A day at MADRID/BARAJAS (MAD), Tuesday 26th September 2023

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MADRID AIRPORT, TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2023

A planned long stop-over en route from Malta to Malaga, as there is no direct air service. Most logging was done 1035 to 1625 while at the "Spotter Area", a 25 minute walk from Terminal 2/3 used by the majority of the non-Iberia European traffic. A few aircraft noted on arrival and from the departure lounge. The log is mostly compiled from images taken, so the Spanish airlines and airlines using the distant Terminal 4 Satellite generally missed.

Iberia & Iberia Express. Very few aircraft recorded, so lots of A.320 and CRJ-1000s registrations not recorded, while only some A.330 and Boeing 787 regns are. A few, less frequent types eg ATR-72 are recorded, as are any Iberia spotted in non-standard colour schemes. One World group airlines that use Iberia's Terminal 4 Satellite eg Aer Lingus, British Airways, American, El Al, Emirates, Etihad, Plus Ultra etc occasionally did venture close enough to read off easily, although out of 5 American Airlines aircraft seen, only 1 appears in the lists. Neither Ryanair or EasyJet aircraft have been recorded, so are not included. Other Spanish airlines that operate from Terminals 1/2/3 - the likes of Iberojet, Air Europa, Wamos and World2Fly are mostly included in full in the logs as they mostly taxi close to the viewing point.

										
	Airliners:					        Airliners continued:				
										
A6-BMF	Boeing 787-10		Etihad			        N178DZ	Boeing 767-332ER	Delta	
A6-EEW	Airbus A.380-861	Emirates, special scheme	N183AM	Boeing 787-9		AeroMexico	
A7-BFC	Boeing 777-FDZ		Qatar Cargo			N771AN	Boeing 777-223ER	American	
CP-3086	Boeing 767-3S1ER	Boliviana de Aviacion		N780AV	Boeing 787-8		Avianca	
CS-TVI	Airbus A.320-151N	Air Portugal			N792AV	Boeing 787-8		Avianca	
D-AISV	Airbus A.321-231	Lufthansa			N964AM	Boeing 787-8		AeroMexico	
D-AIWA	Airbus A.320-214	Lufthansa			N67052	Boeing 767-424ER	United	
EC-JQG	Airbus A.330-202	Plus Ultra			OO-SNH	Airbus A.320-214	Brussels Airlines, polka dots scheme	
EC-KOM	Airbus A.330-202	Plus Ultra			PH-BXI	Boeing 737-8K2		KLM	
EC-LEI	Airbus A.319-111	Iberia, all white with titles	PT-MUE	Boeing 777-32WER	Latam Airlines	
EC-LPQ	Boeing 737-85P		Skyteam colours (Air Europa)	SP-ENV	Boeing 737-8BK		Enter Air	
EC-LQX	Boeing 737-85P		Air Europa			SP-LVB	Boeing 737-MAX8		LOT-Polish Airlines	
EC-LUB	Airbus A.330-302	Iberia			        SU-GFR	Airbus A.321-271NX	Egyptair in am	
EC-LUK	Airbus A.330-302	Iberia			        SU-GFS	Airbus A.321-271NX	Egyptair in pm	
EC-LZD	Airbus A.320-214	Iberojet			SX-NAC	Airbus A.321-271NX	Aegean	
EC-MAJ	Airbus A.330-243	Wamos Air			TC-RBT	Airbus A.321-251NX	Fly Pegasus	
EC-MKE	ATR-72-500F		Swiftair Cargo			TC-RDH	Airbus A.321-251NX	Fly Pegasus	
EC-MMX	Boeing 787-8		Air Europa			XA-ADC	Boeing 787-9		AeroMexico	
EC-MNS	Boeing 787-8		Air Europa			YR-BGK	Boeing 737-82R		Tarom	
EC-MOM	Boeing 787-8		Air Europa			YR-DSE	Airbus A.320-232	Dan Air	
EC-MOX	Bombardier CRJ-1000	Iberia, all white with titles	YR-FKB	Fokker 100		Carpatair, parked up all day	
EC-MOY	Airbus A.330-302	Iberia			        4X-EKY	Boeing 737-8Z9		El Al	
EC-MPG	Boeing 737-85P		Air Europa Express		9H-NFR	ATR-72-600 (212A)	Mel Air, Air Nostrom/Iberia titles, white	
EC-MQM	Airbus A.340-313X	Plus Ultra			9H-VUA	Boeing 737-MAX8		Malta Air/Ryanair (my ride MLA-MAD).	
EC-MTI	Boeing 787-9		Air Europa			9H-WAL	Airbus A.321-271NX	Wizzair Malta	
EC-MXV	Airbus A.350-941	Iberia			        Also a UPS Boeing 767 and a FedEx A.300 noted on the freight apron				
EC-NBG	ATR-72-600 (212A)	Iberia Regional							
EC-NDR	Airbus A.350-941	Iberia				Executive & Biz-Jets			
EC-NFZ	Airbus A.320-251N	One World titles, Iberia scheme							
EC-NGS	Airbus A.350-941	Iberia			        A7-CGF	Gulfstream 650		Qatar Executive	
EC-NGY	Airbus A.350-941	Iberojet			A7-···	Gulfstream 650		Qatar Executive, a different one.	
EC-NIG	Airbus A.350-941	Iberia			        CS-DXU	Citation 560 XLS+	NetJets Europe	
EC-NLJ	Airbus A.321-231	Privilege Travel		D-ANXA	EMB-135BJ Legacy 650	Air Hamburg	
EC-NOI	Airbus A.350-941	World2Fly			D-IOVA	Citation 525 M2			
EC-NSC	Airbus A.350-941	Iberia			        EC-LEB	Global Express XRS	Gestair	
EC-NUZ	Boeing 737-8GP		Air Europa (my ride MAD-AGP)	EC-NGX	Citation 510 Mustang	Heron Avn.	
EC-NVQ	Boeing 737-8AS		Air Europa			EC-NRA	Pilatus PC-24		Gestair	
EC-NVY	Boeing 787-9		Air Europa, different tail logo	I-AVND	Lear Jet 45		Avionord	
EC-NXX	Boeing 737-8FE(BCF)	Swiftair Cargo			LX-AND	Pilatus PC-24		Flying Group	
EC-NZF	Boeing 787-941		World2Fly			LX-TRO	EMB-135BJ Legacy 650	Luxaviation	
EI-AZC	Boeing 737-86JF		Prime Air			N18RU	Global 5000			
EI-DEF	Airbus A.320-214	Aer Lingus			N123KH	Dassault Falcon 2000EX			
EI-DTH	Airbus A.320-216	ITA Airways, blue scheme	N203JE	Global 6000			
F-HPNA	Airbus A.220-300	Air France			N993XZ	Dassault Falcon 7X			
HL7617	Boeing 747-8B5F 	Korean Air Cargo		OE-LUX	Gulfstream 450		Alpi Jets	
HZ-AR13	Boeing 787-9		Saudi Arabian			9H-DOM	Challenger 850		Air X Charter	
						                T18-3/45-42 Dassault Falcon 900B Reino de España titles	

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MADRID - THE HOME TEAM, SPANISH AIRLINERS



On this visit to Madrid I remembered while in Terminal 2 to look landward out of the windows and snap this, a MD-87 on a landscaped slope, only the trees have have up around it vigorously! Once EC-KRV with Iberia, it then operated for a short time with Pronair, then sold to a cargo operator Saicus, who never even got off the ground. Eventually AENA, Spanish Airports, legally took the aircraft and moved the abandoned MD-87 to its current location.



EC-NFZ an Airbus A.320neo in Iberia scheme, but with added 'One World' titles



EC-LPQ a Boeing 737-8 of Air Europa in full 'Skyteam' colours



Air Europe have 2 Boeing 787s, this being EC-NVY, with a darker blue tail and a twisting wave design, rather than the usual 'ae' logo



Air Europa Boeing 737-8 EC-MPG pushed back off gate to have the engine inspected out on the apron. Not a particularly reassuring sight for passengers who were already at the gate for their flight. Fortunately the Air Europa flight I was in terminal 2/3 for, was from another gate.



Smallest passenger aircraft in use by Iberia into Madrid is the occasional ATR-72-600, this one EC-NBG with Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum titles on an otherwise 'polar bear' scheme.



EC-NLJ Airbus A.321 of Privilege Style, likely operating on behalf of KLM.



EC-LZD Airbus A.320 of Iberojet



While big brother EC-NGY is an Airbus A.350-9 also with Iberojet



Look carefully and count the engines, EC-MQM is an Airbus A.340-313 of Plus Ultra.



EC-NOI is an Airbus A.350-9 of World2Fly



EC-MAJ Airbus A.330-243 of Wamos Air





Two aircraft of freight carrier Swift Air, EC-MKE an ATR-72F and EC-NXX a Boeing 737F.

A WORLDWIDE VARIETY OF AIRLINES



In the warm post dawn light, SU-GFR Airbus A.321NX seen from the top of the steps on disembarkation from a Boeing 737



YR-BGK Boeing 737-8 with Tarom



An airline name that I thought I would never see resurrected. Romanian Airline Dan Air with Airbus A.320 YR-DSE



EI-DTH Airbus A.320 of Italy Trasporto Aero Airways (no wonder it is abbreviated to ITA) in their full, very blue, scheme. From my working days, ITA was the Initial Teaching Alphabet, a failed scheme to speed learning to read.



The only 'Jumbo' of the day, HL7617 Boeing 747-8 of Korean Air Cargo.



Airbus A.321NX SX-NAC of Aegean Airlines



CS-TVI Airbus A.320neo of Air Portugal



Airbus A.380 A6-EEW Emirates as a huge billboard. "Be part of the Magic" (port), "Destination Dubai" (starboard).



TC-RBT Airbus A.321NX Fly Pegasus



SP-LVB Boeing 737 MAX8 of LOT-Polish Airlines



Not the kindest of angles, HZ-AR13 Boeing 787-9 of Saudia



A7-BFC a Boeing 777 of Qatar Cargo



Must be 30 years or so since I last took a photo of a CP-, Bolivian aircraft (and that was a Boeing 727 at Cusco, Peru).
CP-3086 a Boeing 767-300 of Boliviana de Aviación.



Also hailing from South America, PT-MUE Boeing 777-300 of Latam. I'm fully aware that the most heinous crime in aviation photography is chopping the nose (or tail) off. As it is only Latam shot I took, what you see is what you get!



N183AM Boeing 787-9, one of three AeroMexico aircraft seen during the day.



Continuing the South American theme, N792AV an Airbus 350-8 of Avianca, one of two seen.



Boeing 737F freighter of PrimeAir, EI-AZC



To end where we started, this time in the bright light of the afternoon, SU-GFS Airbus A.321NX of Egyptair.

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MADRID - EXECUTIVE AND BUSINESS JETS



9H-DOM Challenger 850, Air X Malta.



One of two Gulfstream 650s of Qatar Executive in identical schemes. The first was A7-CGF, however when I saw a second one, presumed it was the same machine, so didn't wait for the registration to show. Careless, as the registration clearly doesn't end in a 'F'.



N203JE a Bombardier Global 6000. Geometic vertical straight lines shouldn't really work on a curved surface (just ask Condor) - but they do here, and
the result is quite attractive.



Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 650 D-ANXA of Air Hamburg



Spanish Dassault Falcon 900B T18-3/45-42 with both Ejército del Aire (Army of the Air) and Reino de España (Kingdom of Spain) titles.



I-AVND Lear Jet 40 of Avionord.



LX-AND a Pilatus PC-24



D-IOVA a Citation 525 M2. What is up with the silver 'band-aid' around the cockpit window?



OE-LUX Gulfstream 450 of Alpi Jets



LX-TRO another Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 650



N18RU a Bombardier Global 5000 in a Black scheme, with small titles Ruagroup and logo by the entrance door.



N123KH a Dassault Falcon 2000EX.