Air China Boeing 747-400 registered B-2472 bringing China's PM to Greece

China's Prime Minister is paying an official visit to Greece and arrived today on an Air China Boeing 747-400 registered B-2472. The flight, Air China 031, landed at 13:50L on runway 03R of Athens and was parked on the VIP stand.

Boeing 747-400 / B-2472 / about to land on rwy 03L

Athens special movements 19/6/2009 (day 1)

Today and tomorrow Athens International Airport have many special movements due to the official opening of the New Acropolis Museum, which will be attended by many international guests (including Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers etc).
Some of today's most special movements were the following:

Boeing 767-300ER / B-2496 / carrying Mr. He Guoqiang on an official visit to Greece


Douglas DC-3 / C-FTGI / ferried from LXR (Luxor, Egypt) to SNN (Shannon, Republic of Ireland) via ATH and GOA (Genoa, Italy) operating for Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) Aviation


Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules / N3755P / Prescott Support

Other movements were:
Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight / Boeing 737-7Z5 BBJ / A6-DAS
Executive Jet Aviation Airbus / A318-112 Elite (CJ) / VP-CKH
Swiflite Aircraft Corp / Boeing 737-7EL (BBJ) / N90R
Rashid Engineering / Gulfstream G550 / VP-BNR
Rashid Engineering / Gulfstream G550 / VP-CNR
TAG Aviation Espana / Dassault Falcon 900C / EC-JBB
Air Service Liège (ASL) / Cessna 525B Citation CJ3 / OO-EDV
Aerostar / Dassault Falcon 20F / UR-NOA
London Executive Aviation / Cessna 550B Citation Bravo / G-IKOS
JetAir Flug GmbH / Learjet 60 / D-CJAF

Another similar post will be created for tomorrow's movements.
Just a preview of what it is expected for tomorrow:
1) Serbia Goverment - Dassault Falcon 50
2) Bulgarian Goverment - Tupolev 154M
3) Turkish Goverment - Airbus A319
4) Antonov Design Bureau - Antonov An-124

Air China temporarily suspends Athens-Paris-Beijing flight

As of 22 May 2009, Air China temporarily suspends CA963|4 flight operating from Beijing to Paris CDG and Athens.

The flight will operate only till Paris CDG with the following schedule :
Sunday PEK0200 - 0715CDG CA963
Sunday CDG1410 - 1615PEK CA964