Active Jetstream 31s are already very rare today. One of the few still operating in Europe arrived today to Bratislava under North East West South Airlines flight number from Stockholm-Västeras airport.
This BAe.146-300 of Armenia Airways parked on the boneyard of Yerevan airport in Armenia ceased flying long time ago, but still fulfils an important duty: To prevent government TU-134 standing behind him, which despite not flying anymore still looks airworthy, from photography :-(
This KC-46A (B.767-200) USAF New Hampshire Air National Guard arrived to Bratislava on Friday night and left today 26.3.2023 after midday back to Indianapolis.
When someone is a bad-luck guy, gets bad weather even in Dubai :-( Luckily, just as a little satisfaction, exactly for the arrival of Syrian Air A340-300 the sun came out for a few seconds.
There are currently as many as four AN-12s of Cavok Air at Piešťany, on which the company´s technicians provide maintenance. Aircraft UR-CBG differs from the rest of the fleet in that it does not carry typical orange colours but still carries original painting after its previous operator Aerovis Airlines.
In the open air and as a makeshift job, Vulkan Air technicians completed the maintenance and partial repainting of the AN-26, which they bought from RAF-Avia. After the test flight, it can be put into operation in the near future.
New addition to the fleet of Constanta Airlines, AN-74TK-100 registration UR-UZP, arrived to Piešťany on 21.12.2022 from Moldovan airport Marculesti and since then it waits to be ferried to Trenčín for maintenance at Letecké opravovne Trenčín. AN-26 registration UR-UZE is currently finishing maintenance there.
Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan visited Bratiislava today after a long time, with additional titles commemorating heroism of the defenders of the city of Okhtyrka.
As on a passenger this aircraft would not look very trustworthy, however this A330-200 of TAP operates since November 2020 as "Preighter", a passenger plane reconfigured for the transport of lighter cargo. It arrived to Vienna on 27 November 2022 and its longer storage showed on its paint.
After first attempt, when the sun did not cooperate, I finally managed to photograph Boeing 787-9 of Etihad Airways carrying Manchester City football club promotional colours.
Unfortunately the sun was hidden behind clouds on this afternoon, however to see an almost 45 years old B747-200 is a rarity today. This was the first aircraft that, accompanied by huge dust blow, used RWY 29L for departure from Mehrabad airport, this runway was closed for a long time due to renovation and it was re-opened only for departures so far, however even during the next 2 days no other planes used it, except for a second B747-200 of Qeshm Fars Air a few minutes later.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Boeing 707 air tanker lands at Mehrabad airport with dominant Milad Tower in the background in a typical Tehran smog. It is great to see and hear this beautiful aircraft in live traffic after so many years...
