Malaga Airport, Sunday, 1st January 2023

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MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP), Monday 1st January 2023, 1030-1400

Initial hour was at the Churriana end, before a change of runway direction. Both runways in use, so first batch are landings only (departures are too distant once in view).



Transavia Boeing 737-800 PH-HZG, one of three seen



In standard Air Baltic scheme, Airbus A.220-300 YL-CSC



YU-APK Airbus 319 of Air Serbia - in my opinion a very crisp, rather attractive scheme. Additional '95 years of flying' tag-line.



Even in winter THY-Turkish Airlines call several times daily, here Airbus A.321NX TC-LSF



Aer Lingus Airbus A.320 EI-DEM



Royal Air Maroc Express ATR-72-600. CN-COE


At this point ATC changed the active ends, so a trek inland to the raised land beside the 13 taxiway and holding area, with further away behind me the 12 approach. Initially at the 31 end my back was towards the sun, now at 13 the camera is looking towards the sun, as the day progresses so the shadow side becomes more of a problem.



Landing 12, a Buzz Boeing 737-8MAX, SP-RZC, with telephoto well out towards the 400mm mark.



I thought Sunday 1st January would be a good day for biz-jet action, so was rather let down when not that many moved, and those that did mostly relatively familiar, like this Falcon 2000 LN-RTO.



Second Air Baltic of the day, was Airbus A.220 YL-CSJ attractively wrapped in the Estonian national flag



Plenty of Vueling aircraft around, but this one no longer has the airline's tail design and the yellow on the nacelles reduced to just a ring. Airbus A.320 EC-JTQ



Making a change of shape from the Boeings and Airbuses, Embraer ERJ-195 EC-LKX of Air Europa Express



Looking quite short and dumpy, Airbus A.318 F-GUGN of Air France



Somewhat longer, Airbus A.321 of Finnair, OH-LZP



Canadair CRJ-200 9H-ILV of VistaJet on taxi out.



At the other end of the CRJ scale is the CRJ-1000, this one EC-LPG is all white, no titles, but operated by owner Iberia.



Embraer EMB-550 Praetor 600 9H-KFX of Flexjet Malta



In a very clean application of white paint this 'Polar Bear' Airbus A.320, LY-MLJ is in service with Avion Express without any titles or logos, operated f&t Paris.



Turning around through 180º to snap the sunny side of landing Airbus A.321 D-AIDF of Lufthansa.



A further special scheme is this strikingly red painted Brussels Airlines Airbus A.320 OO-SNO "Belgian Red Devils and Red Flames"



In the time I was there, this Embraer ERJ-190 called twice on the short hop from Lisbon. The Regional Jet seems to have replaced the usual TAP Express ATR-72 on the route. Clearly LZ-VAR is leased-in, but is in full TAP Express colours.



Swiss King Air 350 HB-GKB arrived and shortly after departed.



Somehow Volotea's Airbus A.319s always look shorter than EasyJet's! EC-MTN on taxi-out for 13.



Lauda Europe's Airbus A.320 9H-LOW landing



Third special scheme of the day was provided by Vueling's Airbus A.320 EC-MLE "Disneyland Paris 25"



9H-NFT ATR-72 (9H-NFR also seen) of Mel Air/Iberia Regional, still operating in a white scheme with Iberia Regional and Air Nostrum titles



EC-NBS Cessna 680A Latitude of Gestair landed and departed.

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Sunday, 1st January 2023, MALAGA AIRPORT (AGP), 1030-1545.

As I approached the Airport it was clear that aircraft were taking off away from the coast, so I headed for the Churriana viewpoint. Found that in mid-winter even by 10:30 the winter sun was already directly down the runway and getting more behind my shoulder as time passed. However, after an hour there ATC changed the runways around, so aircraft were approaching from inland. The weakness of the Churriana location is that departing aircraft are out of sight until airborne and distant. In the afternoon the weakness of being on the raised earth bank at the inland end is that while taxiing, holding and departing are photogenically positioned they are being shot into sun, while landing aircraft are distant and need a long lens, but are well lit by sunlight.

My original intention was to go on Christmas Eve, hoping to catch incoming biz-jets (although likely fewer large exec-jets this year with no Russian oligarchs), on the day found myself queuing in the vets instead! While there were a fair few biz-jets around on New Year's Day, very few departed, on what was a calm, warm, sunny day. Looking at FR24, Monday was much more active departing biz-jet wise, however the weather was cool, cloudy, likely with rain and drizzle showers.

While not as busy as in the summer there was a fair throughput of aircraft, airlines and types. A couple of both 'polar bears' and special schemes noted. Did not view the 'overflow' executive jet park on the large new apron, but there was a Boeing 737BBJ tail visible and likely a few other aircraft too, and a few of the biz-jets on the exec-jet apron defied identification (despite being much easier without the summer heat-haze!).

					
	Airliners:			                                        Airliners (continued):	
					
9H-LOS	Airbus A.320-214	Lauda Europe                     	OE-LBQ	Airbus A.320-214	Austrian Airlines
9H-LOW	Airbus A.320-233	Lauda Europe                    	OH-LZP	Airbus A.321-231	Finnair
9H-NFR	ATR-72-600	        all white, Mel Air with IBR/ANE titles	OO-SNH	Airbus A.320-214	Brussels, polka dot scheme
9H-NFT	ATR-72-600	        all white, Mel Air with IBR/ANE titles	OO-SNO	Airbus A.320-214	Brussels, 'Red Devils' special scheme
9H-QAC	Boeing 737-800   	Ryanair colours & titles        	PH-HSF	Boeing 737-8K2   	Transavia
9H-QAD	Boeing 737-800  	Ryanair colours & titles         	PH-HXL	Boeing 737-8K2  	Transavia
CN-COE	ATR-72-600      	Royal Air Maroc Express          	PH-HZG	Boeing 737-8K2  	Transavia
D-ABZE	Airbus A.320-216	Eurowings                        	SE-ROO	Airbus A.320-251neo	SAS
D-AGWM	Airbus A.319-132	Eurowings                       	SE-ROR	Airbus A.320-251neo	SAS
D-AIDF	Airbus A.321-231	Lufthansa                        	SE-RPL	Boeing 737-8JP         	Norwegian, with portrait tail
EC-JTQ	Airbus A.320-214	Vueling, white tail, normal titles	SE-RRJ	Boeing 737-8JP       	Norwegian, with portrait tail
EC-KDH	Airbus A.320-214	Vueling                           	SP-RZC	Boeing 737-8MAX  	Buzz colours & titles, small Ryanair
EC-KDX	Airbus A.320-216	Vueling	                                SP-RZM	Boeing 737-8MAX 	Ryanair colours & titles
EC-KRH	Airbus A.320-214	Vueling	                                TC-LSF	Airbus A.321-271NX	THY-Turkish Airlines
EC-LKX	EMB-195LR	        Air Europa                       	YL-CSC	Airbus A.220-300	Air Baltic, normal scheme
EC-LPG	Bombardier CRJ-1000	Iberia, all white, no titles           	YL-CSJ	Airbus A.220-300	Air Baltic, Estonian flag special cols.
EC-LVV 	Airbus A.320-214	Vueling	                                YU-APK	Airbus A.319-132	Air Serbia
EC-MLE	Airbus A.320-232	Vueling, 'Disneyland Paris 25' scheme			
EC-MTN	Airbus A.319-111	Volotea	                                 	Executives & Biz-Jets, (including any G/A):	
EC-NAY	Airbus A.320-271neo	Vueling			
EC-NFI	Airbus A.320-271neo	Vueling	                                9H-ILV	Canadair CRJ-200	VistaJet, departed
EC-NFK	Airbus A.320-271neo	Vueling                          	9H-KFX	EMB-550 Praetor 600	Flexjet Malta, departed
EI-DCJ	Boeing 737-8AS   	Ryanair	                                CS-CHG	Challenger 350        	NetJets
EI-DEM	Airbus A.320-214	Aer Lingus                        	CS-DLE	Falcon 2000EX      	NetJets
EI-DPH	Boeing 737-8AS   	Ryanair                          	CS-DVZ	Cessna 550 II        	Taespejo Portugal, arrived
EI-DYA	Boeing 737-8AS  	Ryanair                          	CS-DXN	Cessna 560 XLS     	Netjets
EI-DYD	Boeing 737-8AS  	Ryanair                         	CS-LTH	Cessna 680A Latitude	NetJets, departed
EI-DYP	Boeing 737-8AS         	Ryanair                            	D-ASAP	ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650	Air Hamburg, departed
EI-EBW	Boeing 737-8AS      	Ryanair                                	D-CASH	EMB-505 Phenom 300	Air Hamburg, departed
EI-EFG	Boeing 737-8AS        	Ryanair                              	D-CBBS	EMB-505 Phenom 300	PAD Aviation
EI-HEZ	Boeing 737-8MAX         Ryanair                                	D-CSCE	EMB-505 Phenom 300	PAD Aviation
EI-HGG	Boeing 737-8MAX 	Ryanair                                	D-CTEB	Hawker 750	        Exxaero
F-GUGN	Airbus A.318-111	Air France                        	EC-NBS	Cessna 680A Latitude	Gestair, arrived & departed
G-EZBD	Airbus A.319-111	EasyJet UK                        	G-KARE	Pilatus PC-12NG	        Flexifly
G-EZBT	Airbus A.319-111	EasyJet UK                           	HB-GKB	Beech 350 King Air	arrived & departed
G-EZUA	Airbus A.320-214	EasyJet UK                        	HB-VYS	EMB-505 Phenom 300	Satu Avn
G-EZWD	Airbus A.320-214	EasyJet UK                       	LN-RTO	Falcon 2000LX	        Air Rely, departed
G-TAWD	Boeing 737-8K5        	TUI                                    	LX-PCE	Pilatus PC-24	        JetFly Avn
G-TAWO	Boeing 737-8K5       	TUI                                	N95FP	Citation 525C CJ4	
G-UZHW	Airbus A.320-251neo	EasyJet UK                         	OK-PHO	EMB-505 Phenom 300	Atmospherica
G-UZLC	Airbus A.320-251neo	EasyJet UK                      	OO-NSG	Citation 525C CJ4	Luxaviation
G-WUKC	Airbus A.321-231	Wizzair UK                      	OY-NBS	Pilatus PC-12NG	        Flexflight
G-WUKS	Airbus A.321-271N	Wizzair UK                        	PH-VBG	Falcon 2000EX	        Jet Netherlands
HB-IJL	Airbus A.320-214	Swiss International              	PP-ACP	BAe.125-800B	
HB-IOO	Airbus A.321-212	Swiss International              	SP-VIK	EMB-135BJ Legacy 600	Jet Story
LN-NOD	Boeing 737-8Q8     	Norwegian, with portrait tail	        Also a M- Challenger, a OK- or PH- Phenom, a D-C Citation CJ, 
                                                                        and an Eliance King Air 200, a Citation seen departing and a		
LY-MLJ	Airbus A.320-232	Avion Express, all white, no titles	couple of others,  including a B.737BBJ.		
LZ-VAR	Embraer ERJ-190IGW	Air Portugal Express, full colours			
OE-IVJ	Airbus A.320-214	EasyJet Europe		                        Military Apron:	
OE-IVL	Airbus A.320-214	EasyJet Europe			
OE-IZD	Airbus A.320-214	EasyJet Europe	                        Empty, no military, Police or Traffic helicopter activity. 
                                                                        No refugee 'spotter' aircraft either.