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

ex Olympic Air A320 registered SX-OAS received Aegean Airlines colors today

Ex Olympic Air Airbus A320 registered SX-OAS received yesterday (15/3/2011) the Aegean Airlines colors, as expected. In addition to the basic Aegean Airlines livery, the Greek Tourism Organisation website (www.visitgreece.gr) is added on the aft part of the fuselage. This was probably due to a recent agreement that Aegean Airlines and the Greek Tourism Organisation signed in order to promote Greece to the destinations that are served by the airline.

Thanks to Keith for the following photo.

Airbus A320 / SX-OAS / just received its new colors in Norwich

Olympic Air Airbus A320 registered SX-OAS departed to Norwich to be painted

Olympic Air Airbus A320 registered SX-OAS (c/n 4094), departed today around 7am as OA003P for NWI (Norwich, UK) where it will be painted to its new colors and delivered to a new customer, who will be, according to some sources, their "competitor" in Greece -Aegean Airlines-. According to a latest Olympic Air press statement, 6 Airbus planes will leave their fleet very soon. Sources say that 3 or maybe 4 of them, will go to Aegean Airlines.

Thanks to Keith for the following photo.

Airbus A320 / SX-OAS / a few minutes before entering the Air Livery hangar in Norwich

Aegean Airlines Boeing 737s registered SX-BGH & SX-BGR in Athens

Aegean Airlines Boeing 737s registered SX-BGR and SX-BGH that were stored in NWI (Norwich, UK) during the previous months (see post), were ferried back to Athens. The first one (SX-BGR) arrived on July 30th and the second one (SX-BGR) arrived today. They arrived in Athens, probably to get ready for redelivery to their next operator (possible in the East/Middle East region).


Boeing 737 / SX-BGH / about to land in ATH, in brown primer color (photo 3/9/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BGR / parked in ATH in basic Aegean Airlines colors (photo 1/9/2009)


Boeing 737s / SX-BGR & SX-BGH / parked in ATH (photo 3/9/2009)

Aegean Airlines leased ATR72 schedule

Here is the schedule of the two wet-leased ATR72 of Aegean (operated by Swiftair). This schedule is valid throughout September and till now, the two airplanes appear not to operate from October 1st.

ATH0600 - 0705EFL0730 - 0830ATH A3440-441 13
ATH0730 - 0835EFL0900 - 1000ATH A3440-441 24567
ATH1105 - 1200LXS1225 - 1325ATH A3262-263 1234567
ATH1410 - 1510SMI1540 - 1640ATH A3244-245 1234567
ATH1730 - 1825LXS1855 - 1955ATH A3264-265 1357
ATH2030 - 2130EFL2200 - 2300ATH A3444-445 57

ATH0720 - 0820SMI0850 - 0950ATH A3240-241 1234567
ATH1030 - 1140KVA1210 - 1325ATH A3154-155 1234567
ATH1405 - 1515IOA1545 - 1655ATH A3414-415 1234567
ATH1745 - 1855IOA1925 - 2035ATH A3416-417 357
ATH1750 - 1905KVA1935 - 2045ATH A3156-157 14

Aegean Airlines took delivery of second wet leased ATR 72 registered EC-KVI today

Aegean Airlines took delivery of the second wet leased ATR 72-500 in ATH, as we expected since yesterday (see post). It arrived at 18:30L from MAD as SWT991P and landed on runway 03L. Upon arrival it was parked on stand A38. This, along with EC-KUL that arrived yesterday, will be operated by Swiftair on various routes at Greek islands. The first one, EC-KUL, was towed into the Aegean Hangar and is expected to do some test flights tomorrow morning. It is scheduled to depart at 10:00L as A3 230 to KIT (Kithyra, Greece) and then JSI (Skiathos, Greece) before returning to ATH.


ATR 72 / EC-KVI / about to land on rwy 03L in ATH (photo taken 19/8/2009)


ATR 72 / EC-KVI / turning towards parking stand A38 in ATH (photo taken 19/8/2009)

Aegean Airlines wet leased two ATR 72s registered EC-KUL & EC-KVI from Swiftair

Aegean Airlines will soon take delivery in Athens of two ATR 72-500s registered EC-KVI (c/n 824) and EC-KUL (c/n 809). They are wet leased from Swiftair and will be operated by them on various routes to Greek islands. They were ferried on 8/8/2009 from MAD (Madrid, Spain) to SNN (Shannon, Ireland) in order to be painted to Aegean Airlines colors in Lufthansa Aircraft Painting facility. On August 17th they rolled out of the paintshop and the same day at 21:25Z the first one, EC-KVI, departed from SNN to MAD as SWT991P. The second one, EC-KUL, departed today at 07:35Z for BGY (Bergamo, Italy) as SWT 992P and then will continue to ATH. They have an all economy layout of 68 seats and are expected to begin test flights immediately upon arrival in ATH.

Thanks to Malcolm Nason for the following photos.

ATR 72 / EC-KUL / parked outside Lufthansa hangar in SNN (photo 17/8/2009)


ATR 72 / EC-KVI / parked outside Lufthansa hangar in SNN (photo taken 17/8/2009)

Thanks to Gerry McCready (aerspace.blogspot.com) for the photo.

ATR 72 / EC-KUL / ready for departure from SNN on course to BGY (photo 18/8/2009)

ex Aegean Airlines Boeing 737s status (SX-BGH, SX-BGQ, SX-BGR & SX-BGX)

Aegean Airlines has returned to their lessors most of their Boeing 737s that they had in their fleet, due to the recent upgrade of their fleet with brand new Airbus A320 and A321s. Currently only 4 Boeing 737s are left in their fleet, used mainly for charter flights. Below is a brief history of what happened to 4 of their Boeing 737s after leaving Athens.

SX-BGH
c/n 23866
Leased from Boullioun Aviation (transferred to ACG Acquisitions since 2006)

Departed from ATH on 3/2/2009 and was ferried as AEE002F to NWI (Norwich, UK). Around mid May it had its Aegean colors removed and stayed in bare metal in the Eastern Apron for a few days. On 28/5/2009 it did a test flight as AEE002T and the next day went into the paintshop. It came out on 5/6/2009 painted in brown primer and did another test flight as AEE002T. For the following couple of days it was doing low power engine runs in the Eastern Apron. On 25/6/2009 it was towed in the North Western Storage area of the airport and is parked there until today.

Thanks to Paul for the following photos.

Boeing 737 / SX-BGH / parked in NWI in bare metal (photo 21/5/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BGH / being towed to the paintshop after a test flight (photo 28/5/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BGH / just out of the paintshop in brown primer (photo 5/6/2009)


SX-BGQ
c/n 25177
Leased from AerCap

Departed from ATH on 5/5/2009 and was ferried as AEE002F to SNN (Shannon, Ireland). It was put in Shannon Aerospace hangar and came out all white on 6/7/2009. The same day it did a test flight with a GECAS crew, using the registration as callsign. On 22/7/2009 it did another test flight with Aegean Airlines crew and callsign AEE001F. It is parked in SNN until today.

Thanks to Gerry McCready (aerspace.blogspot.com) for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / SX-BGQ / taxing in SNN after a test flight (photo 22/7/2009)


SX-BGR
c/n 25063
Leased from Boullioun Aviation (transferred to ACG Acquisitions since 2006)

Departed from ATH on 13/4/2009 and was ferried as AEE002F to NWI. It then had its Aegean Airlines titles removed and on 25/6/2009 it was towed to the Northern Storage area of the airport. On 15/7/2009 it did a test flight as AEE007F and upon landing it went into KLM Engineering hangar. It is parked in NWI until today.

Thanks to Paul for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / SX-BGR / parked in NWI and being inspected by KLM engineers (photo 9/6/2009)


SX-BGX
c/n 24124
Leased from CIT Aerospace

Departed from ATH on 17/11/2008 and was ferried as AEE004F to NWI. On 18/1/2009 it did a test flight as AEE007, including 2 ILS approaches to NWI. On 3/4/2009 it was seen registered JY-JAP in full Aegean Airlines colors. The next day it departed from NWI and was ferried to ADJ (Amman, Jordan). It was acquired by Jordan Aviation and was then subleased to Buraq Air. It is operating for them until today.

Thanks to Paul for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / JY-JAP / parked in NWI one day before its ferry flight to ADJ (photo 3/4/2009)

Aegean Airlines changing from STN to LHR in London

Aegean Airlines are transferring their activities in London from STN (Stansted) to LHR (Heathrow) effective October 25th 2009. As a result (probably due to slot availability) the daily flights to London are now reduced to two per day, while there were three daily flights to STN. The flights' schedule for Heathrow is as follows:
ATH - LHR
A3 602 09:10 - 11:15
A3 606 17:20 - 19:20

LHR - ATH
A3 603 12:45 - 18:30
A3 607 20:20 - 02:05+

The flights will be operated daily with an Airbus A321. Aegean Airlines will also sign a codeshare agreement with BMI in order its passengers to have available connections from Heathrow to Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.

Aegean Airlines A320 registered SX-DVW named "Nikos Kazantzakis"

Aegean Airlines Airbus A32o registered SX-DVW got it's name written on the nose. "Nikos Kazantzakis" was given to it at a ceremony in HER (Heraklion, Greece) on May 9th 2009 but wasn't written on the plane until the last couple of days.

Airbus A321 / SX-DVO / "Nikos Kazantzakis" name added

ex Aegean Boeing 737 registered SX-BGS going to Air Dominicana

Last updated 30/6/2009 01:30

Ex Aegean Boeing 737-400 registered SX-BGS that was parked in AMS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) since February 2009, is getting ready to be delivered to Air Dominicana (ED/RDO) which is the flag carrier of Dominican Republic. During the previous days, the plane was in Hangar 10 in AMS and had taken the full colors of Air Dominicana. It did a test flight on Monday 22/6/2009 as A3002T over the North Sea. Delivery route is said to be AMS - SID (Sal Island, Cape Verde) - REC (Recife, Brazil) - SDQ (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic). Upon delivery it is expected to operate on the SDQ - JFK (New York, USA) route from 1/8/2009.

Update 25/6/2009 18:55
The next registration of the plane will be N279AD.

Update 25/6/2009 22:05
Added another photo of the plane while taxiing in AMS.

Update 27/6/2009 19:55
Plane was reregistered yesterday to N279AD and is expected to depart some time next week. Added 2 photos of the plane with the new registration.

Update 30/6/2009 01:30
Added 1 photo of the plane parked in AMS waiting to be ferried sometime this week.

Thanks to MAS017 for the following photos.

Boeing 737 / SX-BGS / having blue patches on the tail and engines (photo 17/6/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BGS / fuselage, tail and engine titles and logos were applied (photo 20/6/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BGS / ready for its test flight the next day, on 22/6/2009 (photo 21/6/2009)

Thanks to Ger Buskermolen (schipholspotter.blogspot.com) for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / SX-BGS / taxiing in AMS, ready for departure for a test flight on 22/6/2009 (photo 22/6/2009)

Thanks to MAS017 for the following photos.

Boeing 737 / N279AD / having its new registration of N279AD written on the fuselage (photo 26/6/2009)


Boeing 737 / N279AD / having its new registration, model and MSN written on the fuselage (photo 26/6/2009)

Thanks to Ger Buskermolen (schipholspotter.blogspot.com) for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / N279AD / parked in AMS waiting to be ferried to SDQ (photo 29/6/2009)

Aegean Airlines launches flights between Athens and Istanbul

Aegean Airlines is launching flights between Athens and Istanbul effective September 9th (after 5 years of effort to acquire rights on the route, according to its CEO).

The flight schedule will be as follows :

1234567 ATH1400 - 1515IST A3970
1234567 IST1600 - 1720ATH A3971

All flights will be operated by Airbus A320

Aegean Airlines accepted as future Star Alliance member

The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance has accepted the membership application of Aegean Airlines of Greece. This was announced today at an official press conference held in Athens.

The integration work is estimated to take around 12 months. Once this process is complete, the Star Alliance network will encompass a total of 26 carriers (current 21 and confirmed future members Aegean Airlines, Air India, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines and TAM) and three regional member carriers (Adria Airways, Blue1 and Croatia Airlines).

Basketball Final Four Charters to Berlin Programme

Last updated : May 3 , 2230

The following flights will depart on THU30APR :

OA165 ATH0845 - 1055TXL B734 (SX-BKF) -- the flight is rerouted, continues to FRA
OA177 ATH0945 - 1145TXL B734 (SX-BKM) -- the flight is rerouted, continues to MUC
OA161 ATH1100 - 1300TXL A343 (SX-DFC) -- increased capacity on OA scheduled flight
OK6525 ATH1420 - 1610SXF A321
MDJ421 ATH1600 - 1800SXF MD82
A34320 ATH1600 - 1905TXL B734
HJ4581 ATH1900 - 2100TXL MD83 -- operated by Sky Wings (SX-BTG)

On FRI01MAY the following flights are schedule to arrive at Berlin :

A34320 ATH0545 - 0745TXL B734
A34324 ATH0545 - 0745TXL B734
IMP161 ATH0800 - 0935SXF B742 (SX-TIE)
OK6547 ATH0800 - 0955SXF B734
MDJ421 ATH0800 - 1000SXF MD82
OA165 ATH0700 - 1005TXL A320 -- operated by Hellas Jet (SX-BVK) -- via Thessaloniki
ST8529 ATH0800 - 1005TXL B73G
A3852 ATH0845 - 1050TXL A321 -- increased capacity on A3 scheduled flight
OA177 ATH0935 - 1130TXL B733 -- operated by Seagle Air (OM-HLA) --flight is rerouted, continues to MUC
MPJ501 ATH1000 - 1150SXF MD83
OA165 ATH1005 - 1205TXL B734 -- flights is rerouted, continues to FRA
FB8033 ATH1100 - 1255SXF A319
A34322 ATH1315 - 1515TXL B734

The following flights are scheduled on MON04MAY from Berlin to Athens

SXF0100 - 0400ATH HJ4582 MD83 -- operated by Sky Wings
SXF0100 - 0445ATH ST2424 B73G
SXF0130 - 0530ATH A34827 B734
SXF0130 - 0530ATH MDJ422 MD82
SXF0230 - 0530ATH IMP162 B742
SXF0205 - 0600ATH OK6546 A319
SXF0215 - 0610ATH OK6524 A313
SXF0230 - 0630ATH A34825 A320
TXL0915 - 1305ATH OA 1162 A343 -- extra flight, also available for sale
TXL1035 - 1430ATH A3 4823 A320
TXL1055 - 1555ATH OA 164 A320 -- operated by Hellas Jet --via Thessaloniki
TXL1140 - 1510ATH A3 853 A321 -- increased capacity on A3 scheduled flight
TXL1220 - 1620ATH A3 4821 A320
TXL1255 - 1645ATH OA 168 B734 -- flight is rerouted --coming in from FRA
TXL1455 - 1845ATH OA 192 B734 -- flight is rerouted --coming in from STR
SXF1600 - 2000ATH MDJ421 MD82
SXF1800 - 2140ATH FB8036 B733
SXF0130 - 0430ATH MPJ503 MD83 (delayed till 1130)

Aegean Airlines reschedules Tirana flight

Aegean Airlines appears to have rescheduled Tirana flight as follows :

A3940 ATH0800 - 0815TIA 1
A3940 ATH0930 - 0945TIA 6
A3940 ATH1535 - 1550TIA 3457

A3941 TIA0855 - 1110ATH 1
A3941 TIA1030 - 1245ATH 6
A3941 TIA1630 - 1845ATH 3457

Service operates with Boeing 737-300

Aegean Airlines A321 registered SX-DVO named "Philoxenia"

Aegean Airlines Airbus A321 registered SX-DVO got it's name written on the nose. "Philoxenia" was given to it, at a ceremony in SKG (Thessaloniki, Greece) on May 6th 2008, but wasn't written on the plane until a year after.

Airbus A321 / SX-DVO / "Philoxenia" name added

Aegean Airlines takes delivery of the 4th A321 registered SX-DGA

Aegean Airlines last Airbus A321 (out of 4 ordered) registered SX-DGA (c/n 3878) is expected to be delivered today. It is scheduled to arrive in Athens around 2100L as A3 019 from XFW (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the airline schedule, aircraft will be deployed from 5th May operating the following flights :
A3 200 ATH0515 - 0615RHO 1234567
A3 650 RHO0655 - 0755ATH0900 - 1010FCO 1234567
A3 651 FCO1110 - 1405ATH1455 - 1555RHO 1234567
A3 652 RHO1635 - 1735ATH1825 - 1925FCO 1234567
A3 653 FCO2025 - 2335ATH 1234567

Thanks to Alex for the photo.

Airbus A321 / SX-DGA / the last A321 of Aegean parked in ATH

Aegean Airlines took delivery of the 17th new A320 (SX-DVY)

Aegean Airlines took delivery of the 17th A320 yesterday, which is the last one out of the initial 17 ordered. The plane is registered SX-DVY (c/n 3850) and arrived as A3 018 from TLS at 20:40L last night.
Thanks to Alex for the photo.

Airbus A320 / SX-DVY / parked in ATH after it's last night arrival