Fleet Air International operates wide fleet of cargo ATR-72s and ATR-42s and majority of them quickly resprayed into their white "colours". However this ATR-72F, which served before with Hawaiian Airlines subsidiary Ohana, was retained in its attractive original livery. But I did not want to risk it, so I made a trip on Saturday evening to 90 kms distant Györ to photograph it.
The President of India Droupadi Murmu arrived for a visit to Slovakia, however as her B777-300 is not able to land at Bratislava, Vienna Airport was used for arrival and departure.
A very rare visitor premiered today at Bratislava, Boeing 767-300 freighter of Cypriot operator Euroavia Airlines. It arrived ferry from Athens during the night and in the evening it shall transport cargo to Chad.
Thanks to a delay on a cargo charter flight Helsinki-Bratislava last night this B737-800 of West Air Sweden had to overnight at Bratislava due to crew duty time limitations and departed to Madrid only today late afternoon.
B737-800 of a sister company Mavi Gök Airlines appeared today at Bratislava on a regular charter flight of SkyLine Express Airlines from Hurghada. By the way, this aircraft has been repainted in 2024 from its previous Mango colours at Bratislava.
On occasional basis company One Air flies from Hongkong to Budapest, their B747-400 in yellow variant of paint scheme appeared on 29 January 2025, unfortunately shortly before sunset and moreover with sun dimmed by white clouds on the Western horizon.
B747-400s of Fly Meta are also irregular visitors to Budapest, transporting cargo from China. This aircraft was transferred from China Airlines and departed exceptionally from RWY 31R, which is used for landing traffic.
After a demanding delivery flight from Peru this new addition AN-32 for Ukrainian company Xena arrived first to Piešťany and then to Trenčín. Unfortunately, the original ATSA Cargo colours have been removed already in South America and it arrived in white livery.
During my recent visit to Tehran I tried to photograph something for the first time also at Imam Khomeini International Airport, which is served only by international flights. Unfortunately, the sun did not honour my risk and in crucial moments was hidden behind clouds.
Although officially declared as "stored", this Boeing 747-100 that years ago circled around the world with Iran Air, hosts only flocks of birds on the outskirts of Imam Khomeini International Airport today and its fate seems to be sealed.
Boeing 757-200 of FarCargo, operated under AOC of West Atlantic Sweden, arrived last night on a cargo flight from Helsinki, but due to unfavourable weather at the Faroe Islands had to overnight at Bratislava and departed only this morning.
This Spanish Air Force A330-200 performed today its second flight to Bratislava, rotating Spanish soldiers in Slovakia, again under "40 shades of grey" conditions.
The latest addition to the fleet of Georgian airline Geosky, this Boeing 767-300F registration 4L-GEL, joined the pre-Xmas air cargo bridge from China to Budapest, while their B757-200F already switched operations to Debrecen.
A charter flight from Bratislava to Vigo was operated today by A320 of Iberia with the logo celebrating 75 years of flights to Puerto Rico (on the left side only).
Only after the official sunset (not speaking about the real one) this A321 of Maldivian company Beond landed at Bratislava. Tomorrow it will transport Saudi delegation to Riyadh.
Even 5 years after its bankruptcy it is still possible to see aircraft in Thomas Cook Airlines UK colours. For example, when Air Transat removes its colours before ferry flight of a returned aircraft to Ostrava. Paradoxically, this particular aircraft never operated for Thomas Cook Airlines UK.
The sole Boeing 757-200 of Georgian airline Geosky received modified colours and after a longer time it started to appear again in Budapest on cargo flights from China.
