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Post by viscount on Jun 20, 2022 17:25:42 GMT 1
Having found my photos of the Polish Mig-29 Fulcrum and Spanish Typhoon at the Motril Air Display below par, thought I would drive the hour to Malaga Airport and watch them depart Monday. Got to Malaga Airport at 10:00, a little later than intended, and made for the Churriana end and found the only occupant of the military apron was a sole Canadair CL-415 on stand-by fire duties. Worse than that, aircraft were landing over the coast, so they were landing on the runway infront of me, with the sun directly into the camera lens. Not the best of locations at that time of day. Going around to the Museum was not an option (closed on Mondays). Going to the inland end of the runway would have foolish as most aircraft don't roll to the end. So took long range snaps of the very few biz-jets on the executive ramp on the other side of the runway (which with cloud earlier, were not too distorted by heat-haze) and at 10:10 moved on. Having consumed all that expensive fuel getting there, immediately turning around and going home was not an option. Repositioned to under the approach closer to the coast. My usual spot by MFI/McDonalds would also have been into sun, so made for the Plaza Mayor retail/industrial park and found a undeveloped plot (by Burger King) to park safely and take photos of the approaching aircraft from the sunny side. However by now the sun was glaringly bright and most shots a touch over-exposed due to reflecting the sun. Thought I would stay there until midday (by which time the sun is near straight down the centreline) and hopefully catch the Aer Lingus A.330 before leaving. However at 12 midday exactly the active runway changed ends so the aircraft were now passing higher overhead and climbing rapidly. Could have made my way to my favourite position, above the taxiway at the inland end, but for the next hour would have simply been repeating the same aircraft depart as I had just watched arriving! Not the greatest of days, not a single biz-jet seen moving, nor any airliner special schemes, so frustrated by an unproductive morning, departed to do some shopping (retail therapy) on the way home! Reasonably busy, although the biz-jet park was relatively empty, so a rather mundane log and a pretty ordinary selection of images from 2 hours. I'll be back at AGP in 10 days time, but for an easyJet Europe pre-dawn departure - then a few days later returning on Vueling after dark! However hope to have some good images of my travels to share on this section of NWAN forum once home again. MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP), MONDAY 20th JUNE 2022 Visited from 1000 to 1200, briefly Churriana end, but mostly Plaza Mayor Retail Park.
Airliners noted: Airliners noted (continued):
9H-NFT ATR-72-600 all white, Iberia/Air Nostrum titles OO-JBG Boeing 737-8K5 TUI
D-AIJA Airbus A.320-271N Lufthansa OO-TMA Boeing 737 MAX8 TUI
EC-JTR Airbus A.320-214 Vueling OO-TMY Boeing 737 MAX8 TUI
EC-LLR Embraer ERJ-195LR Air Europa Express PH-BGQ Boeing 737-7K2 KLM
EC-LSQ ATR-72-600 Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum PH-HSW Boeing 737-8K2 Transavia
EC-NAZ Airbus A.320-271N Vueling PH-HZG Boeing 737-8K2 Transavia
EC-NEP Agusta AW.139 Helity SE-RON Airbus A.320-251N SAS
EC-NFI Airbus A.320-271N Vueling TC-LSV Airbus A.321-271NX Turkish Airlines
EC-NFK Airbus A.320-271B Vueling
EI-DHF Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair, parked up, doors closed Biz-Jet/Executive Ramp:
EI-EMI Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair
EI-ENP Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-MVA DA.42 Twin Star Oneair Flight Academy
G-DRTL Boeing 737-8AL Jet 2 Holidays EC-MUP King Air B200 Eliance
G-GDFY Boeing 737-86Q Jet 2 (silver) HA-LVJ Saab 340AF Fleetair.eu
G-GDEZ Boeing 737-86Q Jet 2 Holidays HB-VPO EMB-505 Phenom 300
G-JZBG Boeing 737-800 Jet 2 Holidays M-OLLY Citation 525 CJ1
G-JZBN Boeing 737-800 Jet 2 (silver) N255CC Challenger 604
G-JZHV Boeing 737-8MG Jet 2 (silver) N····· Falcon (3 engined)
G-TTNR Airbus A.320-251N British Airways N768JJ Gulfstream 550
G-UZLK Airbus A.320-251N easyJet UK OE-LVA Gulfstream 500 Mjet (G500 across tail)
G-WUKN Airbus A.321-271NX Wizzair, G/A 1104 & landed 1123 PH-NDK Falcon 900B
LN-DYY Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian Just the 10 aircraft. Additionally, while driving briefly spotted a red Eclipse or HondaJet.
LN-FGG Boeing 737 MAX8 Flyr
OE-IZC Airbus A.320-214 easyJet Europe Military Ramp:
OE-IZN Airbus A.320-214 easyJet Europe code 43-32 Canadair CL-415 Spanish Air Force
OE-IZT Airbus A.320-214 easyJet Europe
OE-LSL Airbus A.320-251N easyJet Europe en route through the extended centreline:
OO-JAL Boeing 737-7K2 TUI code 782-02 Eurocopter EC.120B from east to west  Illustrating how challenging the light is at the Churriana end on a bright morning, the dull, shadow side of Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum ATR-72 EC-LSQ just moments before touch-down.  Ryanair's EI-DHF clearly not required on a Monday morning, all closed up, but with stairs and APU ready for when next required.  Not that many Boeing 737-700s around, just 2 seen compared with 13 series 800 and 3 MAX8 aircraft. This one being OO-JAL of TUI Belgium.  The other Boeing 737-700 series seen was PH-BGQ of KLM.  Taxiing around onto stand Boeing 737 MAX8 LN-FGG of Flyr.  Just touched down, and with reverse thrust selected, Airbus A.321NX TC-LSV slows rapidly.  Now re-positioned in a quiet empty section of Plaza Mayor Retail and Industrial Park, PH-HSW Boeing 737-800 of Transavia on late finals.  Norwegian Boeing 737-800 LN-DYY  Wizzair's A.321NX G-WUKN on its second approach, having made a late go-around off the first one.  G-JZBN Boeing 737-800 Jet2 in the silver scheme, one of 5 Jet2s landing within the 2 hours that I was there.  All white ATR-72-60 9H-NFT with Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum titles.  The only non-Boeing/Airbus jet airliner was this Embraer ERJ-195LR EC-LRR. Didn't spot the aircraft on the downwind leg of the approach (up near the top of the fin) until examining my images (looks like a Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737).  The alternative colour scheme used by Jet2 Holidays as worn by G-DRTL Boeing 737-800  To show how useless staying at Plaza Mayor would be with the aircraft now departing overhead and climbing rapidly, Airbus A.320N G-UZLK of easyJet departs.  Just for the record, although not a great image, Eurocopter EC.120B coded 782-02 transited across through the approach. One of the 'Patrulla Aspa' team seen at Motril the day before. |
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Post by viscount on Aug 13, 2022 18:00:21 GMT 1
Thursday 14th July 2022 MALAGA (AGP) From the terminal gate in the period upto a 10:50 departure (actual take-off) time.
EC-MLK Agusta AW.139 Hélity
EC-NHM Airbus A.330-343 Iberojet
G-TUMO Boeing 737-8MAX TUI
G-UZMI Airbus A.320-251n EasyJet, my flight to Bristol
SP-TOP Gulfstream 650SP
TC-LSA Airbus A.321-232 Turkish Airlines
UR-CKL Antonov An-12B Cavok Airline, parked on freight apron
43-31 Canadair CL-415 fire duties, on stand-by, plus another.
SN-61YG Let-410UVP Turbolet Polish Border Guard
Also noted: BAW A.320; A.319 Eurowings, 2 further TUI B.737/8, Blue Air B.737-8MAX, Finnair A.321,
Ryanair x 3 B.737/8; SAS A.320, Norwegian B.737/8, 3 further A.320 EasyJet; Jet 2 Boeing 737/8
Around 11 biz-jets lined up, outparked on the NE apron. Main biz-jet apron, not viewed. Photos are taken not long after dawn.  Not the world's best aviation photo - however used to illustrate (through treble glazed glass) looking across the runway from the terminal one of CL-415s and the Polish Border Guard Let-410UVP with the strange 'serial' SN-61YP  Hélity Agusta AW.139 on taxi-out on a scheduled flight  Airbus A.330-343 EC-NHM in Iberojet titles  An airfield in France seen from cruising altitude en route Malaga to Bristol (will work out which one when I can access to my maps)
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Post by viscount on Aug 13, 2022 18:05:37 GMT 1
Tuesday 26th July 2022 MALAGA (AGP) Aircraft noted immediately after a 12:24 arrival, mostly from the NW section of the terminal, an area I've not been through before.
unlike other parts of the terminals, it has floor to ceiling plate glass without sun deflectors, but with lots of reflections! [/div]
9H-HANSA Boeing 737-8K5 Alliance Jet, out parked near freight apron (a/c originally with TUIfly of Germany)
D-AISH Airbus A.321-231 Lufthansa
EC-NVQ Boeing 737-8AS all white, no titles (new with Air Europa) (a/c originally with Ryanair, but more recently in the Ukraine)
HB-JLQ Airbus A.320-214 Swiss
OE-LBN Airbus A.320-214 Austrian
PH-BCD Boeing 737-8BK KLM, my ride from Amsterdam
PH-HZE Boeing 737-8K2 Transavia
..-... Airbus A.340 mostly white, no titles, presumed an executive jet, out parked on freight apron The story as to why I was arriving at Malaga on a KLM Boeing 737 on a Tuesday, rather than by Transavia Boeing 737 on the previous day is related on the Norwich Airport and City of Norwich Aviation Museum thread: derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/40813/norwich-aviation-museum-airport-july2022 KLM Boeing 737-800 PH-BCD through the windows at the the NW end of Malaga Terminal.  All white and very recently registered EC-NVQ, a former Ryanair, (EI-EFL, but more recently UR-PST) Boeing 737-8AS in white overall with just Spanish flags applied. From a quick 'google' it is clear that shortly after full blue Air Europa titles were applied. Taken through tinted treble glazing.  Making a nonsense of the once orderly national prefix and three individual letters system of registration maintained by all but a handful of States, the system seems to have bowed to pressures from the accountants, leading to strange sightings such as SN-60YG related on other posts on this thread and 9H-HANSA (not even 9H-ANSA) on an Air Alliance of Malta Boeing 737-8K5.
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Post by 8miles27 on Aug 13, 2022 19:34:29 GMT 1
Think that's Lorient in South Brittany Brian.
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Post by viscount on Aug 14, 2022 9:13:01 GMT 1
MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP), Thursday, 11th August 2022
Prior to collecting incoming passengers, 1010 to 1125.
9H-NFR ATR-72-600 all white, Iberia/Air Nostrum titles G-TUMS Boeing 737-MAX8 TUI UK
9H-GLD Airbus A.320-214 All white, Smart Lynx, no titles G-TUMW Boeing 737-MAX8 TUI UK
9H-QCB Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair G-UZMG Airbus A.321-251NX EasyJet UK
D-AEWK Airbus A.320-214 Eurowings LN-ENU Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian, white tail
D-AGWI Airbus A.319-132 Eurowings LN-FGH Boeing 737-8MAX Flyr
EC-MEQ Airbus A.320-232 Vueling LN-RRE Boeing 737-883 SAS
EC-MNZ Airbus A.320-232 Vueling OE-ICB Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet Europe
EC-NBA Airbus A.320-271n Vueling OE-LQA Airbus A.319-111 EasyJet Europe
EI-DHG Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OE-LYU Airbus A.319-132 Eurowings
EI-DHW Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OH-LZS Airbus A.321-231 Finnair
EI-EME Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OO-TEA Embraer ERJ-190-100LR TUI Belgium
EI-GSG Boeing 737-800 Ryanair, from Leeds PH-BGG Boeing 737-706 KLM
EI-HEY Boeing 737-8MAX200 Ryanair PH-HXA Boeing 737-8K2 Transavia
EI-SIA Airbus A.320-251n SAS PH-XRC Boeing 737-7K2 Transavia
G-DRTL Boeing 737-8AL Jet 2 SE-ROE Airbus A.320-251n SAS
G-EZBT Airbus A.319-111 EasyJet UK SE-RPS Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian, white tail
G-EZPE Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet UK SE-RPT Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian, white tail
G-EZWX Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet UK SP-RSE Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair
G-JZBS Boeing 737-800 Jet 2 TC-LTM Airbus A.321-271NX Turkish Airways
G-JZHJ Boeing 737-8MG Jet 2 YR-MXD Boeing 737-8MAX Blue Air
G-TAWJ Boeing 737-8K5 TUI UK
All these airliners either departed or arrived in a 75 minute time span. Way much busier than my June visit.
EXECUTIVE & FREIGHT
CS-LTN Citation 680A Latitude NetJets Europe, departed N1886S Global 6000 out parked on NE apron
D-CDCM Citation 560 XLS Air Hamburg, departed N416BD Global Express out parked on NE apron
HA-KAO ATR-72-212F Fleetair, out parked, NE apron N884WE Gulfstream 450 out parked on NE apron
UR-··· Antonov An-12B Cavok, out parked, NE Apron SP-OOK Hawker 400A Smart Jet, departed
N81GJ Lear Jet 36A Global Jetcare, landed
Plus a further 3 or so biz-jets on the NE Apron. Main executive-jet apron not viewed. MILITARY APRON
Canadair CL.415 Fire duties, on standby.
CASA.212 grey, Spanish Air Force
LET-410 Polish military, likely still SN-61YG Two further August visits planned, one while visitors spend a day in Mijas water park (not my idea of a fun day out) to the west of the Airport (so several hours) while their 'drop-off' run is mid evening, so not a usual time for me to visit with different light and less heat shimmer.  NetJets Europe Citation 680A Latitude CS-LTN on line-up  One of only two jet airliners breaking the Airbus/Boeing monopoly, Embraer ERJ-190 in TUI Belgium colours on lin-up before departure  Just the single non-series 800 Boeing 737 noted, a rather short looking Boeing 737-700 of Transavia, PH-XRC  Airbus A.319 OE-LYU of Eurowings, other Eurowings Airbuses seen were all the more usual D- registered machines.  Sole full bill-board scheme to be seen was this SAS Boeing 737-800 in Star Alliance scheme  Finnair A.321 OH-LZS at the runway hold  With telephoto(400mm) out to near maximum, a Jet 2 Boeing 737-800 landing through the heat haze. Image has the look of a print made from a dusty negative due to a flock of birds.  Turkish Airlines A.321NX TC-LTM landing. Scrolling back a few shots, a comparison with the older Finnair A.321 shows just how much larger the engine nacelles of the NX are!  A SAS Airbus A.320neo, EI-SIA, on late finals  Air Hamburg Citation 560 XLS+ D-CDCM on taxi below the mound , with the telephoto back all the way to 100mm.  The other jet airliner to break the Airbus/Boeing monopoly was this Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum Canadair CRJ-1000 - I've got a Madrid-Malaga sector booked to fly on one of these in early October  From the rear fluting of the engine nacelles, this Blue Air Boeing 737 is clearly a MAX, bet most of the passengers don't know that!  Best sighting of the lot was this Cavok Antonov An.12 on the NE apron, however the view from the top of the railway station steps was darn near tail on!  Also shot from the top of the railways station steps was this Boeing 737MAX LN-FGH of Flyr. |
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Post by convair990 on Aug 14, 2022 15:34:32 GMT 1
UR-CKM for the CAVOK AN12,arrived 9th August and still on ground according to FR24.Regards,Simon.
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Post by viscount on Aug 20, 2022 10:13:12 GMT 1
Thursday, 18th August 2022 MALAGA AIRPORT, 1150-1630. Having dropped guests at Torremolinos Water Park, 15 minutes beyond the airport, wasted time doing some shopping in Leroy Merlin (a B&Q style store). Then drove on round to the Museum, as aircraft were landing over the coast. As I was looking for parking it was evident that they had changed runway end, so an immediate move to the inland runway end, even though the bright sunlight was not in the best position for photography and gets worse as morning turns into afternoon. With a near 5 hour visit (although little moved 1400-1530, apart from Ryanair), a fairly long list of sightings. I've never seen 6 wide-body aircraft in a single visit to AGP in the 5 years since moving to Spain, an indication of how tourism along the Costa del Sol is recovering, although the Americans and Canadians have yet to return in any numbers. I've also managed to identify (and photograph) the three aircraft dumped beside the new fire station during last winter.
AIRLINERS NOTED AIRLINERS (continued)
9H-NFH ATR-72-600 ANE/IBR titles, op for Mel-Air LN-FGI Boeing 737-8MAX Flyr
9H-NFU ATR-72-600 ANE/IBR titles, op for Mel-Air OE-IJE Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet Europe
9H-QAZ Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OE-IJI Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet Europe
9K-APC Airbus A.330-243 Kuwait Airways OE-ING Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet Europe
A7-BBA Boeing 777-3DZER Qatar Airways OE-LKP Airbus A.319-111 EasyJet Europe
A9C-FD Boeing 787-9 Gulf Air, 70th Anniv F1GP logo OE-LQF Airbus A.319-111 EasyJet Europe
CN-COJ ATR-72-600 Royal Air Maroc OE-LXC Airbus A.320-216 Austrian Airlines
CS-DJH ATR-72-600 Air Portugal OO-JAX Boeing 737-8K5 TUI Belgium
D-ABHN Airbus A.320-214 Eurowings OO-SSR Airbus A.319-112 Brussels
D-AISQ Airbus A.321-231 Lufthansa PH-BGX Boeing 737-7K2 KLM
D-ATCA Airbus A.321-211 Condor PH-HXE Boeing 737-8K2 Transavia
EC-KJD Airbus A.320-216 Vueling Airlines SE-ROM Airbus A.320-251n SAS
EC-LPQ Boeing 737-85P Air Europa, Skyteam bill-board SE-RPT Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian, white tail
EC-LVP Airbus A.320-214 Vueling Airlines SP-RSS Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair
EC-LXV Boeing 737-86N Air Europa TC-JTG Airbus A.321-231 Turkish Airlines
EC-MEG Airbus A.320-214 Iberia Express title YL-ABC Airbus A.220-300 Air Baltic
EC-MEQ Airbus A.320-232 Vueling Airlines YL-LDK Airbus A.320-232 all white, small EasyJet titles
EC-MJP Canadair CRJ-1000 Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional YR-BMN Boeing 737-82R Blue Air
EC-MPV Airbus A.321-231 Vueling Airlines EXECUTIVE & BIZ-JETS NOTED
EC-MTD Airbus A.319-111 Volotea Airlines 9H-BSA Hawker 750 Hyperion Avn, arrived
EC-MUN Agusta AW.139 Helity (and another too) 9H-VJU Global 6000 Vistajet, parked on NE main apron
EC-MUT Airbus A.319-111 Volotea Airlines 9H-YOU Challenger 850 Air-X Jet Charter, arrived & departed
EC-MVD Airbus A.320-214 Vueling Airlines A6-AUH Boeing 737-8EX BBJ2 Abu Dhabi Amiri flt, parked NE main
EC-NBD Airbus A.319-112 Volotea Airlines A7-CGN Gulfstream 650ER Qatar Exec, parked on NE main apron
EC-NCS Airbus A.320-271n Vueling Airlines CN-TKD Citation 650 III Air Ocean Maroc, departed
EC-NDB Airbus A.320-271n Vueling Airlines CS-CHC Challenger 350 NetJets Europe, landed & departed
EC-NDC Airbus A.320-271n Vueling, 'Eurovision' bill-board CS-CHM Challenger 350 Net Jets Europe, departed
EC-NDH Airbus A.319-112 Volotea Airlines CS-DLD Falcon 2000EX Net Jets Europe, arrived
EC-NLM Canadair CRJ-200ER IBR/ANE titles, mostly white D-ALOA EMB-135BJ Legacy Air Hamburg, departed
EC-NPS Canadair CRJ-200ER Air Nostrum, mostly white D-CJMK Citation 560 XLS+ arrived & departed
EI-DEL Airbus A.320-214 Aer Lingus D-IEGA Citation 525A CJ2+ Digajet, landed and departed
EI-DHY Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair D-IMFE Citation 525A CJ2+ landed
EI-DPR Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-JPR Robinson R.44 Raven World Avn, fly-over east to west
EI-DWD Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-MHU AS.355NP Ecureuil 2 Trafico, from east, landed
EI-DWI Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-MUP Beech B200GT King Air Eliance, departed
EI-EAV Airbus A.330-302 Aer Lingus LX-JVC Pilatus PC-24 departed
EI-EBM Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair N416BD Global Express XRS parked on NE main apron
EI-EGH Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair N505SS Gulfstream 550 departed and returned
EI-EFI Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair N601QS Citation 680A Latitude NetJets USA, departed
EI-EMJ Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OE-NMR Falcon 2000LX MHS Aviation, departed
EI-ENV Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair OO-MBP Pilatus PC-24 departed
EI-ENW Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair XA-PTR Gulfstream IV-SP landed
EI-EPB Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair Plus a few more on the main apron, while the biz-jet apron was not examined at all.
EI-EPD Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair MILITARY MOVEMENTS
EI-HET Boeing 737-8MAX200 Ryanair T18-3/45-42 Falcon 900B Spanish Air Force, landed & departed
EI-HEW Boeing 737-8MAX200 Ryanair TR.20-01/403-11 Citation 560 VI Ultra Spanish Air Force, landed
EI-HGM Boeing 737-8MAX200 Ryanair HU.30-04/09-404 AS.365N3 Dauphin 2 Guardia, from east, may have landed
EI-HGZ Boeing 737-8MAX200 Ryanair 16711 CASA C-295MPA Portuguese Air Force, landed
F-GZHF Boeing 737-8HX Transavia Only aircraft on the military apron all day was a grey 'Beech U-21' type aircraft that had landed
F-HBLP Embraer ERJ-190ER Hop¡ around 10:10. Unusually for summer, no CL.415s water-bombers seen. All the military above parked
F-HEPD Airbus A.320-214 Air France on or near the main executive apron, rather than using the military apron.
G-DRTB Boeing 737-85N Jet2 Holidays, blue/white cols DUMPED AIRCRAFT (mostly with fire brigade in two locations)
G-DRTE Boeing 737-8K5 Jet2 Holidays, silver scheme (N9890A) DH.104 Dove 7 on SW boundary, by old fire station
G-DRTH Boeing 737-8BK Jet2 Holidays, blue/white cols EC-EMH Cessna 402C on SW boundary, by old fire station
G-EZDL Airbus A.319-111 EasyJet UK EC-FPA Cessna 421B outside terminal building by a taxi rank, rather dusty
G-GDFS Boeing 737-86N Jet2 Holidays, silver scheme EC-JSI PA-34-200T Seneca II 'RYJ' (Aerolineas Ryjet) on tail, new fire station
G-LCAE Embraer ERJ-190SR British Airways EC-JYP Cessna 172M Skyhawk just to N of terminal, outside new fire station
G-LSAE Boeing 757-27B Jet2 Holidays, blue/white cols N444WA Commander 500S just to N of terminal, outside new fire station
G-NEOZ Airbus A.320-251n British Airways At last I can place an identity on all of the 4 aircraft that appeared outside during last winter
G-POWN Airbus A.321-211 Jet2, all white, red titles and that the Cessna twin outside the terminal at ground level below the car parks is still there.
G-TAWP Boeing 737-8K5 TUI UK
G-TUMB Boeing 737-8MAX TUI UK
HB-IOL Airbus A.321-111 Swiss International
HB-JMC Airbus A.340-313X Swiss International
HZ-ARA Boeing 787-9 Saudi Arabian Airlines
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Post by viscount on Aug 20, 2022 12:41:03 GMT 1
MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP), Thursday 18th August 2022.  The Aer Lingus A.330-300 from Dublin at around lunch-time has been a feature of the summer timetable for many years, here on departure.  Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 787-9, HZ-ARA on taxi out for departure.   Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 A9C-FD, with a rear fuselage Formula 1, 70th anniversary 'bill-board'.  Qatar Boeing 777-300, A7-BBA  One I wasn't expecting a Swiss International Airbus A.340-300, HB-JMC  Final one of the six wide-bodies seen was this Kuwait Airlines A.330-200, 9K-APC, landing through the heat haze on the distant parallel.  At the other end of airliner size scale, ATR-72-600 9H-NFR, all white wearing both Iberia Regional (IBR) and Air Nostrum (ANE) titles, operated for Mel-Air, operating on Iberia (IB) flight numbers.  Staying on the all-white scheme theme, Jet 2 have been using this Titan Airbus A.321 G-POWN all season, with full-sized Jet 2 titles and banner-line in red.  While this SmartLynx Airbus A.320, YL-LDK, just wears a small 'EasyJet' logo on the rear fuselage. The strong sun and bright white combining to fool the camera into a slight over exposure.  A type rapidly becoming a rarity on passenger operations throughout Europe, the Boeing 757, this one being Jet 2's G-LSAE  Two full fuselage 'bill-boards' seen. This being the more interesting of the pair, EC-NDC Airbus A.320neo in a 'Eurovision' celebration scheme.  The other being much more mundane, and has been around for a while is EC-LPQ in full 'Skyteam' scheme, flown by Air Europe.  A fair few Boeing 737MAX aircraft were noted, this one of 4 operated by Ryanair was EI-HEW.  Iberia Express Airbus A.320 EC-MEG  Finally for this post, not quite what it appears to be, as this is a TUI Belgium Boeing 737-8K5 OO-JAX, rather than a British registered one. |
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Post by viscount on Aug 20, 2022 13:47:07 GMT 1
MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP) Thursday 18th August 2020 - IMAGES PART 2.  A fair few Cessna Citations of various marks noted during the visit. This one caught me out, being a Citation 560 VI Ultra - identification not helped by a number of in-service modifications. Registration TR.20-01, with unit code 403-11 of EdA 403 Esc based at Madrid/Getafe.  Another of the less frequently seen marks, Citation 650 III, CN-TKD of Ocean Air Maroc.  Probably the most frequently seen of the Citations is the Citation 560 XLS Excel, here D-CJMK which seems to have been on a shuttle backwards and forwards to Hawarden at the time.  A much more common mark, D-IEGA is a Citation 525A CJ2+ with small 'DigaJet' titles under the cockpit windows.  One of the family of larger Citations is this Citation 680A Latitude, N601QS of NetJets USA - in the same scheme as the NetJets Europe aircraft.  Of the Dassault Falcon aircraft, by far the most interesting was this Falcon 90B T18-3, coded 45-42 of EdA451 Esc/Grupo 45 based at Madrid/Torrejón, effectively the Royal Flight with 'Kingdom of Spain' cabin titles.  Falcon 2000 OE-HMR of HMV Aviation lined up, beyond the still taxiing Embraer EMB-135 Legacy D-ALOA of Air Hamburg.  A NetJets Challenger 350 CS-CHM on the long taxi from the executive aircraft ramp right at the other end of the runway.  The Challenger 850 (based on the CRJ-200 design) is very different in shape. 9H-YOU of Air-X Jet Charter  Certainly some distance from home, landing on the other runway is XA-PTR Gulfstream IV-SP, seen through the heat haze.  Another Gulfstream was this newer Gulfstream 550 N505SS, which departed and quite a while later returned. A number of the biz-jets on taxi-out would 'pop' reverse thrust to aid retardation at the end of a long taxi.  Usually see a few EMB-505 Phenom 300s during a visit to Malaga, on this occasion none - however there were two examples of what seems to be an increasingly seen biz-jet type around Europe, the Pilatus PC-24. This one is OO-MBP.  While the other PC-24 was LX-JVC.  Straying closer to the end of the runway than usual before turning to land at it's hangar down between the terminals and executive facilities, is 'Trafico' Twin Squirrel EC-MHU.  Regularly seen Eliance King Air B200 EC-MUP on the move along the taxiway to the threshold. AIRCRAFT NEWLY 'DUMPED' OUTSIDE  The three aircraft: N444WA Commander 500, EC-JYP Cessna 172M Skyhawk and EC-JSI PA-34-200T Seneca II. For those who know Malaga Airport, they can be easily seen from the freight area/hire car premises entered from the small roundabout on the road that passes under apron and taxiways in a tunnel from the terminal area towards the runway ends roundabout. From the freight entrance roundabout, immediately left and park-up. The photos are looking across, above the road as it leaves the tunnel.    |
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Post by viscount on Aug 22, 2022 15:24:18 GMT 1
Sunday, 21st August 2022, MALAGA AIRPORT, 1910 to 2120. Briefly logged the aircraft on the NE main apron from the top of the railway station stairs, then moved to Churriana viewing point, with the sun over my shoulder and getting lower. Two aircraft on the military apron, both tail-on! The Avocado trees in the field inside the airport boundary have grown so much, that unless you are fortunate to get a view down a row, even then the result is a serial, but no photos! Two BBJs, both with colourful schemes, but neither in an open position to photograph. When I arrived 12 was departures and 13 arrivals, so most shots are of departing aircraft, although most arrivals can be seen as they park on the SW main apron. Just before 9pm the airfield reduced to one-runway operation using 12.
AIRLINERS NOTED EXECUTIVE & BIZ-JETS
9H-AWK Airbus A.320-214CJ Eurowings titles, all white 2-CAZZ Eclipse EA.500 parked, red & white
9H-NFR ATR-72-600 ANE/IBR titles,white op Mel Air 2-WKTJ Beech 350 King Air arrived, much modified
9H-NFT ATR-72-600 ANE/IBR titles,white op Mel Air 9H-VCB Challenger 350 parked, Vistajet
9H-NFU ATR-72-600 ANE/IBR titles,white op Mel Air 9H-VCE Challenger 350 parked, Vistajet
9H-VUS Boeing 737-MAX8200 Malta Air 9M-III Boeing 737-82Z BBJ2 Sultan of Johor, parked on NE main
D-ABFP Airbus A.320-214 Eurowings A6-DAS Boeing 737-7Z5 BBJ Royal Jet, white, parked near terminal
EC-LKM Embraer ERJ-195 Air Europa CN-EEE Dassault Falcon 7X parked
EC-LVP Airbus A.320-214 Vueling CN-TLA Citation 680 Sovereign parked
EC-LVS Airbus A.320-214 Vueling CS-DLN Dassault Falcon 2000EX NetJets Europe, parked
EC-MBL Airbus A.320-214 Vueling CS-LTN Citation 680A Latitude NetJets Europe, parked
EC-MLK Agusta AW.139 Helity CS-DOL Citation 525B CJ3 arrived
EC-MTD Airbus A.319-111 Volotea CS-DOT Citation 525A CJ2+ Valair, parked
EC-MUN Agusta AW.139 Helity D-BALL EMB-550 Praetor 600 Air Hamburg, arrived
EC-NLM Canadair CRJ-200ER IBR & ANE titles, white, parked D-FWWW Pilatus PC-12 parked
EI-DPH Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-MGR Citation 510 Mustang parked
EI-DPR Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair EC-MUP Beech B200GT King Air Eliance, arrived
EI-HEV Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair EC-NFX Beech B200GT King Air Eliance, parked
EI-HGL Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair ES-CKH Dassault Falcon 2000 parked
EI-HGM Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair HA-TVJ Saab 340AF Fleetair.eu, all white, parked
EI-HGS Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair HZ-ATR Boeing 737-9FG BBJ3 Al-Atheer Avn, parked near terminal
EI-HGZ Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair JY-ABC EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 Arab Wings, NE main apron
G-GDFJ Boeing 737-804 Jet 2, blue/white scheme N416BD Global Express XRS NE main apron
G-GDFM Boeing 737-36N Jet 2, blue/white scheme N505SS Gulfstream 550 departed
G-WUKJ Airbus A.321-231 Wizzair UK OO-SDY Beech 350C King Air parked
LN-ENR Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian, white tail PH-EBR Dassault Falcon 900B Exxaero, NE main apron
LX-LGQ Boeing 737-7C9 Luxair T7-DMA Challenger 605 NE main apron, departed
OE-ING Airbus A.320-214 EasyJet Europe, parked XA-PTR Gulfstream IV-SP parked
OK-TSM Boeing 737-9GJ Travel Service Over in a far corner of the GA, a King Air 90, possibly XB-···
OO-SNM Airbus A.320-214 Brussels Airline and more central, a red underside PC-12/TBM-800 possibly with US regn.
SE-ROC Airbus A.320-251n SAS
YL-AAR Airbus A.220-300 Air Baltic MILITARY APRON
YL-LDK Airbus A.320-232 EasyJet, white, logo only
16711 CASA C-295MPA Portuguese Air Force, parked
43-32 Canadair CL-415 Spanish Air Force, parked
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Post by viscount on Aug 22, 2022 19:15:59 GMT 1
MALAGA AIRPORT, Sunday evening 21st August 2022  Having dropped family for their flight home and seen them to the departures search-comb, briefly walked out to the top of the station stairs. Glad I did, as there was a golden Boeing BBJ and several smaller white Exec jets parked on the overflow apron. 9M-III, Sultan of Johor, Boeing 737-800 BBJ2. Angle and lighting are not ideal. The white nose is a Dutch Falcon.  From the same location a Luxair Boeing 737-700 LX-LGQ at the end of the landing roll on 13. From there around to the Churriana fence. Being 2 hours before sunset, the sun was over my shoulder, just where it should be, and getting lower. Straight across from the viewpoint were a further two Boeing 737 BBJ, parked between terminal and the executive apron. Unfortunately the one with an interesting scheme was behind a white one with a narrow cheat-line. The -900 was visibly so much longer than the -700!  A6-DAS a Boeing 737-700 BBJ, behind which was a somewhat longer Boeing 737-900 BBJ3.  HZ-ATR a Boeing 737-900 BBJ3 in a striking scheme.  Airbus A.220-300 YL-AAR Balta Air, departing. Well lit by the low sun behind me. Just a shame, that in the excellent light for photography, movements were generally fairly slow at that time on a Sunday.  Only 'polar bear' not previously seen by me this summer was 9H-AWK Airbus A.320 operating in Eurowings titles. Another Airbus A.320 YL-ADK operating with just an easyJet sticker on the rear fuselage would not cooperate again, staying behind other aircraft (a few days ago my attempt at a photo was well over-exposed due to white reflecting the bright sunlight).  What I initially took to be two ATR-72-600s operating with Maltese registrations for MelAir on Iberia flights, but with Air Nostrum and Iberia Regional titles, actually appears to be at least four aircraft. Here 9H-NFR departs.  It almost seems to be a competition this summer to see who can add the most lumps and bumps onto King Air aircraft. 2-WKTO has not only the regular belly pannier, but a reasonable sized 'bath tub' dome on the roof too!  Am I the only enthusiast whose recognition skills are being tested by Embraer's marketing departing, with basically the same airframe tweaked from a Phemon (a great name for an aircraft) to a Legacy (a name already used by them on a quite different airframe) and now a Praetor (a what?)? D-BALL being an EMB-550 Praetor 600. It is just as well, as Air Hamburg seems to be registering many of its aeroplanes with 4-letter English words, that due to aircraft weight they generally begin with the letter 'B', otherwise D-JOKE would be rather appropriate for an Embraer aircraft names at present.  Challenger 605, T7-DMA departs. Being registered in San Marino always seems to make T7- registrations that little bit rare and exotic.   Hélity seem to be making a good job of linking various points in Southern Spain to places in Northern Morocco. Others have tried and failed in the past, but Hélity seem to have found a good helicopters for the job in the Agusta AW.139. Here EC-MUN is seen rising from a runway/taxiway intersection, while later EC-MLK descends to touch down at the same location. Hélity seem to be making a good job of linking points in Southern Spain to various places in Northern Morocco, others have tried in the past and failed, however despite severe political restrictions on movement between Spain and Morocco added to strictly applied covid regulations, Hélity seems to have survived the past two years.  Have admit I thought the only Boeing 737-300s still operating in the UK were by private charter companies eg 2Excel, so was a little taken aback by G-GDFM being a Boeing 737-300 series still in use on holiday flights by what is predominantly a Boeing 737-800 operator.  As the sun set behind me, so the pollution over Malaga took on a warm glow. Airbus A.320 SE-ROC of SAS departing into the 'warm' light.  The effect only last for 10 minutes or so, otherwise I would not be pointing my camera at an older Boeing 737-800 EI-DPH of Ryanair.  The effect is already fading as Norwegian LN-ENR departs.  At just before 9pm aircraft commenced landing (as well as departing) from 12. OK-TSM Boeing 737-900 of Travel Service Canaria seen just departing the runway following landing.  By altering my position and aiming lower and more towards the sunset, a final technicolour shot of the day, EC-LVS leaping into the sky. By now 21:20 CET, with the sun on the horizon, time to drive home, mostly in the dark after a very pleasant two hours watching aircraft as the heat of day dissipated. |
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