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[PICS] BRU EU-Africa summit 2014

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Hello dear members,

For those who where there or could not attend the 4th EU-Africa summit from 2-3 April 2014.
Here a photoreport. Report is from the days 1 and 3 April (Tuesday and Thursday) and includes a number of arrivals and departures after the summit. Basically arrivals where spread from Monday till Friday (with some exceptions arriving on Sunday) and the inbound peak on Tuesday, the outbound peak on Thursday and Friday.

Since on the 1-2 April there also was a NATO foreign ministers meeting, also some visitors of that meeting are included.

I did not see them all, missed a few (due to late or early arrivals and could not be there any day the whole day).

TUE 01/04/2014 - Arrivals

the day started with the first 'race' to 25R for this one - "MAURITANI 001" - Mauritania Airways B737-700Wgl 5T-CLC
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and back to the 25L ... "IAM400" Italy Airforce Piaggio P-180 'Avanti'
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Czech Airforce Yak-40 for the NATO foreign ministers meeting
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then this one came in again on the 25R ... Turkish Airforce Gulfstream G-IV TC-ATA "TURKISH 5"
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just as I began to settle down at the 25R ... speaking about a crazy day ...
German Airforce A340-300VIP 16+01 "GERMAN AIRFORCE 886", also for NATO meeting
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French Airforce Embraer EMB-121 'Xingu'
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UK Airforce Agusta/Westland AW-190E Power Elite G-CDVB with UK delegation for NATO meeting
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US Airforce VC-32A "SIERRA-621" with US Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Kerry on board for NATO meeting
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my personal highlight was the long awaited 'rendez-vous' with this one here ... Republic of Niger B737-200/Adv. 5U-BAG as "NIGER-01"
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Republique Du Chad Mc Donnel Douglas MD-87 TT-ABC as "CHAD001"
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Republique du Senegal Airbus A319-CJ 6V-ONE "SENEGAL-1"
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Republic of Bulgaria Dassault Falcon 2000 LZ-001
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"ETHIOPIAN 8704" arriving with the Ethiopian delegation
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Italy Airforce Dassault Falcon 900 MM-62244
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Lybian delegation arriving with this private BD-700 Global Express 5000
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Tunisian delegation doing likewise, with Falcon 900 TS-JSM
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Uganda Airforce Gulfstream G-IV(SP) 5X-UGF
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Republic of Swaziland Mc Donnel Douglas MD-87 3DC-SWZ
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Comlux Airbus A319-CJ 9H-AVK "LUXMALTA 337" with delegation of Djibouti on board
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MidEast Jet Boeing B777-200(ER) N777AS as "CAMEROON-1"
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for change, one that was not in for NATO or Africa summit but just because you don't see too many pics of this one at BRU ... was happy to see one finally :)
"GERMAN CARGO 117"
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THU 03/04/2014 - Departures

Hellenic Airforce Embraer EMB-135(LR) 135L-484
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the 'Albino' Saudi Cargo B744
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Royal Moroccan Air Force Cessna 560XL 'Citation Excel' CN-AMK as "RMAF1" to Rabat
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"CHAD001" departing to Paris le Bourget
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Republique Gabonaise Gulfstream G-IV(SP) TR-SKP. "RCA1" with delegation of Central African Republic on board with destination Paris le Bourget
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Burkina Faso Boeing B727-200(Wgl)/Adv. XT-BFA "BRAVO-FOXTROTT-ALPHA-1" out on it's way back home to Ouagadougou
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this is the reason I went out for the departures, to finally catch one of those African 727's at BRU. Last year in May missed all 3 of them ...
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Republique Gabonaise Boeing B777-200(ER) TR-KPR "GABON-1"
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as always, for larger resolution (up to 1600px) you can have a look on my Flickr account of course ;)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/85829590@ ... 610320305/

Best regards, Yannick

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Wow! Nice collection, Yannick.
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Well done! Thanks, Yannick! :!:

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Nice ones Yannick! Here are more:

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Thanks Yannick and HVS89 - some wonderful pics there (and truly exotic vintage birds - not in the least the Niger, Burkina Faso and Swaziland government planes) ... Is there a list available of which African countries attended the summit and what aircraft brought them there ?
Cheerz,
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Hi

Nice ones Hadrien! Not the least thing to say you had a great office view up there, DAMN lucky you! I'm glad for you that you could still see the Africa summit from there :) gives some nice new angles.
Really would have loved to have a shot like the 'line-up' but some planes already left by Thursday and police was very strict around Abelag (first 2 checkpoints was 'ok' but the last one at the Abelag parking posed a problem... soooo typical).

Capetown: Well I wouldn't know about a list, I know there where 80 delegations to attend (don't know if that are effectivly 80 different countries though...) I can only offer you this list already and available for completion by other members :P

Private - Falcon 7X VQ-BLP
Private - Falcon 900 TS-JSM (for Tunesia)
Private - Bombardier BD-700 Global Express 5000 5A-UAC (for Lybia)
Private(?) - Falcon 7X (if i'm correct) F-HEBO (for Gambia delegation or something like that...?)
Private (Comlux) - Airbus A319-CJ 9H-AVK (for delegation of Djibouti)
Private (MidEast Jet) - Boeing B777-200(ER) N777AS (for delegation of Cameroon)
Private (Comlux Aruba) - Boeing B767-200(ER) P4-CLA (for delegation of Congo Brazaville)
Private (MasterJet) - Airbus A320-VIP CS-TFY (for delegation of Benin)
Private - Airbus A319-CJ VP-BED) - (for Sierra Leone delegation)
Private - Gulfstream G-V SX-GJJ (for delegation of Rwanda)
Private - Global Express ??-??? (don't know reg or delegation but there was for sure 1 more Global Express of private operator in for the summit)
Kuwait - Gulfstream G-V ??-??? (don't know reg but there was a State of Kuwait Gulfstream on the 25L on Tuesday)
Niger - Boeing B737-200/Adv. 5U-BAG
Swaziland - MD-87 3DC-SWZ
Chad - MD-87 TT-ABC
Gabon - Gulfstream G-IV(SP) TR-SKP (for delegation of Central African Republic)
Gabon - Boeing B777-200(ER) TR-KPR (for delegation of Gabon)
Uganda - Gulfstream G-IV(SP) 5X-UGF
Ivory Coast - Gulfstream G-III TU-VAF
Burkina Faso - Boeing B727-200(Wgl)/Adv. XT-BFA
Morroco (airforce) - Cessna C560XL CN-AMK
Senegal - Airbus A319-CJ 6V-ONE
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airlines B737-800Wgl ET-APM
Nigeria - Boeing BBJ-1 5N-FGT
Mauritania - Mauritania Airways B737-700Wgl 5T-CLC
Equatorial Guinea - Boeing BBJ-1 3C-EGE
Equatorial Guinea - Dassault Falocn 900 3C-ONM?? (forgot reg)

maybe this isn't complete but these are only the ones I have seen myself of which I am aware of the fact they where present either at Abelag or Melsbroek military apron.
note: there where also a number of 'Netjets Europe' jets flying for some delegations.

Above visitors are only for the EU-Africa summit, further according to planes I've seen myself an according to the pics I see from those days, further present (either for EU-Africa summit or NATO meeting):

German Airforce Airbus A340-300VIP 16+01 (confirmed)
German Airforce Airbus A319-CJ (to be confirmed)
German Airforce Global Express (to be confirmed)
Czech Airforce A319-CJ (confirmed)
Polish Airforce EMB-175LR (confirmed)
Czech Airforce Yak-40 0260 (confirmed)
US Airforce VC-32A (confirmed)
UK Airforce BAE 146-100 (to be confirmed)
UK Airforce Agusta/Westland AW-109E Power Elite G-CDVB (confirmed)
Turkish Airforce Gulfstream G-IV TC-ATA (confirmed)
Italy Airforce Falcon 900 MM-62244 (confirmed)
Italy Airforce P-180 Avanti (confirmed)
French Airforce Embraer EMB-121 Xingu (confirmed)
French Airforce Dassault Falcon 7X (confirmed)
Bulgaria Dassault Falcon 2000 LZ-001 (confirmed)

And of course 4 x Belgian Army Agusta A-109 at Melsbroek (from which I have to say I do not have the regs but I believe I saw them circulating here on the formu) ;)

not 100% complete of course so corrections or additions are always welcome ;)

Greets, Yannick

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Some really great pics there! Thanks for posting! :)

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Indeed, fantastic pictures!
Kind Regards

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What interests me.. is that some parked at Melsbook and others at Abalag.. yet there did not seem to be logic or rule.... any ideas how it was decided who parked where ?

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Bruspotter wrote:Hi



Capetown: Well I wouldn't know about a list, I know there where 80 delegations to attend (don't know if that are effectivly 80 different countries though...) I can only offer you this list already and available for completion by other members :P

Private - Falcon 7X VQ-BLP
Private - Falcon 900 TS-JSM (for Tunesia)
Private - Bombardier BD-700 Global Express 5000 5A-UAC (for Lybia)
Private(?) - Falcon 7X (if i'm correct) F-HEBO (for Gambia delegation or something like that...?)
Private (Comlux) - Airbus A319-CJ 9H-AVK (for delegation of Djibouti)
Private (MidEast Jet) - Boeing B777-200(ER) N777AS (for delegation of Cameroon)
Private (Comlux Aruba) - Boeing B767-200(ER) P4-CLA (for delegation of Congo Brazaville)
Private (MasterJet) - Airbus A320-VIP CS-TFY (for delegation of Benin)
Private - Airbus A319-CJ VP-BED) - (for Sierra Leone delegation)
Private - Gulfstream G-V SX-GJJ (for delegation of Rwanda)
Private - Global Express ??-??? (don't know reg or delegation but there was for sure 1 more Global Express of private operator in for the summit)
Kuwait - Gulfstream G-V ??-??? (don't know reg but there was a State of Kuwait Gulfstream on the 25L on Tuesday)
Niger - Boeing B737-200/Adv. 5U-BAG
Swaziland - MD-87 3DC-SWZ
Chad - MD-87 TT-ABC
Gabon - Gulfstream G-IV(SP) TR-SKP (for delegation of Central African Republic)
Gabon - Boeing B777-200(ER) TR-KPR (for delegation of Gabon)
Uganda - Gulfstream G-IV(SP) 5X-UGF
Ivory Coast - Gulfstream G-III TU-VAF
Burkina Faso - Boeing B727-200(Wgl)/Adv. XT-BFA
Morroco (airforce) - Cessna C560XL CN-AMK
Senegal - Airbus A319-CJ 6V-ONE
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airlines B737-800Wgl ET-APM
Nigeria - Boeing BBJ-1 5N-FGT
Mauritania - Mauritania Airways B737-700Wgl 5T-CLC
Equatorial Guinea - Boeing BBJ-1 3C-EGE
Equatorial Guinea - Dassault Falocn 900 3C-ONM?? (forgot reg)

maybe this isn't complete but these are only the ones I have seen myself of which I am aware of the fact they where present either at Abelag or Melsbroek military apron.
note: there where also a number of 'Netjets Europe' jets flying for some delegations.

Above visitors are only for the EU-Africa summit, further according to planes I've seen myself an according to the pics I see from those days, further present (either for EU-Africa summit or NATO meeting):

German Airforce Airbus A340-300VIP 16+01 (confirmed)
German Airforce Airbus A319-CJ (to be confirmed)
German Airforce Global Express (to be confirmed)
Czech Airforce A319-CJ (confirmed)
Polish Airforce EMB-175LR (confirmed)
Czech Airforce Yak-40 0260 (confirmed)
US Airforce VC-32A (confirmed)
UK Airforce BAE 146-100 (to be confirmed)
UK Airforce Agusta/Westland AW-109E Power Elite G-CDVB (confirmed)
Turkish Airforce Gulfstream G-IV TC-ATA (confirmed)
Italy Airforce Falcon 900 MM-62244 (confirmed)
Italy Airforce P-180 Avanti (confirmed)
French Airforce Embraer EMB-121 Xingu (confirmed)
French Airforce Dassault Falcon 7X (confirmed)
Bulgaria Dassault Falcon 2000 LZ-001 (confirmed)

And of course 4 x Belgian Army Agusta A-109 at Melsbroek (from which I have to say I do not have the regs but I believe I saw them circulating here on the formu) ;)

not 100% complete of course so corrections or additions are always welcome ;)

Greets, Yannick
Thanks again Yannick. As you seem to suggest, some countries are missing. South Africa cancelled its attendance of the summit, but other "larger" countries are indeed missing : Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, DRC, Zim, Zam, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique (just to mention a few). Maybe they didn't participate ?

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capetown wrote:South Africa cancelled its attendance of the summit, but other "larger" countries are indeed missing : Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, DRC, Zim, Zam, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique (just to mention a few).
Zimbabwe also cancelled, some used regular transport.

Can anyone confirm, F-HEBO was used by the Benin delegation ? It is rumoured the aircraft was used by Burkina Faso.

rgds, chris.

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