UEFA EL, R32 first leg, 13-15 February 2018

13 February 2018

Red Star Belgrade vs. CSKA Moscow

The Russian champions were relegated from the Champions League as they found themselves in 3rd position behind Manchester United and FC Basel. They are traveling to the first leg in Belgrade straight from their training camp in Spain:

ANE2149 ALC 1100-1340 BEG CRJX (12/02/18)

ANE2150 BEG 2200-0050(+1) ALC CRJX (13/02/18)

15 February 2018

Östersund vs. Arsenal

One of the surprise packages of the current Europa League season, Östersund have drawn a big opponent in Arsenal, a club surely looking to save yet another season that did not quite pan out as planned so far:

AWC854P OPO 1625-xxxx LTN B752 G-ZAPX (13/02/18, ferry flt)

AWC*** LTN xxxx-xxxx OSD B752 G-ZAPX (14/02/18)
AWC855P OSD xxxx-2230 OPO B752 G-ZAPX (14/02/18, ferry flt)
ABR492 LTN xxxx-1030 OSD B733 (15/02/18)
ABR493 OSD 2245-xxxx LTN B733 (15/02/18)

Real Sociedad San Sebastian vs. FC Salzburg

The Austrian champions Salzburg have found an interesting way to arrive in the Basque country, flying to Biarritz, while their supporters are planned to arrive directly in Spain, though in Bilbao, a few kilometres away from the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastian:

AXE334P MXP xxxx-1150 SZG B738 (14/02/18, ferry flt)

AXE3340 SZG 1250-1510 BIQ B738 (14/02/18)

ENT589 LBA xxxx-0900 SZG B738 (ferry flt)

ENT589 SZG 1000-1215 BIO B738

ENT590 BIO 1100-1315 SZG B738 (16/02/18)

ENT590P SZG 1355-xxxx BRS B738 (16/02/18, ferry flt)

AXE3341 BIQ 1100-1300 SZG B738 (16/02/18)

AXE335P SZG 1340-xxxx VIE B738 (16/02/18, ferry flt)

Spartak Moscow vs. Athletic Bilbao

Spartak, fresh from a 3rd-place group stage finish in the Champions League, face the other Basque powerhouse in Athletic Bilbao and obviously the Spanish team is traveling with Privilege Style:

PVG1898 BIO 1200-xxxx SVO B752 (13/02/18)

PVG1998 SVO xxxx-1235 BIO B752 (16/02/18)

Olympique Marseille vs. SC Braga

The outfit from northern Portugal is playing yet another enterprising Europa League season and has been rewarded for good performances with a tie against Olympique Marseille. They will get there with the Swiss branch of Germania:

GSW322 ZRH xxxx-0930 OPO A319 (14/02/18, ferry flt)

GSW3232 OPO 1030-xxxx MRS A319 (14/02/18)

GSW3333 MRS xxxx-0015 OPO A319 (16/02/18)

GSW323 OPO 0250-0600 ZRH A319 (16/02/18, ferry flt)

FC Copenhagen vs. Atletico Madrid

Another tie to be served with a Privilege Style aircraft is the game at Parken between the Danish champions and Atlético Madrid. Both teams have come down from the Champions League, albeit Copenhagen lost in the playoff stage where as Atlético finished third in their pool:

PVG1903 MAD 1030-xxxx CPH B763 EC-LZO (14/02/18)

PVG2003 CPH xxxx-0350 MAD B763 EC-LZO (16/02/18)

Celtic Glasgow vs. Zenit St. Petersburg

Another one of the clubs traveling from their winter camp to their first away game is Zenit St. Petersburg, traveling all the way from Antalya to Glasgow for the first leg at Celtic Park. The flight is most likely to be operated by A319 VQ-BAS in the blue and white Zenit design:

FV4101 LED 0510-0930 AYT A319 (14/02/18, ferry flt)

FV4102 AYT 1030-1240 GLA A319 (14/02/18)

FV4102 GLA 1100-1840 AYT A319 (16/02/18)

FV4103 AYT 1940-0005(+1) LED A319 (16/02/18, ferry flt)

OGC Nice vs. Lokomotiv Moscow

Lok Moscow is traveling from one nice coast to another, from Malaga to Nice, using their sponsor Gazprom's aircraft, most likely one of the couple of Boeing 737s:

GZP149 AGP 1030-xxxx NCE B737 (14/02/18)

AEK Athens vs. Dynamo Kiev

Following the model of the Russian clubs, Dynamo Kiev does not bother returning home into the cold before facing AEK. Greek carrier Aegean Airlines will pick up the team in Malaga:

AEE4051 AGP 1500-xxxx ATH A320 (13/02/18)

Olympique Lyonnais vs. CF Villarreal

The "Yellow Submarine" club from Villarreal travels to Lyon directly from Castéllon de Plana, using a Privilege Style callsign, though it yet has to be confirmed that they will actually use a PVG aircraft:

PVG7991 CDT xxxx-1250 LYS (14/02/18)

FC Astana vs. Sporting Lisbon

5K622 LIS 2130-xxxx(+1) TSE A343 (13/02/18)

SSC Napoli vs. RB Leipzig

ST2828 LEJ 1300-xxxx NAP B737 (14/02/18)

Borussia Dortmund vs. Atalanta Bergamo

ENT591 BGY xxxx-1020 CGN B738
AP5635 BGY 0900-1040 CGN B734
AP5003 BGY 0915-1055 CGN B738
AP5961 BGY 0930-1110 CGN B734
AVW7551 BGY xxxx-1120 CGN A320
HAT4897 BGY xxxx-1125 CGN B734
CND7412 BGY xxxx-1130 CGN B738
IG2060 BGY 1100-1240 CGN B738