Ajax, Porto and Inter on the road - Europa League 20 February 2020

20 February 2020

Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Arsenal

Arsenal travelled to Greece on a widebody plane, Boeing 767-300/ER ZS-NEX, which has seen quite some use on behalf of Premier League teams in the past. The rather private nature of these flights made it difficult to track them however.

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FC Brugge vs. Manchester United

Manchester United are playing the UEL once again and at least have made it through to the  round of 32 in what otherwise looks like a very difficult season. They face a trip to Belgium, where they will play against FC Brugge:

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Info courtesy of AlphaFive from Manchester.

VfL Wolfsburg vs. Malmö FF

Malmö are a team that is capable of anything and for once they made it to the round of 32 in the UEL, where they will face a Wolfsburg team that sits right in the middle of the table in the Bundesliga.

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Shakhtar Donezk vs. SL Benfica

Benfica has a long trip on hand to face Shakhtar at their exile in Kharkov. They will travel there on 18 February 2020 already, with two planes.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Espanyol Barcelona

In a clash between two sides not very used to international football, Espanyol will travel to Wolverhampton first up. Espanyol will use a KlasJet B737-500 for this trip. There will be a charter flight for the supporters as well, on a Privilege Style B757-200.

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APOEL Nicosia vs. FC Basel

The Swiss vice-champions are back to European Football in spring and are up for a long trip right away. Helvetic Airways is going to take the team to Larnaca and back with an Embraer EMB-190:

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Sporting Lisbon vs. Istanbul Basaksehir

A very late goal away at Borussia Mönchengladbach earned Erdogan's young favourite club a spot in the last 16 of the Europa League. Now it seems that they got a little upgrade for their upcoming trip to Lisbon for what will be a true challenge for them.

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TK3382 LIS 1300-2030 IST A333 (21/02/20)

FC Getafe vs. Ajax Amsterdam

The Dutch champions dropped out of the Champions League at a very late stage in the sixth round of the group stage, while Getafe finished the Europa League group stage in second place behind FC Basel. There will be two rather normal charters from Amsterdam to Madrid for this first leg match, with TUI Netherlands and Transavia.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. FC Porto

This 19 February 2020 will be special in Porto, for there will be two HiFly A340s taking football teams to different destinations. One of them will fly to Cologne, right next to Leverkusen, where FC Porto will face Bayer Leverkusen. 

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CFR Cluj vs. Sevilla CF

Sevilla has enjoyed a lot of success in past seasons in the Europa League, notably winning the trophy three times from 2014 to 2016. Their knock-out journey will start a long way from home, with a trip to Cluj.

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AZ Alkmaar vs. LASK Linz

Currently Austria's next best team, LASK have earned themselves a trip to the Netherlands to face Alkmaar. LASK's European journey this season is quite long already, having played a number of rounds in the Champions League qualifiers in summer last year.

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Ludogorets Razgrad vs. Inter Milan

Inter are chasing after Juventus domestically, but still present in European competition as well. They will visit Ludogorets, who like many other times in recent years are the only competitive outfit from Bulgaria:

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Eintracht Frankfurt vs. FC Salzburg

Seemingly overtaken by their "in-house" competition from Leipzig, Salzburg made it to the Champions League for the first time ever this season. They are back into their more familiar territory of the Europa League now, up for a trip to Frankfurt with Condor.

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DE9336 FRA xxxx-1215 SZG A320 (21/02/20)

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FC Kopenhagen vs. Celtic Glasgow

Celtic is known for a big traveling fan base and their tie in the round of 32 against Copenhagen looks nicely poised. One thing that seems certain is that there will be plenty of atmosphere at the Parken, as always when Copenhagen plays at home.

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Glasgow Rangers vs. SC Braga

The other A340 of HiFly to leave Porto on 19 February 2020 will go to Glasgow, where SC Braga will face Rangers FC at Ibrox Park. Rangers have had some troubles in recent years, but they are firmly back on the European stage now.

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