When someone is a bad-luck guy, gets bad weather even in Dubai :-( Luckily, just as a little satisfaction, exactly for the arrival of Syrian Air A340-300 the sun came out for a few seconds.
There are currently as many as four AN-12s of Cavok Air at Piešťany, on which the company´s technicians provide maintenance. Aircraft UR-CBG differs from the rest of the fleet in that it does not carry typical orange colours but still carries original painting after its previous operator Aerovis Airlines.
In the open air and as a makeshift job, Vulkan Air technicians completed the maintenance and partial repainting of the AN-26, which they bought from RAF-Avia. After the test flight, it can be put into operation in the near future.
New addition to the fleet of Constanta Airlines, AN-74TK-100 registration UR-UZP, arrived to Piešťany on 21.12.2022 from Moldovan airport Marculesti and since then it waits to be ferried to Trenčín for maintenance at Letecké opravovne Trenčín. AN-26 registration UR-UZE is currently finishing maintenance there.
Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan visited Bratiislava today after a long time, with additional titles commemorating heroism of the defenders of the city of Okhtyrka.
As on a passenger this aircraft would not look very trustworthy, however this A330-200 of TAP operates since November 2020 as "Preighter", a passenger plane reconfigured for the transport of lighter cargo. It arrived to Vienna on 27 November 2022 and its longer storage showed on its paint.
After first attempt, when the sun did not cooperate, I finally managed to photograph Boeing 787-9 of Etihad Airways carrying Manchester City football club promotional colours.
Unfortunately the sun was hidden behind clouds on this afternoon, however to see an almost 45 years old B747-200 is a rarity today. This was the first aircraft that, accompanied by huge dust blow, used RWY 29L for departure from Mehrabad airport, this runway was closed for a long time due to renovation and it was re-opened only for departures so far, however even during the next 2 days no other planes used it, except for a second B747-200 of Qeshm Fars Air a few minutes later.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Boeing 707 air tanker lands at Mehrabad airport with dominant Milad Tower in the background in a typical Tehran smog. It is great to see and hear this beautiful aircraft in live traffic after so many years...
This ERJ-190 ex American Airlines underwent maintenance at Austrian Technik in Bratislava and after today´s technical flight should depart tomorrow to its new operator in Australia.
This Saab 340 of NyxAir awaits its next contract at Bratislava and with its title clearly shows for what purpose it serves. It arrived with automotive cargo from Vigo in Spain.
Company Vulkan Air bought this AN-26 (formerly YL-RAC) from RAF-Avia and moved it to Piešťany, where after re-registration to UR-CQZ will undergo deep maintenance before service entry. By the way, all three other AN-26s of Vulkan Air has already been serviced at Piešťany.
The third Boeing 737-800 from the fleet of Aeroitalia, which until recently wore neutralized colours of Blue Panorama, was repainted into the carrier´s colours at Bratislava.
