Monday, October 11, 2010

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

-Edit-
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.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Amjet Executive new Dassault Falcon 50 registered SX-CRC in Geneva

Amjet Executive, a business jet operator based in Athens, will soon take delivery of another plane to add to their fleet. It is a Dassault Falcon 50 registered SX-CRC (c/n 226) which was previously under the registration CS-DPO (never flew with this reg) and VP-BBD with Blue Herron Aviation. The plane is still in GVA (Geneva, Switzerland) in its new colors since late July 2010.
Here is the picture of SX-CRC in GVA, taken on July 27th. Thanks to Jean-Luc ALTHERR.

Dassault Falcon 50 / SX-CRC / parked in GVA

The current fleet of Amjet Executive is:
SX-IFA (McDonnell Douglas MD-83)
SX-SEA (Gulfstream G200)
SX-MLA (Dassault Falcon F2000LX)
They operate under AOC GR-44 for passenger and cargo flights.

Monday, October 4, 2010

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

Saturday, October 2, 2010

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

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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

Friday, September 24, 2010

Aircraft traffic over Hellenic airspace on a time lapse movie

Here is a small time lapse video that was created from pictures taken from www.rdrinfo.net and show the aircraft traffic over the Hellenic airspace on a 14 hour period. The goal was to create a 24 hour time lapse movie but unfortunately after 16:00L there was a problem with connection to the website. In the movie you can clearly see the movement of the aircrafts on specific airways, the departures and arrivals in Athens, Thessaloniki and Rhodes airport and more!
Thanks a lot to www.rdrinfo.net for the great service to all the aviation enthusiasts! Keep up the good work!

Enough with the details, here is the movie:

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Hellenic Imperial Boeing 747-200 registered SX-TIE departed to KHI

Hellenic Imperial Boeing 747-200 registered SX-TIE departed today at 12:15L as IMP311P to KHI (Karachi, Pakistan)


Boeing 747-200 / SX-TIE / departing from rwy 03R to KHI

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Air Europa Airbus A330-200 registered EC-JQQ in Athens

Air Europa's Airbus A330-200 registered EC-JQQ arrived yesterday in Athens on a charter flight from MAD (Madrid, Spain) as UX847.

Thanks to Panagiotis Pietris for the photo:
Airbus A330-200 / EC-JQQ / arriving from MAD

Monday, September 20, 2010

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

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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