Manchester: STS Hangar & Planned Movements

[BlueManc]

'Big' news breaking

Mammoth Freighters signs with STS

777 freighter conversions

 

[Scottie Dog]

'Big' news breaking by https://twitter.com/SPD_travels

Mammoth Freighters signs with STS

777 freighter conversions

Fantastic news for Manchester. Jobs for aerospace engineers and a return to our airport of wide-bodied freighters😉

 

[Bilko]

Hi Scottie and everyone.

Yes very good news for Manchester that the big hangar will be active again albeit in 2024 but positive news for a change.

Just a thought the old Air Livery paint shop could be acquired as well to paint them up after freighter conversion. You never know.

Best wishes from Bilko.

 

[CM.]

SPDTravel reporting the first customer at the Manchester facility this morning, AirTransat A321 C-GTCY. Be interesting to see how they split the work going forward.

Interesting also that this aircraft is a former Thomascook.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of Liam McManus is a photo of the Air Transat A321 arriving at Manchester. I will create a new thread to cover STS movements and will, when done, move these posts to that thread.

View attachment 27074

 

[Scottie Dog]

This thread has been created solely for the purpose of posts relating to the STS hangar at Manchester Airport.

 

[mullion]

And may it fill rapidly.

 

[BlueManc]

This 'll fill it! Credit Alphafive

03NOV22 ITA A359 A1550 expected for STS

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Will be nice to see what they use to bring in new engines when needed.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Slightly belatedly, but to keep the records up to date, Virgin Atlantic A330-300 G-VUFO arrived on Wednesday 2nd November.

The ITA A359 has now, according to AlphaFive, been delayed until Thursday 10th November with an ETA of 08:50

 

[Scottie Dog]

Due 12:00 Monday 14th November: A332 2-HXFJ.

 

[mullion]

It has arrived but missed due low cloud

 

[Scottie Dog]

Well unless you're a number cruncher then you've not actually missed much. It's all white and I'll put a photo into the Manchester photo thread later this afternoon.

Photo now available here https://forums4airports.com/threads/130/page-7

So that now means that STS has;

1 x Air Transat A321
1 x Virgin Atlantic A333
1 x ITA A359
1 x CIT Aerospace A332

 

[mullion]

Yes I am Scottie but have been up to airport and seen it

 

[gonetech]

G-LMTE ATR72 popped in at some point too

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G-TUMP TUI B38M gone in 23/11 around 11.30

 

[Scottie Dog]

Interesting to hear that STS is not just doing Airbus work.

 

[gonetech]

G-TUMP being prepared for winter lease to Sunwing, noted doing engine runs today (27/11)

 

[Seasider]

I thought the TUI/Sunwing exchanges had finished.

 

[A400]

Some more visitors expected to the STS hanger

British Airways A319 G-EUPN due up tomorrow

2 Air Canada A330-300s due in at the end of January also.

Credit- Alphafive and SPD travels on twitter

 

[BlueManc]

Doing alright aren't they. Should put an offer in for the ex air livery hanger. Hangers are for planes, not boxes.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Doing alright aren't they. Should put an offer in for the ex air livery hanger. Hangers are for planes, not boxes.

You're are correct however, I believe that when Air Livery moved out of the hangar, there was a considerable amount of old paint left - from the spraying - in the air-conditioning units and this makes it rather expensive to repair.

Just to confirm that this is just something I have been told and I have no definite proof.