Foxes off to Portugal, Bulgarians at Tottenham - UEFA Europa League 26 November 2020

CSKA Sofia vs. BSC Young Boys

The Swiss champions need to make sure to win this game as well after convincingly beating CSKA at home already. They need the three points from this match to be able to put CFJ Cluj under pressure for a spot in the knockout stages in spring. They will travel to Bulgaria with Trade Air instead of Helvetic Airways:

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CFR Cluj vs. AS Roma

Roma are the favourites in their pool and made this tell so far. Cluj definitely need more points and may see a chance against a side that may just take the foot off the gas for this midweek fixture. Roma will travel to Romania with Alitalia:

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FK Molde vs. Arsenal

Arsenal are one of the few teams yet to have won every single game in this group stage. They traveled to Molde with Titan Airways, using one of the Boeing 757-200s:

AWC783 LTN 1430-1745 MOL B752 G-ZAPX (24/11)

AWC784 MOL 2330-xxxx(+1) LTN B752 G-ZAPX (26/11/20)

Dundalk vs. SK Rapid Wien

The Austrian team are not traveling with Austrian Airlines for once, but count on Croatia Airlines to do the job from Vienna to Dublin, where they will play against Dundalk:

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Many would have thought that Bayer Leverkusen should have nine points by now. They only have six and sit in second position. It seems obvious that they would want to get a maximum haul againt Be'er Sheva, which so far has managed to beat Slavia Prague, but lost in Nice and at home against Bayer. Hapoel will arrive at Cologne with El Al:

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LY252 CGN 0230-0730 TLV B738 (27/11/20)

OGC Nice vs. Slavia Prague

Rather surprisingly, Slavia Prague are in a formidable position, leading the group at the half-way point, while Nice are sitting in third position, desperate for a win to maintain their chances. Slavia will arrive from Prague with Smartwings.

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Standard Liège vs. Lech Poznan

Standard and Lech are the two bottom teams in Pool D and this will not change after this fixture. The leaders are too far away. If Standard lose the game, their hopes of European football will be dashed already. Lech will travel from Poland with Enter Air, using a Boeing 737-800:

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ENT690 LGG 2330-xxxx(+1) POZ B738 (26/11/20)

Granada vs. Omonia Nicosia

The Cypriot team are off to one of the surprises in this season's competition in Granada. Not many would have expected Granada to make the Europa League at all. But here they are, hosting Omonia in a clash of European lightweights:

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AZ Alkmaar vs. Real Sociedad San Sebastian

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SC Braga vs. Leicester City

Along with an impressive run of form in the domestic arena, Leicester City are also motoring along in the Europa League, as one of just four teams to have won all three group stage games so far. A win in Portugal will put them almost certainly into the knockout stage. They will travel to Porto with Air Horizont, on a Boeing 737-400.

HAT2030 EMA 1100-1325 OPO B734 9H-MPW (25/11/20)

HAT2031 OPO 2300-0130(+1) EMA B734 9H-MPW (26/11/20)

HAT2031 OPO 1230-1500 EMA B734 9H-MPW (27/11/20)

Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 at Berlin-Schönfeld for the 2015 Champions League Final

Linzer ASK vs. Royal Antwerp FC

Three teams have six points each in Pool J, with LASK being one of them. Royal Antwerp are the surprise package so far, even scoring a 1-0 win over group favourites Tottenham in the second round. The Belgians will travel to Austria with TUI Belgium, on one of the EMB-190s that were acquired specifically for flights from and to the small airport of Antwerp.

TB9333 ANR 1000-1130 LNZ E190 (25/11/20)

TB9334 LNZ 1130-1300 ANR E190 (27/11/20)

Tottenham Hotspur vs. Ludogorets Razgrad

Spurs were rated as the big favourites for this group, if not for the competition. Their away defeat in Belgium against Royal Antwerp may have come as a surprise, but they will look to book in another three points at home against Ludogorets, who do not look quite as strong as in past seasons. In fact, the Bulgarians have lost all three games so far.

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Sparta Prague vs. Celtic Glasgow

After three matches, Celtic are desperate for points. Ideally, they need to win in Prague to keep their hopes alive. They will travel there with Jet2.

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LS6129 PRG 2315-0045(+1) GLA B738 (26/11/20)

Glasgow Rangers vs. SL Benfica

Benfica will travel to Ibrox with TAP Air Portugal, though the exact type of aircraft is not clear just yet.

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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.

ARN219 STN 1421-1916 ATH B763 ZS-NEX (19/02/20)

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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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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HFM752 GLA xxxx-1630 OPO A332 CS-TQP (21/02/20)

UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals, return leg, 18 April 2019

18 April 2019

SSC Napoli vs. Arsenal

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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.

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Chelsea vs. Slavia Prague

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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:

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Slavia Prague vs. Chelsea

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Arsenal vs. SSC Napoli

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UEFA EL, R16 first leg, 7 March 2019

7 March 2019

Dinamo Zagreb vs. SL Benfica

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TP9089 ZAG 1505-1730 LIS A332 CS-TOQ (08/03/19)

Sevilla CF vs. Slavia Prague

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Stade Rennais vs. Arsenal

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Zenit St. Petersburg vs. CF Villarreal

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Chelsea vs. Dynamo Kiev

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SSC Napoli vs. FC Salzburg

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ENT558 NAP xxxx-1230 SZG B738 (08/03/19)

CF Valencia vs. FK Krasnodar

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UEFA EL, Semifinal return leg, 2 May 2013

2 May 2013

Chelsea vs. FC Basel

Surprising FC Basel traveled to Stamford Bridge after a 1-2 home defeat that came in the dying seconds of the first leg, with David Luiz scoring from a direct free kick. The return leg started with a half-time lead for Basel, but ended 3-1 to Chelsea, ending all hopes of European silverware for the Swiss champions:

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SL Benfica vs. Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce had won the first leg at home 1-0 thanks to an Egemen Korkmaz goal deep into the second half. Benfica managed the turnaround in the return leg however. Gaitan and Cardozo (2) scored the goals for the hosts, while Dirk Kuyt managed to pull back one goal, scoring from a penalty.

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TK**** LIS xxxx-xxxx IST A333 TC-JNK (04/05/13)
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