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

Egyptair Boeing 777-300 registered SU-GDN diverted to Athens due to bomb threat

Egyptair flight MS778 from LHR (London, UK) to CAI (Cairo, Egypt) diverted to Athens yesterday due to a bomb threat that was received. The plane landed at 20:40L in Athens where it was inspected by the bomb squad. Since no signs of explosive devices were found, the plane was cleared to continue to Cairo but since it was already late in the night the flight was scheduled for today. The plane, a Boeing 777-300 registered SU-GDN, departed at 13:20L from runway 03R.

Boeing 777-300 / SU-GDN / about to depart from rwy 03R

Armenia Government Airbus A319CJ registered EK-RA01 in Athens

The president of the Republic of Armenia is on an official visit to Greece and arrived yesterday morning on the Armenia Government Airbus A319CJ registered EK-RA01. The plane is parked in Athens airport since then, waiting for the departure flight back to Armenia on Thursday noon.

Airbus A319CJ / EK-RA01 / parked in Athens airport

Austrian Arrows Fokker 100 in special Austrian Ski team colors (OE-LVM) in Athens

Austrian Arrows Fokker 100 registered OE-LVM that is painted with the special Austrian Ski team colors arrived in Athens today on the scheduled flight from VIE (Vienna, Austria).

Fokker 100 / OE-LVM / about to land on rwy 03L

Three British Airways Boeing 747s diverted to Athens due to LHR closure

Three British Airways Boeing 747s diverted to Athens today due to the closure of London Heathrow airport. The weather in LHR was so bad that all the inbound flights had to be diverted to other airports and only a couple of departures were made possible. Three of the longhaul flights of BA were diverted to Athens early in the morning. Those were:

G-BNLY operating BA010 between SYD (Sydney, Australia) - BKK (Bankong, Thailand) - LHR
G-BYGB operating BA012 between SIN (Singapore) - LHR
G-CIVB operating BA028 between HKG (Hong Kong, China) - LHR

All three of them are parked in the southern apron of Athens and according to London Heathrow airport, the flights are expected to operate -weather permitting- on Monday.

Boeing 747-400 / G-BNLY / parked in the southern apron of Athens

Amjet Executive Falcon 50 registered SX-CRC still in GVA

The Falcon 50 registered SX-CRC that is expected to be added to Amjet Executive's fleet is still parked in GVA (Geneva, Switzerland) and as it looks from the picture, which was taken yesterday, it is not ready to fly soon.
Thanks to Jean-Luc ALTHERR for the picture!

Dassault Falcon 50 / SX-CRC / parked in GVA

Islamic Republic of Iran government Airbus A321 registered EP-AGB departing Athens

Since yesterday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran was in Greece on an official visit. He departed today back to IKA (Tehran, Iran) onboard the Islamic Republic of Iran government's Airbus A321 registered EP-AGB. The flight, MRJ05 operated by Meraj Air, departed at 13:40L from runway 21L.

Airbus A321 / EP-AGB / just departed from rwy 21L

State of Kuwait Airbus A319CJ registered 9K-GEA in Athens

The Airbus A319CJ owned by the State of Kuwait, registered 9K-GEA (c/n 3957), arrived today in Athens from BTS (Bratislava, Slovakia) as KU035. It landed at 15:10L and was schedule to depart at 15:50L to KWI (Kuwait City, Kuwait).

Airbus A319CJ / 9K-GEA / about to land on rwy 21R