(23 Jan 2017, 8:37 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote As a Avid Aviation enthusiast and also Easter coming up, It wasn't long until this will be posted!


Found out I'm heading back to Florida this year for my Annual/Sometimes Twice Annual trip there to see family/Theme Parks and other things there, However after the successful trip on British Airways and Fellow Oneworld alliance partner American Airline's last August has resulted in us going back on them.


Trip will start out on BA1321 off Newcastle at 06:05 to London Heathrow, Which utilises a Airbus A320 on this day, Though all flight's are mixed allocated every day, Flight's can regulary jump from a A319 to a larger A321, Though is usually A319 and A320s/

After a 1 hour transfer on National Express from Terminal 5 Interchange to Gatwick's South Terminal, Which utilises a 2 Axle Volvo B9R/ Ceatano Levante.

While we normally fly into Orlando International/Sanford, Me and family will be flying into Tampa this year, Which is around 60 miles west of Orlando International , And 95 miles west of Orlando Sanford.

While this will save us the drive from Orlando, Id heavily recommend travelling to Tampa instead of Orlando in the peak holiday weeks and driving to Orlando, Which takes around 1 hour - 1hr 30mins depending on traffic down the Interstate 275 and Interstate 4.
The reason I recommend it is because 2x Daily Orlando flights are heavily loaded nearly all year round, Which also means its proan to heavy price increases over the 4x Weekly Tampa flight, Which going by Prices and Experience of boarding right next to it last year at Gatwick to be only Half Full.

Haulage on this flight will be one of Gatwick's based Boeing 777-236ER's, Or " 772s " , While I had GE90-94B engined G-VIIP last year, I'm hoping for one of Gatwick's minority Rolls Royce Trent RR-895 powered ones this year, As that will clear me of all 3 Engine types offered on the 777, Although not all Subtypes will be cleared.


After 17 days in Florida, I'm returing via Philedelphia using American Tampa - Philly , And then a BA Boeing 747-436 ( looking forward to this one! ) on BA066 to Heathrow , Then BA1326 to onwards to Newcastle.

BA066 is a interesting one, As according to BA its going to utilise a 747, Yet all recent records of the flight come up as a mixture of mostly 772s, So I'm hoping it still turns out to be a 744!


Flights outbound leave on the 9th April , Returning on the 25th , Arriving on the 26th.