Arriving early afternoon, A320 EC-LZD was the first aircraft to visit MAN wearing "evelop!" colours and titles, the airline is due to operate a once weekly charter during the summer.
Sadly, but predictably the weather was pretty awful!
Having been Gatwick based since operating the prize winners Florida trip on the 5th April, Monarch Airlines B757-200 G-MONJ moved base to Manchester, it wears special titles for the ITV show, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Flynas started their brand new Jeddah - Manchester service this morning with A330-300 CS-TMT (leased from HiFly of Portugal) operating the inaugural flight. The aircraft received a water cannon salute as it taxied to stand on arrival.
Denim Air Fokker 50 PH-JXK operated a charter flight, remaining paked up overnight. The aircraft wears a special decal for the "Stichting Hoogvliegers", translated as the "Airsmiles Foundation" which provides experinces for handicapped and incurably ill children.
Diverting in during the evening from a foggy Waddington, Royal Air Force E3 Sentry ZH101 remained parked up overnight before departing early afternoon on the 26th.