Probably their first commercial flights with automotive cargo from Tunis to Bratislava have been operated by the duo of the new Tunisian airline Cargo Wings Express (TS-IWA and TS-IWB). Unfortunately, the livery is equally boring after the former operator Cargo Air as the already autumn weather.
Spanish Swiftair operates a series of cargo charters with automotive cargo from Tunis to Bratislava this week. Yesterday the B757-200F of daughter company Cygnus Air operated the flight and today 13 October 2026 premiered the A321-200P2F.
At the end of September Syrian Air opened after Amsterdam scheduled flights from Damascus also to Vienna and Copenhagen. But as its own aircraft cannot operate into the EU, it uses aircraft wet-leased from Heston Airlines, predominantely LY-MAU, which received also simplified branding of Syrian Air.
Yesterday 08 October 2026 this first DHC-8-400 of a new branch Sky Alps Europe, which is trying to obtain Slovak AOC, arrived from Bolzano to Bratislava. For this purpose it operated a proving flight to Košice and back today and afterwards returned to Italy. It is one of the aircraft that were stored for several years in Bratislava after the closure of airline LGW.
After Saudi Arabia (numerous flights with B777F of Saudia Cargo) and Kuwait (together 5 flights with C-130 and C-17) also Qatar came from the Gulf to pick-up cargo from Bratislava with its military C-17 registration A7-MAB, which as a sole example carries "civil" livery of Qatar Airways.
One makes a trip to Berlin for a total of 21 EUR, the evening before departure even does not want to fly as there is going to be nothing interesting to photograph for me and in the end one finds out in the morning that the Kazakh president will depart from Berlin-Brandenburg Airport and moreover the sun comes out for it.
Shortly before sunset a Qatar Emiri Air Force C-17 Globemaster III arrived today at Bratislava. After two registration changes they finally sent the "right" aircraft A7-MAB in the airline colours of Qatar Airways.
Aircraft Industries started today at Kunovice flight testing of the new L-410NG for Tajik operator Shohin Airlines. The aircraft shoul carry registration EY-400 after delivery.
For my pleasure the second operational Boeing 707-300C Re´em of Israeli Air Force with number 272 finally visited Bratislava today. It was here last time in March 2024, when I was of course abroad.
Although the volume of air cargo between China and Hungary have decreased, YTO Cargo Airlines now operates to Budapest from relatively small Chinese airport Jiaxing, hence the additional red title on the forward fuselage.
Also the second B777-300SF of Hungary Airlines is operated by Fly Meta and flies usually between Zhengzhou or Hong Kong and Budapest. Unlike the first aircraft 9H-GLG carries different livery in gold colour.
Israir recently added first two A330-200s into its fleet, ex American Airlines. And it chose updated livery only in blue colour. Aircraft 4X-BAK appeared in Budapest on 16 August 2026, although in high summer light.
The circumnavigating of the Pakistani airspace for their mutual dispute brings some Air India flights to North America to Vienna for refuelling for more than a year now and the number of such flights continuously decreases. However, on 11 August 2026 finally the first B787-9 Dreamliner in new Air India livery stopped at Vienna, this time on the route AI187 Delhi-Toronto.
