LIS-ATH-LCA-*ECN*-SAW-AMS-BOR-LIS/FNC with TP/A3/PC/HV/KL/AF

[tapclassic]

Trip plan
01.08 | TP 0886 - LIS 23:25 → ATH 05:15 - A320 * me and my wife
02.08 | A3 900 - ATH 07:50 → LCA 09:30 - A320 * me and my wife

03.08 | PC 215 - ECN 19:35 → SAW 21:00 - B738 * me and my wife

07.08| HV 6584 1315 - SAW 21:20 → AMS 12:05 - B738 me and my wife

08.08| KL 1315 - AMS 10:15 → BOD 12:05 - E190 * me
08.08| AF 3170 - BOD 15:40 → LIS 16:30 - E145 * me
AND
08.08| HV 601 - AMS 06:45 → FNC 09:45 - B738 * my wife


A3 = Aegean Airlines
HV = Transavia (Netherlands)
PC = Pegasus Airlines - Turkey
ECN = **NOT LISTED BY IATA NOT ICAO** Ercan airport at the **NON RECOGNISED*** Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, just outside of Nicosia
SAW = (Asian) Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, alternative to Istanbul's Kemal Atatürk International Airport,
BOD = Bordeaux Merignac (note: Dassault factory)
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Landing (05h50) at Athens.



Stored A340 (ower Greek Ministry of Transports)




Another 340 ( of 4)



2 hours later, boarding for Larnaca




we actually flew in another A320, Aegean's
















crowdy helipad


Athens, did not get any closer than that:(


greek diccionary


13 is bad luck

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British taste breakfast


good looking PNCs in the whole crew


(exodus in greek)


Classy, Aegean's logo in the floor carpet





Cyprus Republic






modern fingers




we came in this one

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Terminal tour - we flew out from Ercan




nice staff


from the outside


for fire drills?


we heard lots of Russian money laundering goes on in Cyprus. Weather is better here than in Moscow, anyway...


a bonus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[tapclassic]

Now we are flyiing out from Ercan International (IATA: ECN, ICAO: LCEN), This is an airport in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. However since the airport lies in an internationally unrecognized country, its status as an international airport is also unrecognized and the airport codes do not appear in the official IATA and ICAO lists.

So we can only fly outin turkish registered airlines or non-turkish that come/go to a Turkish airport.
Our flight was to Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, with Pegasus Airlines



X-ray at terminal's entrance. PKK fear?













A fraud border stamp, sinc KKTC is not a recognised country!!!


We flew in this 737 to SAW.








No way to steal the safety card








Advertising in the overhead bins' doors, cannot be seen in this pic:(

[tapclassic]

Too dark for pics arriving at SAW, let's move to the departure.
We had to pay 15 euros for visa at the arrival, since KKTC is "an indepedent crountry"


No cross, red crescent allways


Our 738, to AMS






At AMS, my wife flew to FNC with Transavia, in the same 738 we came from SAW. I went to Lisbon via Bordeaux, so time to spare.





15 degs, rain...brghhhhhhhhhh









Best toilet EVER!!!


That is a Fokker 70/100 open for visit!!


No Shell??








One of those E170s is for me.








mean looking

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Easyjet has invaded AMS.















Turkish airline with PH-XXX regsitered 737..




tried to spot bullet holes, none sighted




Bulgaria!






love the MD-11










taxi took for ever

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arghhh...









this river is MUD. But goes all the way to the mediterraean, via Toulouse city centre, one of the main wonders of man built infrastructures


arriving at Merignac (Dassault factory)


One of 12 built Mercures!!


that makes it 2/12




AWESOME the CNES (French Space Agency) Zero gravity flight airplanes. These fly parabolic trajectories to get a few seconds of no gravity, to enable scientific experiments without going to the ISS.
This is the old one, a Caravelle, and the current A300!!





French Government A330, at Sabena maintenance.


I am not taking this one, have to wait 3h for an E145, from AF Regional




Aerolineas Argentinas A310




Dassault factory

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Britished registered J31 flying to Dijon...






wide terminal, mostly empty that day










Had barely slept for 30 hours, so no more pics until LIS


what airline is that??

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My wife did a parallel AMS-FNC flight in Transavia (4h)



Madeira at sight




Caniçal


Machico


the landing (thanks Samuel @ FNC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2h03n-C448

[sn26567]

Again a nice photo-report, with many unusual sightings: Northern Cyprus (been there, in Nicosia, but not to Ercan airport), the Mercure (flew one once, many many years ago...).

Keep posting your trips!

[tapclassic]

..he Mercure (flew one once, many many years ago...).
..s!

WOW!!!
Can you comment on that?
Do you have pics?

[hakan]

Tapclassic thanks for your suberp pictures and report. Well done. Please allow me to make some comments:

We had to pay 15 euros for visa at the arrival, since KKTC is "an indepedent crountry"

(You have paid 15 Euros because the citizens of Portugal have to pay this when they enter Turkey. It has got nothing to do where you are coming from.It is a sticker visa issued by Turkey)

No cross, red crescent allways

( I am suprised you have expected to see RedCross in a muslim country! RedCrescent has the same functions of RedCross.)

[tapclassic]

Tapclassic thanks for your suberp pictures and report. Well done. Please allow me to make some comments:

We had to pay 15 euros for visa at the arrival, since KKTC is "an indepedent crountry"

(You have paid 15 Euros because the citizens of Portugal have to pay this when they enter Turkey. It has got nothing to do where you are coming from.It is a sticker visa issued by Turkey)

No cross, red crescent allways

( I am suprised you have expected to see RedCross in a muslim country! RedCrescent has the same functions of RedCross.)

Hi about the red crescent no news (for me), I've also seen the red star of David, it's just the first time I got it on picture.

About the visa, thanks for the clarification.
We were hoping to get it freebie, because we came from the KKTC.
Luckily we had TLs, not sure if they'd accept credit cards.

BTW, SAW is awesome!!! There was an An124!

[sn26567]

..he Mercure (flew one once, many many years ago...).
..s!

WOW!!!
Can you comment on that?
Do you have pics?

It was in the 1970es, on a business trip to Aix-en-Provence. I flew AF from BRU to ORY (Paris Orly) and from there IT (a Mercure of Air Inter) from ORY to MRS (Marseille).

No pics unfortunately...

[tapclassic]

..he Mercure (flew one once, many many years ago...).
..s!

WOW!!!
Can you comment on that?
Do you have pics?

It was in the 1970es, on a business trip to Aix-en-Provence. I flew AF from BRU to ORY (Paris Orly) and from there IT (a Mercure of Air Inter) from ORY to MRS (Marseille).

No pics unfortunately...

I flew Air Inter once, Marseille-ORY, and hoped that it had been the Mercure.
After some fleet digging I realised it was an A320.
Huge joy when I visited the one at Athis-Mons.

[regi]

great report !
Some funny remarks as well.
My Greek is a bit rusty. I read 2 different words for exit: exodou ( on safety card ) and exodos ( on the door)
The first one exodou is probably a genitive form of the same word exodos ?

Am I right that we see C-17 ( RAF?) at Cyprus?

[Jetairfly]

Indeed, a well-written trip report with many excellent photographs !

The plane with the red tail standing next to the airbus A319 operated by Easyjet is a Boeing 737-800 operatig for the Egyptian carrier Midwest Airlines. The company isn't seen regularly in Western Europe. I think you can compary the company to AMC Airlines, another Egyptian holiday carrier that you saw at Larnaca airport (probably flying for Egyptair). During the Easter holidays, the airline had some flights from Hurghada to Amsterdam, but many were eventually cancelled. It currentely operates three Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an order for one additional aircraft. The airline operated two Airbus A310 aircraft before. It also flew one Boeing 737-600 that previously operated for the UK company FlyGlobespan (now bankrupt). It was one of the first Boeing next generation aircraft to be scrapped.

link: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Midwest- ... 24a82dabe4

[tapclassic]

Indeed, a well-written trip report with many excellent photographs !

The plane with the red tail standing next to the airbus A319 operated by Easyjet is a Boeing 737-800 operatig for the Egyptian carrier Midwest Airlines. The company isn't seen regularly in Western Europe. I think you can compary the company to AMC Airlines, another Egyptian holiday carrier that you saw at Larnaca airport (probably flying for Egyptair). During the Easter holidays, the airline had some flights from Hurghada to Amsterdam, but many were eventually cancelled. It currentely operates three Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an order for one additional aircraft. The airline operated two Airbus A310 aircraft before. It also flew one Boeing 737-600 that previously operated for the UK company FlyGlobespan (now bankrupt). It was one of the first Boeing next generation aircraft to be scrapped.

link: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Midwest- ... 24a82dabe4

Indeed. I made some enquiries and they flye to Lisbon and Porto during the summer.
Egyptair also flies, but scheduled.