A full load of action - UEFA Europa League MD2 3 October 2024

3 October 2024

RFS vs. Galatasaray Istanbul

18.45h (19.45h local time), Daugava Stadium, Riga

They seem to like a big plane for their away games at Galatasaray, so why change the plan? An Airbus A330-300 of Turkish Airlines will take the team to Latvia for their away game at RFS.

TK3235 IST 1500-1810 RIX A333 (02/10/24)

TK3236 RIX 0015-0330 IST A333 (04/10/24)

Qarabag Agdam vs. Malmö FF

18.45h (20.45h local time), Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

It is a long away trip for Malmö against Qarabag. Neither team had a victorious start into the league phase. Malmö lost at home against Rangers while Qarabag were beaten 3-0 away at Tottenham.

JTD045 MMX 1400-2025 GYD B738 OY-JYA (01/10/24)

ENT555 GYD xxxx-1450 MMX B738 (04/10/24)

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. FC Midtjylland

18.45h, Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

One of the teams to play in exile this season is Maccabi Tel Aviv, due to the tumultuous situation in the Middle East. They chose Belgrade as their home away from home and will host FC Midtjylland from Denmark there. Beaten in the first game against SC Braga, Maccabi will look to strike back right away. Midtjylland drew 1-1 in their opener against Hoffenheim from Germany.

FRO924 MMX 0915-1000 BLL SB20 OY-FSE (02/10/24, ferry flight)

FRO24 BLL 1135-1410 BEG SB20 OY-FSE (02/10/24)

Olympiacos Piraeus vs. SC Braga

18.45h (19.45h local time), Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Former finalists of the competition, Braga travel to Greece to face Olympiacos. The Conference League winners of last season got beaten 2-0 by Olympique Lyonnais in the first round and will look to get first points on the board while Braga enjoyed a winning start against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

MLM712 GRO 1310-1400 OPO B735 9H-MAC (01/10/24, ferry flight)

MLM712 OPO 1535-2145 ATH B735 9H-MAC (01/10/24) 

Slavia Prague vs. Ajax Amsterdam

18.45h, Fortuna Arena, Prague

Two winners from the first round face off at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. Ajax beat Besiktas 4-0, while Slavia had a 2-0 away win in Bulgaria against Ludogorets.

QS4342 AMS 1400-1525 PRG B738 OK-TVM (02/10/24)

QS4343 PRG 1500-1630 AMS B738 (04/10/24)

TSG Hoffenheim vs. Dynamo Kyiv

18.45h, Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

Life is definitely not easy for Dynamo Kyiv at the moment. They can not play at home and they lost their first match of the league phase 0-3 against Lazio. Hoffenheim for their part were also misfiring in the draw in Denmark against Midtjylland, but at least they have a point to show for.

QS4588 LUZ 1445-1645 FKB B737 OK-SWT (01/10/24)

QS458F FKB 1745-1850 PRG B737 OK-SWT (01/10/24, ferry flight)

FC Porto vs. Manchester United

21.00h (20.00h local time), Estadio Dragao, Porto

This might be the biggest clash in the second round of the league phase. Two clubs that would usually hope to be in the Champions League face each other. United already have ground to make up after the disappointing draw at home against Twente Enschede. Porto are even worse off, having lost their first match away in Norway against Bodø/Glimt.

EZE586 LBA 1200-1225 MAN E170 G-CMPI (02/10/24, ferry flight)

EZE9301 MAN 1400-1630 OPO E170 G-CMPI (02/10/24)

FI1340 KEF 0850-1205 MAN B752 TF-FIA (02/10/24, ferry flight)

FI1340 MAN 1530-1750 OPO B752 TF-FIA (02/10/24)

AP1641 MAN 0750-xxxx OPO B738 (03/10/24)

AP1642 OPO xxxx-0150(+1) MAN B738 (03/10/24)

FI1341 OPO xxxx-1625 MAN B752 (04/10/24)

EZE9302 OPO xxxx-1710 MAD E170 (04/10/24)

Elfsborg IF vs. AS Roma

21.00h, Borås Arena, Borås

After a home draw against Athletic Bilbao, Roma face the trip up North to Borås for the game against Elfsborg. The Swedish runners-up from last season only got beaten 3-2 rather late in the game against AZ Alkmaar the week before. 

AZ8950 FCO 1530-1830 GOT A20N EI-HOM (02/10/24)

AZ8951 GOT 0100-xxxx FCO A320 (04/10/24)

Rangers FC vs. Olympique Lyonnais

21.00h (20.00h local time), Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Both these teams won their first matches of the competition 2-0. Rangers did the job away in Malmö while Lyon beat Olympiacos 2-0 at home. 

EUP421 LYS 1015-1115 GLA E145 F-HBPE (02/10/24)

Real Sociedad San Sebastian vs. RSC Anderlecht

21.00h, Anoeta, San Sebastian

Anderlecht may seem lucky to travel to Spain only on Wednesday this week. After all, a major strike went on at Brussels Airport which may have disrupted their departure to the Basque Country. They will fly in and out of Bilbao instead of San Sebastian.

SN1183 BRU 1000-1155 BIO A320 OO-SNK (02/10/24)

SN1184 BIO 1100-1300 BRU A320 OO-SNQ (04/10/24)

Athletic Bilbao vs. AZ Alkmaar

21.00h, San Mamés, Bilbao

Another Benelux team to travel to the Basque Country is Alkmaar. They will enjoy the luxury of a KlasJet Boeing 737, once again flying under an AirExplore callsign.

ED8101 AMS xxxx-1240 BIO (02/10/24)

ED8102 BIO 1100-xxxx AMS (04/10/24)

Besiktas JK vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

21.00h (22.00h local time), Besiktas Stadium, Istanbul

Traditionally a club with a big follower base, Eintracht Frankfurt continue that tradition and travel to Istanbul not by themselves. The team will be joined by two plane loads of supporters on the trip to Istanbul.

XQ6698 FRA 1040-1425 IST B738 TC-SPM (02/10/24)

DE9198 FRA 1345-1735 IST A20N (02/10/24)

DE9298 FRA 0600-0945 IST B753 (03/10/24)

DE9299 IST xxxx-0620 FRA B753 (04/10/24)

DE9199 IST xxxx-1340 FRA A20N (04/10/24)

XQ6699 IST xxxx-1640 FRA B738 (04/10/24)

Viktoria Plzen vs. Ludogorets Razgrad

21.00h, Doosan Arena, Plzen

It is Czech opponents for the second time in this league phase for Ludogorets. The first time up, they lost 0-2 against Slavia Prague. Will they fare better away at Viktoria?

BUC1945 VAR xxxx-1200 PRG A320 (02/10/24)

BUC1946 PRG 1505-xxxx VAR A320 (04/10/24)

Union St-Gilloise vs. Bodø/Glimt

21.00h, Stade Roi Beaudoin, Brussels

Flying high after a home win over the big FC Porto, Bodø will look to continue their great streak and beat Union St-Gilloise in Brussels. The home team is using the bigger Roi Beaudoin stadium as their own ground is not fit for UEFA competitions.

ENT589 BOO xxxx-1505 BRU B738 OM-HEX (02/10/24)

ENT590 BRU 1200-xxxx BOO B738 SP-ESF (04/10/24)

UEFA Europa League Semifinal, return leg, 9 May 2019

9 May 2019

Chelsea vs. SG Eintracht Frankfurt

The German club with its massive supporter base is traveling to London in hope of a great surprise at Stamford Bridge. Eintracht has not made it to a major final in many years, while Chelsea has won the Champions League and the Europa League a few years ago. The team is traveling with Air X, while the supporters are on their way with Luxair and TUI:

AXY0803 FRA 1300-1315 STN B735 9H-YES (08/05/19)

TUI8978 FRA 1100-1130 STN A321 (08/05/19)

LG7753 FRA 1100-1120 STN B738 (08/05/19)

TUI8980 FRA 0900-0930 STN A321 (09/05/19)

TUI8981 STN 0300-0535 FRA A321 (10/05/19)

LG7754 STN 1205-1425 FRA B738 (10/05/19)

TUI8984 STN 1500-1735 FRA B738 (10/05/19)

UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals, return leg, 18 April 2019

18 April 2019

SSC Napoli vs. Arsenal

ZT713 LTN 1030-1415 NAP B752 G-POWH (17/04/19)

SG Eintracht Frankfurt vs. SL Benfica

Trailing 2-4 after the first leg in Lisbon, Eintracht at least had two away goals to play with. They still need two goals on their own to qualify - but did so in grand style. Filip Kostic and Sebastian Rode scored the two goals required to help Frankfurt into the semifinals, while Benfica returned home on a plain white A340 the next day.

HFY631 LIS 0900-1255 FRA A343 CS-TQY (17/04/19)

HFY651 FRA 1500-1700 LIS A343 CS-TQY (19/04/19)

Chelsea vs. Slavia Prague

SR8651 LGW xxxx-0600 PRG A320 (19/04/19)

UEFA Europa League, QF 1st leg, 11 April 2019

11 April 2019

SL Benfica vs. SG Eintracht Frankfurt

The supporters from Frankfurt have made themselves a name around Europe for arriving in vast number to games and this away trip to the big Estadio da Luz in Lisbon will be no different:

XG3899 FRA 1000-1210 LIS B738 D-ASXP (10/04/19)

AXY1002 FRA 1025-1220 LIS B735 9H-OME (10/04/19)

XG3899 FRA 0905-1115 LIS B738 (11/04/19)

DE9420 FRA 0905-1100 LIS B753 (11/04/19)

Slavia Prague vs. Chelsea

ZT2701 LGW xxxx-1755 PRG B752 (10/04/19)

Arsenal vs. SSC Napoli

AP7703 NAP xxxx-1110 LTN B738 (10/04/19)
NO4070 NAP xxxx-1215 LGW (11/04/19)

UEFA EL, R32 first leg, 12-14 February 2019

14 February 2019

Malmö FF vs. Chelsea

Chelsea were not looking to hang around against the Swedish champions. They opened the scoring in the 30th minute through Ross Barkley and Olivier Giroud scored another in the second half. Malmö FF at least managed to claim one goal, scored by Anders Christiansen late into the second half. Chelsea returned back home to London the same night, counting on the excellent service of GainJet, a specialist in this business with its Boeing 757-200:

AWC321 LGW 1400-1630 MMX A320 G-POWK (13/02/19)

GNJ57 LGW 1530-1815 MMX B752 SX-RFA (13/02/19)
GNJ57 MMX xxxx-xxxx LGW B752 SX-RFA (15/02/19)

BATE Borisov vs. Arsenal

AWC311 LTN 1345-1930 MSQ A321 G-POWU (13/02/19)

AWC312 MSQ 0055-xxxx LTN A321 G-POWU (15/02/19)

SS Lazio Roma vs. Sevilla FC

PVG1890 SVQ 0900-xxxx FCO B763

Rennes FC vs. Real Betis Sevilla

PVG1907 SVQ 0930-xxxx RNS B752

Celtic Glasgow vs. Valencia CF

YW2001 VLC 1230-xxxx GLA CRJX

Club Brugge vs. FC Salzburg

ST102 NUE xxxx-1200 SZG A321 (ferry flt)

ST1020 SZG 1300-xxxx OST A321

ST1188 CGN 0930-1530 KRR A321

Shakhtar Donezk vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

XG3899 FRA 0840-1245 HRK B738

AXY1301 FRA 1000-1355 HRK B735

UEFA EL, GS MD6, 13 December 2018

13 December 2018

It is not very often that the "little brother" takes the UEFA Champions League out of the limelight, particularly when it comes to air travel. The UCL matches usually attract an audience far superior to what the second-string teams in the UEL do. But for once, this changes a little. Some very keen sets of supporters have chosen to dig deep apparently and will travel long ways to see their clubs of choice. This means that there will be rather unusual extra flights for FC Zürich supporters to Varna (on the way to Razgrad), for Salzburg supporters to Glasgow and for the particularly numerous support of Eintracht Frankfurt to Rome:

Ludogorets Razgrad vs. FC Zürich

KRP2853 ZRH xxxx-1250 VAR F100 (12/12/18)

ST1050 ZRH xxxx-1230 VAR A319 (13/12/18)

KRP2854 VAR 1230-xxxx ZRH F100 (14/12/18)

ST1051 VAR 1300-xxxx ZRH A319 (14/12/18)

AEK Larnaca vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

QS4648 CGN 1000-xxxx LCA B3M8 (12/12/18)

QS4649 LCA xxxx-1415 CGN B3M8 (14/12/18)

Arsenal vs. Qarabag Agdam

AHY5207 GYD 1800-1930 LTN A320 (11/12/18)
AHY5208 LTN 2030-0530(+1) GYD A320 (11/12/18)
AHY5207 GYD 2240-0005(+1) LTN A320 (13/12/18)
AHY5208 LTN 0100-1000 GYD A320 (14/12/18)

CF Sevilla vs. FK Krasnodar

UT9009 KRR xxxx-1400 SVQ B735 (12/12/18)

UT9010 SVQ 2230-xxxx(+1) KRR B735 (13/12/18)

Celtic Glasgow vs. FC Salzburg

ENT536P CDG xxxx-1200 SZG B738 (12/12/18, ferry flt)

ENT535 SZG 1300-xxxx GLA B738 (12/12/18)

TUI8908F DUS xxxx-1000 SZG B738 (13/12/18, ferry flt)

TUI8908 SZG 1100-xxxx GLA B738 (13/12/18)

TUI8909 GLA xxxx-0605 SZG B738 (14/12/18)

TUI8909F SZG 0655-xxxx DUS B738 (14/12/18, ferry flt)

ENT536 GLA xxxx-1430 SZG B738 (14/12/18)

ENT536P SZG 1515-xxxx WAW B738 (14/12/18, ferry flt)

FC Kopenhagen vs. Girondins de Bordeaux

QS4658 BOD 0900-xxxx CPH B738 (12/12/18)

QS4659 CPH xxxx-0325 BOD B738 (14/12/18)

F91 Dudeldange vs. Real Betis Sevilla

PVG1907 SVQ 1015-xxxx LUX B763 EC-LZO (12/12/18)

PVG2007 LUX xxxx-1300 BCN 1400-1530 SVQ B752 (14/12/18)

SS Lazio Roma vs. SG Eintracht Frankfurt

LG7641 FRA 1145-1330 FCO B738 (12/12/18)

SDR8040 FRA 0705-0850 FCO A320 (13/12/18)

XG3899 FRA 0725-0920 FCO B738 (13/12/18)

TUI8934 FRA 0810-1000 FCO B738 (13/12/18)

TUI8946 FRA 0930-1120 FCO B738 (13/12/18)

TUI8935 FCO 0300-0510 FRA B738 (14/12/18)

XG4580 FCO 0300-0510 FRA B738 (14/12/18)

SDR8059 FCO 0430-0620 FRA A320 (14/12/18)

LG7642 FCO 1210-1355 FRA B738 (14/12/18)

TUI8947 FCO 1700-1910 FRA B738 (14/12/18)

RB Leipzig vs. Rosenborg Trondheim

DY9010 TRD xxxx-1405 LEJ B738 (12/12/18)
DY9011 LEJ 1305-xxxx TRD B738 (14/12/18)

Spartak Trnava vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul

FH1907 IST xxxx-1150 BTS A320 (12/12/18)

SK Rapid Wien vs. Rangers FC

LS6671 GLA xxxx-1225 BTS B738 (12/12/18)
LS6689 EDI xxxx-1245 BTS B738 (12/12/18)
LS6730 GLA xxxx-1310 BTS B738 (12/12/18)
ZT1941 GLA xxxx-1445 VIE A321 (12/12/18)
LS6672 BTS 2355-xxxx(+1) GLA B738 (13/12/18)