UK destination.
London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Air Baltic A220-300 Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Sat 0840/0925 BT651/652 Riga
(excluding Mon/Thu 1000/1100)
Air Baltic A220-300 Mon/Tue/Wed/ 1645/1730 BT653/654 Riga
Thu/Fri/Sat (excluding Mon 1635/1700)
Air Baltic A220-300 Tue/Thu/Sat 1700/1745 (Thu 1710/1815) BT649/650 Tallinn
Air Baltic started flying into Gatwick using Boeing 737s, though now uses its A220-300s. In March 2018 its operations at Gatwick were expanded with a three times
weekly Tallinn service, in addition to the 12 weekly Riga links.
London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Air Transat A321LR Daily 0905/1100 TS122/123 Toronto
Air Transat operated its first transatlantic A321LR flight (Toronto to Gatwick) on October 7, 2019. Regular scheduled services started in November. The airline has 15
of the type on order, which will all be in operation by the end of 2022. Following the gradual delivery of these aircraft, the A310 is being retired and more European
rotations will switch to the A321LR.

London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Belavia E175/E195/737 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun 1310-1405 (Mon)/0925-1020 B2851/852 Minsk
(Wed/Fri)/1120-1215 (Sun)
Belavia’s only scheduled UK service is to Gatwick, though it does operate seasonal summer charter flights to Manchester. The airline uses a mix of types subject to
passenger numbers – either the E175 or E195, or any of its Boeing 737 series (-300, -500 and -800). It operates a Boeing 737 and E195 in a special ‘World of Tanks’
livery advertising the computer game which may interest some photographers.
London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Georgian Airways 737-800 Wed/Sat 2035/2155 A9751/752 Tbilisi
Georgian Airways serves Gatwick twice weekly, these being the only direct flights between Georgia and the UK. It started the route on May 20, 2017 and is currently
flown by the airline’s sole Boeing 737-800. The carrier operates E190s, E195s and CRJ100s.
London/Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Iraqi Airways A320 Wed/Sat 2125/2250 IA237/238 239/240 Sulaymaniyah and Baghdad
The inbound services all stop in Sofia, Bulgaria for rescreening of passengers to meet to UK regulations. The outbound flights go direct to Iraq.

Iberia flight 3166 from Madrid to Heathrow is regularly operated by an
A340-600, but also occasionally by an A350-900 or A330. Ashley French

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