Hi,

Just back from an overnight trip to Budapest, primarily to fill a couple of gaps in my MALEV fleet and catch the various stored pieces around the field and in the museum, but also to try out a couple of new airlines, namely SkyEurope and Wizzair.

So, on Wednesday 26th I dropped my car off at Charleroi (so it was "in position" for my return the following evening), hopped on the bus to Brussels-Midi, caught the airport "express" train, and by 13:00 was checking in for my SkyEurope flight to Budapest.

The following were noted before departure:-

101   Tupolev Tu-154M   90A837      Polish Air Force

258   Learjet 45                  45-234  Irish Air Corps

CN-RND      Boeing  7374B6    26530 Atlas Blue

CN-RNP      Boeing  7378B6    28983 Royal Air Maroc

D-ABET      Boeing  737330    27903 Lufthansa

EC-IJS      CanRJ                 7706    Air Nostrum (IBE c/s)

EC-JDN      Fokker F-100      11322       Girjet (a/w, opf DAT)

F-ODVG      Airbus A310304F   490   Royal Jordanian Airlines

G-EUUP      Airbus A320232    2038  British Airways

HA-LKM      Boeing  73776N    34758 SkyEurope Hungary

HB-IJN      Airbus A320214    0643  Swiss International Air Lines

HL7434      Boeing  7474B5F   32809 Korean Air

N747CK      Boeing  747221F   21743 Kalitta Air

OO-CBA      Boeing 747-200F   24158 Cargo B Airlines

OO-FPA      Cessna 560  560-5248    Flying Group

OO-JAM      Boeing  73746J    28867 Jetairfly (basic BER c/s)

OO-JAT      Boeing  7375K5    24927 Jetairfly (basic HLX c/s)

OO-TNG      Boeing  7373Y0    24255 TNT Airways

OO-TUC      Boeing  767341ER  24844 Jetairfly

OO-VAC      Boeing  73786Q    33014 Jetairfly

OO-VLX      Fokker F-50 20177 VLM

S5-AAB      Airbus A320231    0113  Afriqiyah Airways

TC-FBT      Airbus A321131    0855  Freebird Airlines

TC-JFT      Boeing  7378F2    29780 THY Turkish Airlines

HA-LKM was to be used on my flight to Budapest, and it duely departed on time, with only 75 pax on board. This meant plenty room to relax and snooze after the night shift! 1hr and 40 mins later we were landing on 13R, and soon I was up in the restaurant with a beer, logging everything landing on 13R. I stayed here until 19:00 and during this time, nothing landed on 13L, although traffic from T2 did depart on this runway. Some MALEV could be read off taxiing for 13L, but smaller things like SF34s and S2000s were hidden a bit by the trees. Anyway, no problems at all during my 2 and a bit hours in the restaurant, with the following non-MALEV logged:-

Stored on the field:-

HA-LCA      Tupolev Tu-154B2  73A045      Instructional Airframe

HA-LCE      Tupolev Tu-154B2  73A047      Instructional Airframe

HA-LRA      Yakovlev Yak-40   9440837     Linair

HA-TCB      Ilyushin IL-76TD  1013408257  Leasing Company

P4-RMB      Boeing  737291    20364 Fire Service

Airliners:-

D-ACHE      CanRJ                 7407    Lufthansa Regional

D-AHIG      Boeing  73733A    23827 Hamburg International

D-AIQK      Airbus A320231    0218  Lufthansa

D-AVRL      BAe 146-RJ85      E2285 Lufthansa Regional

EC-ICV      Airbus A320211    0312  ClickAir

EI-FXD      ATR 42320   273   Air Contractors

G-EUPH      Airbus A319131    1225  British Airways

G-EZEF      Airbus A319111    2176  EasyJet

HA-FAI      Embraer Emb-120RT 120123      Budapest Aircraft Services (a/w)

HA-LAS      LET L-410UVP-E4   871924      ABC Air Hungary

HA-LAZ      LET L-410UVP-E    902504      ABC Air Hungary

HA-LKB      Boeing  73786Q    30294 Travel Service Airlines

HA-LPE      Airbus A320233    1892  Wizz Air

HA-LRA      Yakovlev Yak-40   9440837     Linair

HA-TCP      Antonov An-26B    127-03      Cityline Hungary

HA-YFD      LET L-410UVP-E17  892324      Budapest Aircraft Services

JA8086      Boeing  747446    25308 Japan Airlines

OE-LGH      DHC-8Q-402  4075  Austrian Arrows

OH-LBX      Boeing  7572Q8    29382 Finnair

OK-CGJ      Boeing  73755S    28470 CSA Czech Airlines

OM-NGC      Boeing  73776N    32696 SkyEurope Airlines

OM-NGF      Boeing  73776N    32680 SkyEurope Airlines

OM-NGK      Boeing  73776N    34756 SkyEurope Airlines

RA-85808    Tupolev Tu-154M   94A989      UT Air

TC-SKA      Boeing  7374Y0    23865 Sky Airlines

TC-TJC      Boeing  7374Q8    25374 Corendon Airlines

TF-BBA      Boeing  73746JF   28271 Bluebird Cargo

The rest

D-CSUL      Learjet 45                  45-189  Corporate

D-IEPR      Cessna 525  525-0625    Corporate

G-FIRM      Cessna 550/551    550-0940    Corporate

HA-ACE      Beech B200  BB-1902     Jet Stream 2004 Kft

HA-JET      Cessna 500/501    500-0249    Corporate

HA-LKN      Falcon900EX EASy  143   Corporate

HA-SIT      Piper PA-31T      31T-7820011 Pannon Air Service

HA-SOM      Piper PA-34200    34-7350080  Private

HA-YBA      Piper PA-60601P   61P-0780-8063393  Pannon Air Service

HA-YFE      Mitsubishi Diamond      A046SA      Pannon Air Service

HB-IIS      Gulfstream G5     572   Corporate

N446MM      Piper PA-46310P   4608006     Private

N467MW      IAI GalaxyG200    014   Corporate

N601JM      Bombardier 601    3048  Corporate

OE-ISS      Gulfstream G550   5022  Jet Alliance

VP-CGB      Dassault Falcon900B     145   VW Air Services

I had booked a night at the Airport Hotel Stacio and 10 mins after calling for the shuttle, the driver was there, and 5mins later I was dumping my bag in the room and running a bath! The hotel is very new, and has super large rooms and an excellent restaurant, with good food, large portions and reasonable prices. All the staff were very friendly and spook excellent English. Breakfast was included in the rate of €75 for a single, and given the quality and convenience, I'd certainly recommend it.

www.hotelstacio.hu

Credits

Chris Thomson