[Plane Watch] Ilkay Gundogan (Homecoming)

Welcome all to the 2024 edition of Plane Watch™

We have it on good authority that a Cessna Citation Excel is currently en route to Barcelona to pick up a former German international.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/sp-uma

The aircraft is currently on it's way to Barcelona from Cardiff

• Barcelona Arrival: Scheduled 15:05 CES
• Barcelona Departure: Scheduled 16:10 CES
• Manchester Arrival: Scheduled 17:30 BST

Updates [Times in BST]

[11:56] Aircraft SJI1, registration SP-UMA, departs from Cardiff airport on runway 12/30

[12:52] After tackling the Channel the aircraft is traveling over French airspace. Windspeeds are 27kts with a south easterly direction. Skies are clear.

[13:01] The aircraft is currently due to land at 14:45 local time in Barcelona, 20 minutes ahead of schedule. Some examples of things you can do in 20 minutes: 1 medium difficulty sudoku, score 2 goals in a 3-2 comeback against Aston Villa on the last day of a football season and still have time left over for 1 easy difficulty sudoku.

[13:10] With 2 hours to go until the flight is scheduled to depart from Barcelona, Ilkay Gundogan will just be arriving at the airport with his luggage and boarding pass. He has probably checked in for his flight at home rather than waiting until he arrives at the airport, as the QR code on his phone will save some of the faff while going through security. It is thought that he has quite a lot of baggage, given that he is in Barcelona, so getting all of that scanned and weighed is probably his first priority.