In the second half of October five AN-124s Ruslan of Volga-Dnepr Airlines appeared at Bratislava, most of the time the airport hosted two at the same time. But only the departure of the third one, RA-82047, was finally in a sunny weather.
The last from the series of five Ruslans of Volga-Dnepr Airlines brought the second part of automobile production line from Seoul to Bratislava, the cargo might be off-loaded only tomorrow.
Even with the third and last flight of IL-76TD of Maximus Airlines from Bratislava to Al Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates spotters were not delighted by sunshine, at least the sound and sight of a classic IL-76 was certainly appreciated.
After 16 years two AN-124 Ruslan met again in Bratislava, this time operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines. While aircraft RA-82047 brought second batch of COVID-19 antigen tests yesterday, this RA-82081 arrived with the first part of a production line for automobile industry, coincidentally from Seoul as well.
After delay of 2 hours, during which sun was partially shining, departed Maximus Airlines IL-76TD from Bratislava with the second part of cargo for the United Arab Emirates under overcast skies.
In these rainy days this Israir A320, carrying stickers celebrating establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and United Arab Emirates, visited Bratislava. It brought Israeli football players for a match in the UEFA Nations League.
Second "big" aircraft thanks to Globsec at Bratislava was this German A319CJ, except that only Greek ERJ-135 and several smaller bizjets paid a visit, the Polish delegation with ERJ-175 and CASA 295 is still expected.
For his state visit to Slovakia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj used this AN-148 registration UR-UKR, except Bratislava he also stopped at Košice.
Airlift with automotive parts continues not only to Poprad/Tatry, but also to Bratislava. Today two AN-26s of Vulkan Air, UR-CQD and UR-CQV, appeared together in the capital on a flight from Tunis and during the night will arrive again.
Cargolux retro for the 3rd time in Vienna and again not ideally: first time after dark, second time during rain and third time too early in the morning for a better shot.