Ydahman From Syria, joined Feb 2006, 39 posts, RR: 4 Posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 5992 times:
Hello everyone,
What local or International airlines that dont have regular scheduled flights to your city visited your local Airport? In another word, Are there any International or local airlines that at one time landed at airports that don't normally host them?
Lehovec From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 290 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5960 times:
In last month or so unusal visitors to STN that I can remember now were:
JP A320, Air Adriatic MD82 - probably some charters
IB A340-600 - brining Real Madrid footall players
oh yes and another unusal visitor is GSM... just kidding...
A300605R From Germany, joined Nov 2005, 136 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5960 times:
>FR B738 once came to SCN due to the non operational ILS at HHN,
>Aero Mongolia send their two F50 to SCN some time ago to be ouverhauled by
Contact Air.
>Different unusual guests at PAD and FMO in 2004:
Dutchbird, Air Pullmantur, TAP, YES, Corsair
> Luxair B735 at ZWE (Zweibruecken) this winter (brought pax from Luxembourg to ZWE for shopping at the factory outlet center)
> GIRjet F100 and AN124 at ZWE last summer (AN124 not operated by GIRjet, of course )
United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7157 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5944 times:
ROC had 2 medical diversions over the winter . A 738 from LAX and and MD82 from ORD . We don't get AA mainline anymore.
'Empathy was yesterday...Today, you're wasting my Mother-F'ing time' - Heat.
FlightShadow From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 862 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5920 times:
In SLC we got a K4 742 recently taking supplies to Pakistan. I guess we get flights like that every time a big natural disaster takes place though...
FlightShadow From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 862 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5762 times:
Quoting Ydahman (Reply 7): Does anyone know why this Frontier A319 is in Hamburg, Germany?
767-332ER From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2030 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5753 times:
Saw this beauty fly in today in ATL and didn't expect it at all. Glad my co-workers informed me about it!!!
N808NWatMSP From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 170 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 5718 times:
Back in the winter of 2000, I remember seeing a Condor B753 sitting at the GA Ramp at MSP. It was there for the B753 World Tour. Luckily, I wasn't the only to see it, because that was quite a rarity here!
AlitaliaMD11 From Spain, joined Dec 2003, 4068 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 5702 times:
Last September my local airport (SWF) received a lot of rare visitors since the airport served as a parking airport for all the VIP aircraft that came in for the U.N. Meet. There was also some bad weather down near JFK in September which also caused diversions.
Special visitors list:
VIP:
Korean Air 747-400
Thai MD-11
Cameroon 767-300
Royal Brunei A340-200
Algerian Air Force IL-76
Djibuti Government 727-100
Iraqi Government MD-83
MEA A330-200
Jet Aviation Business Jets DC-8-72
Belgian Air Force A310
Bahrain Governemt 747SP
Qatar Government 737-700
Diversion List:
American 767-300
American 757-200
American MD-82
Continental 737-800
Continental 737-500
LAN 767-300
YULWinterSkies From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2107 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 5694 times:
YUL is quite intersesting: overflown by many sick people, has a big Airbus repair base, knows how to deal with snow, is a fun city...
(source A.net photo database)
Legacyins From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 1827 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 5681 times:
RDUDDJI From Lesotho, joined Jun 2004, 1313 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 5671 times:
Back in the summer of 01, we had a QF 747-400 divert to RDU do to TSTMS in both the NY and DC Metro areas. I was working in the JI ramp tower, and I thought I was loosing my mind when I saw a QF 747 taxiing out of the corner of my eye.
It sat on the ramp for about 6 hours along with multiple other diversions, the QF crew timed out, and they had to LearJet in a crew from NYC to continue the flight on to JFK. One of the worst weather days I remember.
Interestingly enough, it also happened to be AA's first day of RDU-LGW service with the 777...
Sometimes we don't realize the good times when we're in them
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21025 posts, RR: 60 Reply 15, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 5644 times:
Last year, LAX got a visit from B6. It made all the newspapers and national news reports. That B6. Always hogging the attention...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51 Reply 16, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 5624 times:
Here's a small list of very odd airlines at SJO and LIR (those are fairly recent visitors):
KE 747-400 (SJO, Presidential charter)
AR 747-200B (SJO, Presidential charter)
EQ 727-200 (SJO, Diplomatic charter)
S3 727-200 (SJO, Diplomatic charter I believe, though I'm not sure)
K4 (Kalitta) 747-100 (SJO, bringing an engine for a stranded CO 757, there was another occasion where a K4 aircraft recently came down to LIR and then returned to EWR through SJO)
Antonov AN-124 Ruslan (LIR, airline unknown AFAIK, bringing a new engine for a stranded DL 757)
AY MD-11 (LIR, service that was discontinued after 1998, I was never aware this flight ever existed until I was told of it, I would be interested in schedule, flightnumber and flightplan for this one)
BA DC-10/777 (SJO, service that was discontinued)
Spanish Air Force A310 (Royal and Diplomatic Flight)
LM (Livingston) A330 (SJO, service that was discontinued)
Colombian Air Force BBJ (Diplomatic Flight)
AQ 737-200 (SJO, maintenance)
Aerogal 737-200 (SJO, charter flight)
TZ 737-800 (LIR, charter flight)
Tikal Jets DC-9-50 (SJO, football/soccer charter)
And I believe there was once a state visit by Bill Clinton here in Costa Rica a few years ago, so it's safe to say Air Force One has come down here at least once.
Lewis From Greece, joined Jul 1999, 3442 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 5460 times:
Back in September I was flying ATH-LHR and before we took off a Philippines 737 landed. I only saw it for a couple of seconds through my window and did not catch the reg. I still have no idea what it was doing in ATH.
LGAV has also seen QF 744s and BA 777s.
MAAN From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 65 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 5406 times:
MAN's location means it tends to get a few diversions whenever LGW or LHR are fogbound, so among others, NW and UA have been visiting now and again throughout the winter.
Last flight: DFW-LGW/AA/763. Next flight: MAN-CDG/AF/A319.
A346Dude From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1198 posts, RR: 8 Reply 20, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 5382 times:
Last summer I was very surprised to see a Finnair 757 landing at YXU (London, ON) a few hours after the AF A340 crash closed YYZ. Quite a rare bird for an airport that normally sees only regional traffic.
You know the gear is up and locked when it takes full throttle to taxi to the terminal.
MikeTheActuary From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 5373 times:
At BDL, we're prone to getting diversions from EWR, JFK, and sometimes BOS. I recall seeing BA, AF and LY here, for example.
We're also periodically visited by AN-124's. Gotta love it when they're in town.
NorthwestEWR From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 394 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 5356 times:
Here in EWR I've seen several Antonov AN-124s over the past year ! Man are they big !
Vc10 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1381 posts, RR: 17 Reply 23, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 5334 times:
It was not a passenger aircraft and it did not land, but our local GA airfield of Blackbushe must have had one hell of a shock when this B-52 did a low flypast as it had mistaken Blackbushe for the nearby Farnborough
UPS707 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 354 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 5297 times:
I wasn't able to get out there to see it, but during some of the high Bay Area winds a couple of weeks ago, SMF got a China Airlines B744 for a few hours as a diversion. I really wish I could have made it out there, but alas, there is more to life than aircraft.
25 Dragon-wings: On wednesday I seen a United Express CRJ 700 take off from Islip (ISP/KISP). I think it was a diversion because of the radar outage that occurred that
26 D950: There is an Air Canada A320 @ FRG all day today looking great in the sunshine, no doubt leaving after the Islander game tonight.
27 Flyboy7974: I think I got the winner on this one. Live in Prescott, AZ, and I think it was summer of 1999 or 2000, and the AZ desert was getting hit hard all summ
28 KSYR: SYR gets the occasional KLM 747-400 or 777-200. They also have had American A300s, 757s, and 767s drop by.
29 Don81603: After the AF 358 crash, YWG hosted quite a few flights destined for YYZ, and I believe it was last year we had a KLM 744 stop by for a medical emergen
30 NW305: Last Saturday I saw a Pan Am 727 on approach to Charleston, SC. I almost ran a red light looking at it.
31 Kevin82277: A few weeks ago, I saw a Southwest 737-700 in Durango CO, not something you see everyday in Durango.
32 Aussieindc: Um - when did Royal Brunei start operating A340's??? It may have been the Sultan's personal A340???? I thought the largest model they operated was 76
34 Aussieindc: Wow! Am I correct in thinking that it is the Sultan's aircraft? If so, I'm suprised that it is in Royal Brunei's livery. Looks damn good though. If on
35 AirCop: Marquette, Michigan had Finnair twice in August using 757's; When I was growing up in the 60's whenever the fog closed SFO; PSA, Pan American, and som
37 United_Fan: Well,ROC got Air Force 1 on tuesday along with a couple C17's and a USA3000 charter. I've never seen USA3000 here . 2 weeks til DL mainline returns wi
38 WesternA318: In SLC: Garuda A330 - 2000 LTU A330 - two weeks ago. Pan Am 727 - every now and then. Continental 757-200 - 2003, 2005 Continental 767-400 - 2006 (Ja
39 D950: Did anyone else see the TED A320 @ lga on Friday?? N470UA, UA must have had some real logistics problems.
40 KALB: CO has diverted 777 HKG-EWR to ALB on at least two occasions due to weather at EWR.
42 YOW: Being a world capital YOW is fortunate to get a lot of government VIP flights. Last week we had a French gov't. A319CJ. The week before it was a Russi
44 Amirs: On April 23 and May 7, LY 744's will be back in Montreal.
45 OV735: A few that I've seen at TLL Aeroflot (Russia) w/ T154 (brought in Russian football fans) Austrian Airlines (Austria) w/ A332 (charter flight) Braathen
46 RMD11: At BOS I once saw a 737-700 w/ winglets labled "funjet vacations" and on that note anyone heard of them i assume they are a charter airline
47 United_fan: RMD11,it was a Ryan 737. They did BUF-CUN charters last winter.
48 LouA340: One morning Somtime in 2002, I remember seeing a Virgin Atlantic 744 at Accra. It had just lined up on the runway for take-off. I was more than surpri
49 Gunsontheroof: While not neccessarily unusual, it's definetly strange to have Ryanair 737s fly over my parent's house in Redmond, WA on a fairly regular basis!
50 RandyWaldron: We've had someone's TU-154 here in BOS a few times in the past two months or so. No identifiable markings - it is always parked at North Cargo.
51 Petmbro: My all time favourite BDL diversion was a BA T7. My friend who I was going to pick up almost had her flight cancelled due to poor weather but they ma
52 LTU932: What was an LT A330 doing in SLC? A charter or a diversion from their LAX flight?
56 DeltaGuy767: At one of my home airports BAF, we saw a WN 737-700 with winglets touch down about a year ago. It came from somewhere in the south bringing our boys o
57 Boeing764: We had a Japan Self Defense Force 747-400 visit Vancouver (YVR) yesterday Mar. 20. I believe it was carrying one of Japan's Crown Prince's. View Large
59 Sunking737: For MSP check out this web site, http://www.mspupdate.com/index.htm He has a listing for these flights into MSP.
60 IRelayer: Allegiant Air doing NCAA Basketball charters a couple of days ago. Caught one of them departing SAN on Friday morning when I was dropping off a friend
61 United_fan: RMD11,it was Ryan International .Remember , they were used by FL for their A320 service to LAS before they got their 73G's.
62 Ydahman: Has Indianapolis IND ever seen any wide body aircrafts or possibly international airlines before?
63 USPIT10L: I've dumped the lavs and walked a wing on a B6 A320. PIT is a major diversion station for IAD, and I did see an LH 747, a BD A330-300, three UA 767-30
64 Indy: A few years ago TZ flew the L1011 to LAS from IND. And if you mean any international service AC flies to YYZ and F9 and NW fly to CUN.
65 TWAL1011727: In January 2003,on the day that Tampa won the Superbowl, B6 diverted an Airbus into MLB due to a sick pax. They offloaded her then sat for 2 hours whi
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