Europa League Charters
Sonntag, 10. Dezember 2023
UEFA Europa League Group Stage MD6 - 14 December 2023
Montag, 27. November 2023
UEFA Europa Conference League Group Stage MD5 - 30 November 2023
KI Klaksvik vs. Slovan Bratislava
Breidablik vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
FC Astana vs. Dinamo Zagreb
Bodø/Glimt vs. FC Lugano
Olimpija Ljubljana vs. Lille OSC
Besiktas Istanbul vs. Club Brugge
AZ Alkmaar vs. Zrijnski Mostar
Aston Villa vs. Legia Warsaw
ACF Fiorentina vs. KRC Genk
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. PAOK Saloniki
Nordsjelland vs. Fenerbahçe
Spartak Trnava vs. Ludogorets Razgrad
Montag, 13. November 2023
Austrian takeover at Anfield - UEFA Europa League Group Stage Round 5 - 30 November 2023
The upcoming 5th round of group stage games will see one of the bigger airlifts in recent times for a game at that stage of the competition. Supports of LASK Linz will travel in large numbers to Anfield Road to see their team play away at Liverpool FC. After Liverpool's away loss in Toulouse, the group is still nicely open for many different outcomes. Yet, Liverpool would have to be favourites over their Austrian counterparts.
Liverpool FC vs. LASK Linz
SR8224 LNZ 0540-0700 LPL A320 D-ANNA
ED4402 LNZ 0820-0935 LPL B738 OM-HEX
HV7847 LNZ 0900-1015 LPL B738 PH-HXC
ENT561 LNZ 1000-1120 LPL B738 SP-ESI
ED4404 LNZ 1100-1220 LPL B738 OM-KEX
TDR9380 LJU 0945-1025 LNZ A320 9A-BTH (ferry flt)
QS4414 LNZ 1245-1415 LPL B38M OK-SWD
Smartwings Boeing 737-800 OK-TVW seen at Corfu in August 2021. Two such aircraft will fly from Linz to Liverpool in late November 2023. |
Olympique Marseille vs. Ajax Amsterdam
Sparta Prague vs. Real Betis Sevilla
Sturm Graz vs. Rakow Czestochowa
Toulouse FC vs. Union St-Gilloise
BK Häcken vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Molde FK vs. FK Qarabag Agdam
Backa Topola vs. West Ham United
SC Freiburg vs. Olympiakos Piraeus
AEK Athens vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
Maccabi Haifa vs. Stade Rennais (in Budapest)
Villarreal CF vs. Panathinaikos Athens
Servette Genève vs. AS Roma
Montag, 24. Mai 2021
2021 UEFA Europa League Final - Villarreal vs. Manchester United
26 May 2021
Villarreal CF vs. Manchester United (in Gdansk)
As the season in most European leagues has come to a close, the European cup finals are yet to be played. Gdansk was planned to host the Europa League final in 2020, but as we all know, this could not happen. Instead, the city in Northwestern Poland is now hosting this year's final, contested between Villarreal and Manchester United.
In the semifinals, Manchester United had beaten AS Roma in two spectacular games with an aggregate score of 8 goals to 5. Villarreal are playing in their first ever European final after beating Arsenal 2-1 at home and holding out for a goalless draw away in London.
SU7400 SVO 1300-1500 MAN A333 VP-BDE (24/05/21)
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ENT588 VLC 0930-1300 GDN B738 (25/05/21)
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IBS9995 VLC 1100-1430 GDN A320 (25/05/21)
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ZT9981 MAN xxxx-1130 GDN A321
EVE637 VLC 0830-1200 GDN A333
Air Europa Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner EC-MMY seen at Madrid in March 2020 |
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SU7401 MAN 0440-1040 SVO A333 VP-BDE (27/05/21)
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Freitag, 20. November 2020
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:
TDR700 BRN xxxx-1300 SOF F100 (25/11/20)
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:
AZ8950 FCO 1500-xxxx CLJ A319 (25/11/20)
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:
OU8491 VIE xxxx-1110 DUB A319 (25/11/20)
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:
LY251 TLV 1600-1930 CGN B738 (24/11/20)
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.
QS4364 PRG xxxx-1920 NCE B738 (24/11/20)
QS4365 NCE 1100-xxxx PRG B738 (27/11/20)
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:
ENT689 POZ xxxx-1225 LGG B738 (25/11/20)
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:
AEE4990 LCA xxxx-1500 GRX A320 (25/11/20)
AZ Alkmaar vs. Real Sociedad San Sebastian
LAV5283 EAS 1030-xxxx AMS B738 (25/11/20)
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.
BUC1945 VAR 1010-xxxx STN A320 (25/11/20)
BUC1946 STN xxxx-0600 VAR A320 (27/11/20)
Sparta Prague vs. Celtic Glasgow
Glasgow Rangers vs. SL Benfica
Freitag, 6. November 2020
UEFA Europa League Group Stage Round 3 - 5 November 2020
Time is at a premium for me at the moment, so for a few weeks, I had to leave aside any following of Europa League charter traffic. Well, almost. There was of course plenty going on last Thursday night, and with less air traffic in our skies than usual, charter flights are a lot more visible, especially late at night after the 21.00h kickoffs across the continent. So here is a non-comprehensive report of what was out and about, flying for various teams for the Europa League games of 5 November 2020:
5 November 2020
Lech Poznan vs. Standard Liège
The two bottom teams of pool B met for the first of two meetings within four weeks. Host Lech came out the better, beating the Belgian visitors by 3-1 goals. Still, Lech are sitting four points behind joint leaders Benfica and Rangers, so advancing to the knockout stages will prove to be difficult.
TB9120 LGG 0945-1115 POZ B738 OO-TUX (04/11/20)
TB9130 POZ 2337-0048(+1) LGG B738 OO-TUX (05/11/20)
SK Rapid Wien vs. Dundalk FC
Dundalk are representing the Republic of Ireland in the competition, and while they are still without points this time round, at least they gave the more fancied Rapid a good run for the money. Rapid won 4-3, but Dundalk will be hot for the revenge on 26 November up at the Aviva - unfortunately without Rapid's usually numerous travelling support.
ENT54WN DUB 1004-1321 VIE B738 SP-ESG (03/11/20)
ENT57UE VIE 0015-0122 DUB B738 SP-ESG (06/11/20)
Slavia Prague vs. OGC Nice
Nice had a night to forget away in the Czech Capital, losing 2-3 against Slavia. Still, they will get revenge soon, on 26 November at home against the same opposition. Having Bayer Leverkusen and Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the same group will not help much though. A trip to the knockout stages will require a lot of hard work.
VOE9286 NCE 0915-1034 PRG A319 EC-NHP (04/11/20)
VOE9287 PRG 2322-0043(+1) NCE A319 EC-NHP (05/11/20)
AS Roma vs. CFR Cluj
Roma are sitting pretty in pool A, after an away win in Bern, a dull 0-0 against CSKA Sofia at home and now an absolute spanking of CFR Cluj. Several high-profile players were not even required against a very average Cluj team that count themselves lucky to have four points on the counter already.
VBB3277 CLJ 1054-1138 FCO B733 LZ-MVK (04/11/20)
VBB3278 FCO 2359-0237(+1) OTP B733 LZ-MVK (05/11/20)
Cluj returned to Bucharest and not their home town, because they will play their next league fixture in Bucharest, against FC Voluntari.
BSC Young Boys vs. CSKA Sofia
It is not often that a small airline would cover both games within one pool. But within pool A, both matches were covered by ALK Airways, with two Boeing 737-300s. LZ-LVK took CSKA Sofia from Sofia to Basel-Mulhouse and back, with the rest of the journey from Basel to Berne undertaken by bus. CSKA had a nightmare start to the game, shipping three goals with some schoolboy errors to say the least. Surely they will blame the plastic pitch in Berne for this, as does pretty much every team as well.
VBB3273 SOF 0930-1041 BSL B733 LZ-LVL (04/11/20)
VBB3274 BSL 1043-1348 SOF B733 LZ-LVL (06/11/20)
Ludogorets Razgrad vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Former Champions League finalists Tottenham are plying their international trade in the Europa League this season. Away in Bulgaria, they won 3-1 at Ludogorets, which for once is one of two teams in international competition for Bulgaria this season.
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BRO20 VAR 0030-0142 STN B733 G-TGPG (06/11/20)
Arsenal vs. FK Molde
Norwegian champions Molde may have fancied their chances away in London, and they even took the lead, right on track for a third win in three games in their pool. Arsenal had other ideas however and put away the game 3-1 in the end.
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WX9367 LTN 0005-0357 MOL CRJ9 EI-GEA (06/11/20)
AC Milan vs. OSC Lille
It was a memorable night for OSC Lille. Not many French teams go the mighty San Siro and just win a game 3-0. Of course, the place was entirely empty. But yet not many UEL group stage games have the potential to even half fill a stadium that seat comfortably more than 80'000 spectators.
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Celtic Glasgow vs. Sparta Prague
QS4382 PRG 0945-1100 GLA B737 OK-SWT (04/11/20)
QS4383 GLA 0030-0330 PRG B737 OK-SWT (06/11/20)
Villarreal CF vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
6H175 TLV 1000-1330 CDT A320 4X-ABI (04/11/20)
6H176 CDT 0415-0930 TLV A320 4X-ABI (06/11/20)
Zorya Lugansk vs. AEK Athens (in Zaporozhye)
AEE4028 ATH 1000-1230 OZH A320 SX-DGD (04/11/20)
AEE4029 OZH 0230-0445 ATH A320 SX-DGD (06/11/20)
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. CSKA Moscow
SU7004 SVO 1000-1130 RTM A320 VQ-BCM (04/11/20)
SU7005 RTM 1500-2000 SVO A320 VQ-BCM (06/11/20)
PAOK Saloniki vs. PSV Eindhoven
HV7013 EIN 1100-1430 SKG B738 PH-HXB (04/11/20)
HV7014 SKG 1100-1245 EIN B738 PH-HXB (06/11/20)
Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2020
UEFA Europa League is back - LASK at Manchester United
5 August 2020
Manchester United vs. LASK Linz
9H-MAC, Maleth-Aero, Boeing 737-500 arriving at Basel-Mulhouse with part of the Manchester United entourage in 2018 |