Hellenic Imperial Airway Boeing 747-200 registered SX-TIC departing Athens to Kharachi

Hellenic Imperial Airways B742 registered SX-TIC departed today from Athens on course to KHI (Karachi, Pakistan). It departed from runway 21L around 16:30L. Yesterday it did an engines run up test prior to its departure preparations for today.

Hellenic Imperial Airways/ B742 / SX-TIC during taxi to runway 21L 

Hellenic Imperial Airways/ B742 / SX-TIC just departed from runway 21L

Hellenic Imperial Airways/ B742 / SX-TIC above the control tower of ATH/LGAV

Hellenic Imperial Airways/ B742 / SX-TIC above the control tower of ATH/LGAV

Hellenic Imperial Airways/ B742 / SX-TIC disappearing into the clouds

Greenjet Airbus A321 registered SX-GRN seen all white in Budapest

Greenjet's Airbus A321 registered SX-GRN (msn 597, ex B-MAR) was seen last week in BUD (Budapest, Hungary) parked outside the Lufthansa Technik hangar all white.

Thank to AIRportal.hu for the following picture.

Greenjet / A321 / SX-GRN parked in BUD

Aerospace One took delivery of their first B742 registered SX-ASC in Athens

Newly established Greek cargo airline Aerospace One took today delivery in Athens of their first Boeing 747-21AC(M), registered SX-ASC (ex AP-BIB, c/n 23652). The flight arrived at 19:20L as SX-ASC (although in the transpoder it was showing as RAB304) from CGK (Jakarta, Indonesia) via SHJ (Dubai, UAE) and landed on runway 21L. The company will be based in CHR (Chateauroux, France) and will operate a mix of ACMI and charter services.

Aerospace One / B747-200 / SX-ASC about to land on rwy 21L

Aerospace One / B747-200 / SX-ASC touchdown on rwy 21L

Greenjet to take delivery of their first A321s registered SX-GRN and SX-GRO

Greenjet is to take delivery of their first A321s registered SX-GRO (msn 557, ex B-MAB) and SX-GRN (msn 597, ex B-MAR). Both are Airbus A321-131s and are currently in Hungary. SX-GRN was initially to be taken up by a first A320 (msn 407, ex N407BV) that the company had brought to Athens, but that plane never got the registration and eventually ended to Aviatrans as UR-CKR.

Edited 20/6/2013 16:55Z: SX-GRN was initially to be taken up by their first A320, not SX-GRO as it was written. Sorry for the typo.

Aegean Airlines latest A320 registered SX-DGK in Athens (still SX-OAQ on reg tape)

Aegean Airlines took delivery of the ex Olympic Air A320 registered SX-OAQ. The plane was painted in Aegean Airlines colors in DNR (Dinard, France) and arrived back in Athens in April 24th as OAL102P. Under the SX-OAQ tape, there is the new registration that it will soon take upon entering service and as expected is the SX-DGK.

Aegean Airlines / A320 / SX-OAQ tape with SX-DGK under it.

Dismantling of Olympic Airlines Airbus A340-313X SX-DFA in Athens

Ex Olympic Airlines Airbus A340-313X SX-DFA (c/n 235) was dismantled (scrapped) in Athens during the previous 2 weeks. Below is a timelapse video of the process:

Watch on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWHOohkxB4&feature=youtu.be

The dismantling of the next ex Olympic Airlines A340, SX-DFB, has also begun and is expected to have finished by the end of April 2013. The rest of the A340s (SX-DFC & SX-DFD) await their fate in the airport.

British Airways Airbus A319 registered G-EUPC in Athens to pick up the Olympic Flame

British Airways Airbus A319 registered G-EUPC arrived today in Athens to pick up the Olympic Flame for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The plane is named "The Firefly" and is painted in a special livery for the occasion. This is the first flight of that plane on that livery, since it rolled out of the paintshop in LHR (London, UK) just today and departed as BAW2012 to Athens. It landed at 15:05L on runway 21R and it is parked in the satellite terminal until its departure back to UK on May 18th.

Airbus A319 / G-EUPC / about to land on runway 21R

Airbus A319 / G-EUPC / about to land on runway 21R

USAF Lockheed C5-B Galaxy first time in Athens

A Lockheed C-5B Galaxy made its first visit today in Athens! The flight, RCH478, from RMS (Ramstein, Germany) was operated by the 87-0036 (c/n 500-122) and landed at 13:35L on runway 03L. It brings stuff that will be needed to prepare the official visit of the Vice President of the USA in early December and more C-5 flights are expected in the coming days.

Lockheed C-5B Galaxy / 87-0036 / a C-5 about to land for first time in Athens

Lockheed C-5B Galaxy / 87-0036 / taxing in front of Athens airport tower

A video of the arrival can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2593980284592

(Thanks to Vasilis!)

Meelad MD-83 registered SX-BPP in United Airways colors (to become S2-AFV)

Meelad Air MD-83 registered SX-BPP (c/n 53377) returned from WOE (Woensdrecht, Germany) where it was painted in United Airways colors, via ARN (Stockholm, Sweden), to Athens on November 10th. It arrived as MLW433 at 20:00L and since then it is parked in the satellite terminal waiting for its departure to DAC (Dhaka, Bangladesh) via AUH (Abu Dhabi, UAE). It will be reregistered as S2-AFV and operate for United Airways in Bangladesh.

MD-83 / SX-BPP / parked in the satellite terminal waiting its departure to Dhaka

Aeolian Airlines MD-83 registered SX-BTM

Aeolian Airlines, a new start up carrier in Greece, got its first MD-83 painted in the company colors today. The MD-83 registered SX-BTM (ex Sky Wings), arrived in Athens on September 29th from IST (Istanbul, Turkey) with AOL11P callsign, in all white c/s and had the Aeolian Airlines titles and stickers applied on it today.

Photo from the Athens International Airport movements facebook page.

MD-83 / SX-BTM / Aeolian Airlines stickers just applied

Sky Wings MD-82 registered SX-BTL in Athens

Sky Wings MD-82 registered SX-BTL (c/n 53232, ex N598BC) was in Athens today, after a long time. In front of the plane's open cargo doors there were around 32 passenger seats which, according to some rumors, are to be used to replace some old seats in another MD-83 to be used by start up carrier Aeolian Airlines.

MD-82 / SX-BTL / parked in ATH

German Air Force Airbus A340 registered 16+02 in Athens

German Air Force Airbus A340-313X (c/n 355, ex D-AIFB) registered 1602 (16+02) arrived today in Athens bringing the Vice Chancellor of Germany / Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Mr Rösler along with a large delegation of German businessmen. The plane arrived as GAF838 and landed at 18:50L on runway 21R. The plane's ModeS code was 3E89E7.

Airbus A340 / 16+02 / about to land on runway 21R

Astraeus B757 registered G-STRX in Iron Maiden colors in Athens

Astraeus Boeing 757-200 registered G-STRX arrived today in Athens for flight AEU763 from LGW (London, UK). The plane is painted in the Iron Maiden colors for the "Final Frontier World Tour 2011" and is named "Ed Force One". The captain of the flight was of course, Bruce Dickinson himself! The plane landed at 16:15L on runway 03R and departed at 18:15 from the same runway back to LGW.

Boeing 757 / G-STRX / Ed Force One about to land on runway 03R

Saudi Arabia Boeing 747-SP registered HZ-AIJ in Athens

A Saudi Arabian Royal Flight operated by the Boeing 747-SP registered HS-AIJ arrived today in ATH from Riyadh AB in Saudi Arabia. The flight, SVA001C, landed at 20:00L on rwy 21R. This is only the fourth 747-SP to ever land in Athens airport (the others being Corsair F-GTOM, United Arab Emirates A6-SMR and Iran Air EP-IAC). It is schedule to depart tomorrow around 15:00L

Boeing 747-SP / HZ-AIJ / about to land on rwy 21R in Athens

Boeing 747-SP / HZ-AIJ / on taxiway "H" of Athens towards it parking stand

You can see a video of its departure from Athens on 01/07/2011 here:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2136629091098&oid=108540755869690&comments

(You have to log in to facebook first!)

Emirates Airbus A380 registered A6-EDK on medical diversion to Athens

An Emirates Airbus A380 performing flight EK017 from DXB (Dubai, UAE) to MAN (Manchester, UK) had to divert to Athens today due to a medical emergency. According to the pilot's transmission a 47 year old female passenger had a stroke while enroute near Istanbul on FL380 and the pilots chose to divert to Athens. This is the first ever A380 visit to Athens and as expected a lot of people had gathered to watch its arrival and departure. The plane, registration A6-EDK, landed at 12:20L on runway 21L and taxied to gate A13. Two hours later, it departed from Athens and continued its journey towards Manchester.

Airbus A380 / A6-EDK / first touchdown of an A380 in Athens

Airbus A380 / A6-EDK / slowing down on runway 21L

Airbus A380 / A6-EDK / taking of from runway 21L

Brazilian Air Force planes registered 2592, 2591, 2590 and 2101 in Athens

In the past 3 days there had been a lot of Brazilian Air Force movements in the airport of Athens, probably due to the visit of the President of Brazil to Greece. The President of Brazil arrived today on an Airbus A319 of the Brazilian Air Force, registered FAB2101. The flight BSR01 from NAT (Natal, Brazil) landed at 16:30L on runway 21R and taxied to the VIP stand for the officials to disembark, before being towed to stand A39 of the satellite terminal.
The past three days 2 Embraer VC-2s (military version of the ERJ-190s) arrived in Athens. One of those departed to DKR (Dakar, Senegal) and the other one remains parked in Athens since its arrival. Those were the FAB2590 and FAB2591.
In addition to those two, a third one arrived today at 19:05 from DKR. This was registered FAB2592. Its a very new plane that the Brazilian Air Force has leased from Embraer in order to be used as a reserve because the two VC-2s will be temporarily out of service soon due to cabin interior modifications. Its previous registration was PT-SDD, its c/n is 19000177 and is a ERJ-190BJ Lineage 1000.

Embraer ERJ-190BJ / 2592 / about to land on rwy 21R of Athens

Airbus A319 (VC-1) / 2101 / about to land on rwy 03R of Athens

Embraer ERJ-190 / 2591 / about to land on rwy 03R of Athens

Embraer ERJ-190 / 2590 / about to land on rwy 03R of Athens

Thomson Boeing 757-200 registered G-OOBI diverted to Athens due to bomb threat

A Thomson Boeing 757-200 registered G-OOBI, performing flight BY226 from Bristol (UK) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt), diverted to Athens after a bomb threat was received. The plane landed safely at around 15:00L and was parked in a special remote stand in order to be inspected. The flight, with 213 passengers on board, is expected to continue later this evening for Sharm el Sheikh.

Boeing 757 / G-OOBI / parked and inspected in a remote position in Athens

Aegean Airlines Airbus A320 registered SX-OAP arrived in Athens

The second Airbus A320 that Aegean Airlines will be taking from Olympic Air, still registered as SX-OAP, arrived in Athens today from NWI (Norwich, UK) where it was painted. As with the previous A320, SX-OAS, this one also has the "Visit Greece" website title on the left aft part of the fuselage. The flight arrived as OAL006P and landed on runway 03R at 16:50L. As with SX-OAS that is expected to be re-registered as SX-DGC, this one is expected to be re-registered as SX-DGD.


Airbus A320 / SX-OAP / about to land on runway 03R

Second ex Olympic Air Airbus A320 to be painted in Aegean Airlines colors (SX-OAP)

The second ex Olympic Air Airbus A320 registered SX-OAP was painted today in Aegean Airlines colors in Norwich. As the previous one, SX-OAS, this has also the "Visit Greece" website titles on the left aft part of the fuselage.

Thanks to Keith for the following photo.

Airbus A320 / SX-OAP / just painted in Aegean Airlines colors

Thanks to Paul for the following photo.

Airbus A320 / SX-OAP / last photo of SX-OAP on Olympic Air colors, moments before entering the paintshop (photo taken 17/3/2011)

Aegean Airlines Airbus A320 registered SX-OAS arrived in Athens

Ex Olympic Air Airbus A320 registered SX-OAS that is now painted on Aegean Airlines colors and additional Visit Greece website titles, arrived today in Athens from Norwich. The flight with callsign OAL006P landed at 17:45L on runway 21R. After landing the plane was parked in the Olympic Air hangar. Unfortunately the Visit Greece website titles are not on both sides (only on left side), so they are not visible on this picture.

Airbus A320 / SX-OAS / about to land on rwy 21R