Fuel stop of Boeing 737-500 registered N139MN while on delivery to Dubai

A Boeing 737-500 operated by Azizi Group registered N139MN (c/n 24649) arrived from BOH (Bournemouth, UK) in Athens for a fuel stop. The plane will continue to DXB (Dubai, UAE) tomorrow morning. It was previously registered as LN-BRS (SAS Norge, SAS Braathens and Braathens). It arrived in Athens at 15:20L in Azizi Group colors. It's future registration will be N55AZ.
Thanks to Alex for the photo.

Boeing 737-500 / N139MN / parked in Athens

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It was initially believed that this plane was delivered for Gainjet but it appears that Gainjet just facilitated in the fuel stop of the plane.

F.C. Copenhagen arrived on Tor Air Boeing 737-400 registered SE-RJA

F.C. Copenhagen arrived today in Athens to play a Champions League match against Panathinaikos. The team arrived on a Tor Air Boeing 737-400 registered SE-RJA from CPH (Copenhagen, Denmark) at 13:45L.

Boeing 737-400 / SE-RJA / arriving in Athens from Copenhagen

Turkish Airlines special 2010 FIBA World Championship B738 registered TC-JHF in Athens

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 registered TC-JHF that is painted in the special 2010 FIBA World Championship arrived today in Athens on the scheduled IST-ATH afternoon flight.


Boeing 737 / TC-JHF / about to land on rwy 03L

Skywings International Boeing 737-300 (winglets) registered Z3-AAJ in Athens

Skywings International Boeing 737-300 (with winglets) registered Z3-AAJ arrived today in Athens from SPU (Split, Croatia) as flight FLM302.


Boeing 737 / Z3-AAJ / about to land on rwy 03R

Mishap in Athens airport: Planes parked on taxiway "B" were moved and pushed due to strong winds

Last updated: 3/10/2009 19:45

A mishap occurred earlier today in Athens airport taxiway "B", where the Olympic Airlines fleet is parked. Due to the strong winds blowing in the area, two of the planes that were parked on taxiway "B" where blown away from their positions. The planes affected were Boeing 737 registered SX-BKF and ATR 72 registered SX-BIF. The Boeing was turned at least 45 degrees counterclockwise and moved into the grass. The ATR was turned almost 180 degrees counterclockwise but only the front landing gear was moved into the grass. It is very lucky that the planes didn't collide with any others next to them, since they are parked very close to each other. Currently there are 26 planes parked on the south part of taxiway "B". The position of the two planes can be seen on the last picture of this post.
The METARs of the time show winds up to 24 knots:
METAR LGAV 030950Z 20024KT 9999 SCT017 SCT080 BKN170 25/18 Q1010 NOSIG=
METAR LGAV 030920Z 20023KT 9999 FEW017 BKN025 BKN160 25/19 Q1010 NOSIG=
METAR LGAV 030850Z 20021KT 9999 FEW018 SCT030 BKN160 25/18 Q1010=
METAR LGAV 030820Z 18019KT 9999 SCT018 SCT030 BKN080 25/18 Q1010 NOSIG=
METAR LGAV 030750Z 18017KT 9999 SCT018TCU SCT030 BKN080 24/18 Q1010 NOSIG=
METAR LGAV 030650Z 22010G22KT 190V260 8000 -TSRA FEW017CB BKN025 BKN080 22/18 Q1011 RETSRA TEMPO TSRA=

Update 3/10/2009
Also the Boeing 747SRF of Elite Airlines registered SX-DCB was turned a little and had to be towed back to its normal position on "B".

Thanks to Panagiotis for the following photos.

Boeing 737 / SX-BKF / turned and moved into the grass next to taxiway "B" (photo 3/10/2009)


ATR 72 / SX-BIF / turned into the grass next to taxiway "B" (photo 3/10/2009)


Taxiway "B" of Athens with 26 planes parked on it. SX-BKF is the first plane of the picture and SX-BIF is the second ATR on the picture (6th plane from the start).

Olympic Airlines Boeing 737s registered SX-BKI & SX-BKN in all white colors

Olympic Airlines Boeing 737s registered SX-BKI and SX-BKN were seen recently in Athens in all white colors, being prepared for redelivery to new operator. SX-BKN did a test flight on 27/8 and is parked in the northern apron since then. SX-BKI came out of the Olympic hangar yesterday and today did a ground engines test on taxiway "B".

Thanks to Alex for the following photo.

Boeing 737 / SX-BKN / taxing after a test flight (photo 27/8/2009)


Boeing 737 / SX-BKI / doing engine tests on taxiway "B" (photo taken 3/9/2009)

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)

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)

SunExpress start Izmir - Athens flights

SunExpress (XQ/SXS) performed today the innaugural flights between ADB (Izmir, Turkey) and ATH. The schedule flights will commence on 15/8/2009. The route will be operated two times every week (on Tuesdays and Saturdays) with a Boeing 737-800. The complete schedule is as follows:
ADB - ATH
XQ 910 12:15 - 13:15 *2***6*
ATH - ADB
XQ 911 14:00 - 14:50 *2***6*

Today, as an exception to the above schedule, the following flight to/from ADB will be operated as well:
ADB - ATH
XQ 1910 18:00 - 19:00
ATH - ADB
XQ 1911 20:00 - 20:50


Boeing 737 / TC-SNI / the inaugural flight from ADB is about to land on rwy 03L in ATH (photo 4/8/2009)

Olympic Airlines Boeing 737 registered SX-BLD back in Athens

Olympic Airlines has taken delivery on a new dry lease the Boeing 737-300 registered SX-BLD. It arrived in ATH yesterday at 16:20L as OA9204 from CHR (Châteauroux, France) where it was undergoing heavy maintenance due to technical problems that have been identified when it first arrived in ATH to fly for Olympic Airlines in 2008. The plane was ferried from ATH to CHR on 9/1/2009 and since then it was in the maintenance hangar. On July 1st and 2nd it did some technical acceptance flights and it was ferried yesterday to Greece.


Boeing 737 / SX-BLD / arriving from CHR, about to land on rwy 03R

Boeing 727 (VP-BAB), Boeing 737-200 (OD-LMB) and Airbus A320 (YL-BBC) in Athens today

Three special visitors for today in Athens:
1) A Boeing 727-76 registered VP-BAB
2) The second Boeing 737-200 of Flying Carpet (second ever time in Athens) registered OD-LMB
3) A hybrid A320 of Smartlynx registered YL-BBC, wearing LAT Charter colors with Hellas Jet logo on engine and Smartlynx titles


Boeing 727 / VP-BAB / departing from rwy 03R for LTN (photo 6/7/2009)


Boeing 737-200 / OD-LMB / departing from rwy 03R as MED802 (photo 6/7/2009)


Airbus A320 / YL-BBC / nice hybrid with a little of Smartlynx, Hellas Jet and LAT charter on it

Atlant-Soyuz flights between Moscow and Athens

Atlant-Soyuz will operate 2 flights per week between Moscow (VKO) and Athens using either one of its two Boeing B737-300 or its single B737-800 (Flights have already been introduced). Service operates till 21OCT09.

Schedule is as follows :

37 VKO0800 - 1040ATH 7B335
37 ATH1140 - 1625VKO 7B336

Thai Crown Prince Boeing 737-400 registered HS-CMV on a fuel stop in Athens (2)

Thailand Air Force Boeing 737-400 registered HS-CMV / 11-111 / 90410 that is used by the Thai Royal Family made a fuel stop in Athens on its way back to Thailand from MUC (Munich, Germany) where it was based since 31/5/2009 (see post). It arrived at 16:15L as TG904V and was scheduled to depart an hour later.


Boeing 737-400 / HS-CMV / about to land on rwy 03L on a fuel stop in ATH

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)

LOT Boeing 737 registered SP-LLC in anniversary colors in Athens

LOT - Polish Airlines special anniversary plane registered SP-LLC came to ATH today on the scheduled flight from WAW (Warsaw, Poland). It's a Boeing 737-400 that is painted in all golden livery in order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of communism in Poland and the first semi-free democratic elections which were held on June 4th 1989. The plane arrived as LO 603 at 15:05L and departed as LO 604 at 15:40.
Thanks to Vasilis for the photo and the video.


Boeing 737 / SP-LLC / about to depart from rwy 03L on it's way back to WAW

Thai Crown Prince Boeing 737-400 registered HS-CMV on a fuel stop in Athens

Thailand Air Force Boeing 737-400 registered HS-CMV / 11-111 / 90410 that is used by the Thai Royal Family made a fuel stop in Athens an hour ago. It arrived from DXB (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and departed at 16:35L for MUC (Munich, Germany) as VM904. CMV in the registration stands for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is the son of King of Thailand and heir apparent to the Throne.


Boeing 737-400 / HS-CMV / about to depart from rwy 03L after a fuel stop in ATH

Iraqi Airways launch weekly Baghdad Athens Stockholm flight

Iraqi Airways (IA/IAW) launched today a weekly flight from Baghdad to Stockholm via Athens. The inbound flight from Baghdad is IA 245 and the return flight is IA 246. Currently it is scheduled to be operated with 737-300, leased from Seagle Air.
The fares for an adult on the Baghdad-Athens route are:
Economy Class Y / CL
$420 One way, $700 Return
Business C / CL
$675 One Way, $885 Return
The flight from Baghdad arrives in Athens at 13:00L. The outbound flight to Baghdad departs at 01:00L. The Athens-Stockholm-Athens part of the route is not on sale.

Boeing 737-300 / OM-HLB / operating the first flight of Iraqi Airways to Athens

SkyEurope using ex FlyLAL 737-500

SkyEurope has dry leased two ex FlyLAL Boeing 737-500 (registered LY-AWF and LY-AWG) which operate all white with no titles or logos. Recently SkyEurope has returned 6 Boeing 737-700NG that was using to their lessor (GECAS) and had problems with being short of planes. It is expected to lease more planes in the near future in order to be able to fulfill the summer schedule.

Boeing 737-500 / LY-AWF / ex FlyLAL leased to SkyEurope