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-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
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Chris Thomson