Corfu - August 2004

The approach into Kerkyra (Corfu) - Ioannis Kapodistrias airport is usually performed with tear drop procedure passing over Garitsa VOR and then head south-east bound for 9NM before turning right and intercept the VOR-radial 346° inbound for the runway 35 with a slope of 3.32°.

LTU operated the Airbus A330-200 into CFU from Düsseldorf. Here D-ALPG arrives out of the early morning mist. Up to 323 sunseeking tourists will arrive shortly and keep the terminal building buzzing with people.

Air Sea Lines has her base at the Gouvia Marina north of Kerkyra town. Flights to Paxos and Lefkos are offered, but charter and sightseeing flights are available as well. Twin Otter SX-BMG arrived at Corfu in July 2004, after being converted with floats at Althenrhein, Switzerland. She was built in 1973 and flew for Harbour Air, Canada as C-GHAZ.


The Greek Government and the Hellenic Air Force operate together 6 Embraer ERJ-135LR and ERJ-145SA, an early warning version. 145-209 , one of the two 135s operating for the Government, is rocketing off runway 17.


Lufthansa Airbus A319 D-AILA is operating a flight on behalf of Condor and arriving with the last rays of sunshine. She is named after the city of Frankfurt/Oder.

Futura International Boeing 737-4Yo EC-IYO has seen service all over the world before ending up with the Spanish charter carrier (again). Operating already for Futura in the 90's, this 737 operated in Brasil for Transbrasil, shortlived Nortjet, Nordic European and even Aer Lingus and Luxair.

Founded to operate charter flights for Swiss International, Swiss Sun received 3 new Airbus 320's which have been incorporated into the Swiss fleet after the experiment ended end of 2005. One difference to the rest of the Swiss fleet is, that the passengers are treated to some live footage from the cockpit, as there is a camera positioned in the cockpit - especially interesting while landing or taking off.


Austrian flight OS9164 is turning away from the mountains after taking off on runway 17. The flight is operated by a Lauda Air Boeing 737-800.

Malaga - July 2005

Malaga, southern Spain, is a well established holiday spot for the European sun seekers. For the airplane lover there are lots of charter flights to be seen and nice places around the airport to catch those beauties!

N672FH, a Boeing 737-322 leased by Futura Intl. Airways from Ryan International for the summer season, has a special "Budget Travel" sticker on her fuselage. This aircraft was build in 1990 for United Airlines before it was sold to Futura in May 2005.

Boeing 757 SX-BLW was leased by Air Scotland from Greece Airways to perform flights to European holiday destinations. The airline ceased operations in 2006.

Former Air Calin Boeing 737-33A found her way to Europe when she was acquired in April 2005 by Norwegian Air Shuttle as LN-KKS. The tail has been adorned with the face of Edvard Munch, a famous Norwegian painter.

Boeing 737-33A G-STRI of Astraeus, a UK charter airline, was leased by fly BE, fromer Jersey European in summer 2005. This aircraft has been with VASP, Maersk, Oman Air, Star Europe, Air Provence, Cronus and some others and still is busy with Sterling Airlines.

Usually used for their longhaul services, this Airbus A330-243 of Monarch Airlines is gliding in to land arriving from the UK. Build in 1999, G-EOMA is one of 2 examples of the 1967 founded Luton based carrier.

Conder Berlin arriving shortly before sunset. Thomas Cook logo on the tail, but still with basic yellow Condor colors, this hybrid is one of 13 Airbus A320s in the fleet of Condor Berlin.

The era of the Tupolevs is slowly coming to an end in the European skies. Spain is fortunate enough to still enjoy some of those Russian classics - here Aeroflot's Tu-154M RA-85638 is arriving at sunset.

Bombay, February 2007

Indus Air started operations with two CRJ 200s in December 2006 - already in March 2007 the AOC was revoked due to spare part issues. VT-IOA and her sistership - IOB were acquired from Indepence Air.

Saudi Arabian uses Boeing 747-300s on their routes to Jeddah. Saudia is operating 13 examples of the 300-series, HZ-AIT has been delivered new in 1986 to the Middle East carrier.


Due to a shortage of airplanes Air India has been leasing 2 Boeing 767-300 from Globespan. G-CDPT is seen on final to runway 27 one sunny afternoon.


Abu Dhabi's flag carrier Etihad is using their Airbus A340-500 on the route to Bombay. A6-EHC is leaving her stand to taxi to the active runway.


Go Air India is using several colorful Airbus A320 for domestic low cost services. VT-WAB is a former America West example serving the airline with her 3 sisterships. Another 5 320s were leased from Iberworld during the winter season.


Sri Lankan operates with 5 Airbus A320s within South East Asia. 4R-ABC is also a former America West example, but has been with Midway before ending up in Asia.

Tenerife Norte, April 2007

Tenerife Norte is one of two airports on the island of Tenerife. Flag carrier Iberia operates usually 2 flights a day with an A340-300. EC-IIH, "Maria Barbara de Braganza", settles gracefully back to the ground again.



EC-IKQ is one of 3 ATR-72s operated by Islas Airways. Los Rodeos is Islas' homebase, flights connecting, as the name suggests, the Canary Islands.



LTU is one of the few non-spanish carriers operating to Los Rodeos. Flight time to Düsseldorf will be a bit more than 4 hours.


In competition to Iberia, Air Europa also operates heavy equipment into TFN. Operating a flight from Madrid, Airbus A330-202 EC-JQG, delivered last year, is only seconds from touchdown.



Formed by Iberia in 1988, Binter is another Inter-island operator. A fleet of 13 ATR-72s are cruising around the islands and one Boeing 737-400 (see below) is used for mainland destinations. EC-JBI, a colorful ATR-72-212A, is lining up runway 30.