HiFly military charter with PacificFlier titles and Oman Air c/s on the Airbus A310 registered CS-TEI

A big surprise this morning in Athens Airport. A military charter from Brize on behalf of RAF arrived on an Airbus A310-300 operated by Portuguese HiFly registered CS-TEI with Pacific Flyer titles on basic Oman Air colors!
Thanks to Alex for the photo!


Airbus A310 / CS-TEI / taxi in Athens

Canadian Air Force Airbus A310-300 registered 15001 arrived in Athens to pick up the Olympic Flame

Canadian Air Force Airbus A310-300, designation CC-150 Polaris, registered 15001 arrived in Athens today in order to pick up the Olympic Flame that was lit in ancient Olympia for the winter Olympic Games which are held in Vancouver. The plane landed at 15:15L on runway 03R coming from OSI (Osijek, Croatia). After landing a short ceremony was held on stand B17 and 3 Mirage 2000 planes did a low pass over the runway 03R.


Airbus A310 / 15001 / arriving in Athens to pick up the Olympic Flame for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games (photo 27/10/2009)

JAL Boeing 747 registered JA8086 and White Airbus A310 registered CS-TKI in Athens

Two special visitors arrived in ATH yesterday evening on charter flights. The first one was a JAL - Japan Airlines Boeing 747 registered JA8086 that arrived from NRT (Narita, Japan), the first ever JAL airplane to land in ATH. The second was a White Airways Airbus A310 registered as CS-TKI arriving from LIS (Lisbon, Portugal).

Thanks to Vasilis for the video.

Boeing 747 / JA8086 / first time in ATH, landing on rwy 03L
Airbus A310 / CS-TKI / about to depart from runway 03L

Thanks to Alex for the photos.

Boeing 747 / JA8086 / departing from rwy 03R to NGO (Nagoya, Japan)


Airbus A310 / CS-TKI / taxiing in ATH after arrival on a charter flight from LIS