Family Cruise Holiday around the Greek Islands      Dave Anderson Dave Rose

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Dave Rose and I took our families on holiday this year a cruise ship around the Greek Islands, this was a family holiday not a spotting trip, though in between all the activities we managed to log & photograph some nice bits, the Ocean Village starts off in Heraklion, Crete, heading off to Dubrovnik, a few Dubrovnik MD80's were seen heading into the airport not much else. Next stop was Corfu, we took the ladies to mouse Island a scenic spot on the Island, (it's about 1/2 mile from the end of the runway) and the famous cafe that looks over the holding point, we stayed a few hours but it was very quiet. Cephalonia, Katakolon and Athens (we sailed past the old airport on the way out, a few stored aircraft can still be seen) were all  visited but no aircraft to see. The ship then returned to Crete, and the harbour is about a mile away from the airport, aircraft can be seen on the apron and read off when taking off, we found a beach on the landing side and spent the afternoon there, regular busy spells but it can go quiet for long periods. After a day sailing our next spot was Limassol on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri airfield can be seen, it was a Saturday and no aircraft were seen at all. Rhodes was the next point most of the day was spent at the water park, but some aircraft were read off as we waited to sail in the evening. Kusadasi in Turkey, Mykonos and Santorini were all visited with little or nothing to see and then back to Crete. G-BYAW was our aircraft to and from Newcastle.

Heraklion, Crete 12-Jul-07      
       
F-5A Freedom Fighter Greek Air Force 13371 69133 both preserved
Airbus A320 Eurofly I-EEZG    
Airbus A320 Edelweiss Airlines HB-IHZ    
Bae Jetstream 32 Sky Express SX-IDI    
Boeing 737 300 Centralwings SP-LME    
Boeing 737 300 Aegean Airlines SX-BBU    
Boeing 737 400 Transaero EI-DNM    
Boeing 737 400 Braathens LN-BRE    
Boeing 737 400 Aegean Airlines SX-BGQ SX-BGS  
Boeing 737 400 Olympic Airlines SX-BKD    
Boeing 737 500 Smart Wings OK-SWV    
Boeing 737 700 Braathens LN-TUK    
Boeing 757 200 Aero Union EI-DUC    
DHC-8 102 Olympic Aviation SX-BIQ    
Douglas MD83 Nordic Airlink SE-DLV    
Mil 26 TS Scorpion Air RA-06276    
Tupelov TU154M Aeroflot RA-85663    

The Mil Helicopter looks to be based here, probably on fire fighting duties, there are no spotting facilities at the airport until airside, a nice beach to the east gives views of the holding point where departing aircraft can easily be read off and landing aircraft photographed ok.

Corfu 15-Jul-07      
       
Airbus A320 XL Star F-GRSI    
Airbus A321 Air Mediterranee F-GYAR    
AS355 Squirrel Corporate VP-CLF    
Bell 212 Greek Air Force 31-196    
Boeing 737 200 JAT Airlines YU-ANP    
Boeing 737 300 Aegean Airlines SX-BGW    
Citation 525 Corporate LX-YSL    
Citation 560 Corporate SX-DCD    
Global Express Corporate N18WF    
Gulfstream 450 Corporate N237GA    

We were there on a Sunday, it was very very quiet, spotters use a cafe which over looks the holding point of runway 35, excellent for photo's as long as they are using that runway, the apron area can be seen but nothing can be read off until it moves.

Heraklion, Crete 19-Jul-07      
       
Airbus A320 Mytravel OY-VKM    
Airbus A320 XL Star F-GRSI    
Airbus A330 Mytravel OY-VKG OY-VKH  
AS355 Squirrel Olympic Aviation SX-HFA    
ATR-42 300 Olympic Aviation SX-BIB    
Boeing 737 300 Air Union EI-CBQ    
Boeing 737 300 Air Slovakia OM-ASC    
Boeing 737 300 Aegean Airlines SX-BBU    
Boeing 737 300 Europe Air post F-GFUE    
Boeing 737 400 Transaero EI-CZK    
Boeing 737 400 Air One EI-DXG    
Boeing 737 400 Aegean Airlines SX-BGJ SX-BGX  
Boeing 737 400 Olympic Airlines SX-BKD    
Boeing 737 400 Centralwings SP-LLE    
Boeing 757 200 Aero Union EI-DUC    
Challenger 601 Corporate VP-BFS    
DHC-8 102 Olympic Aviation SX-BIR    
Douglas MD82 Bulgarian Air Charter LZ-LDC    
Douglas MD83 Nordic Airlink SE-DLV    
Gulfstream G450 Corporate N404PX    
Tupelov Tu154M Aeroflot RA-85642    
Tupelov Tu154M Continental Airways RA-85847    

Similar to the previous weeks, there were also a number of UK charter airlines amongst the visitors, the airport has two HAS sites though nothing used them during our three visits.

Rhodes 22-Jul-07      
       
HS125 800XP Corporate 5B-CKL    
Boeing 737 300 Europe Air Post F-GIXT    
Boeing 737 800 Martinair/Miami Air N739MA    
Gulfstream G3 Corporate N817MF    
Bae 146 RJ100 Aegean Airlines SX-DVE    
Boeing 737 400 Corendon Airlines TC-TJC    
Boeing 737 800 Lauda Air OE-LNQ    
Airbus A320 Eurofly I-EEZF    
Airbus A321 Swiss HB-IOF    
Airbus A320 Austrian Airlines OE-LBD    

The approach was over the ship, however a number of aircraft turned short and couldn't be read off, other visiting aircraft not read off were Livingston A321's, ELAL 757, Arkia B757, and a Russian Federation TU154M.

Santorini 24-Jul-07      
       
Boeing 737 400 Jetairfly OO-TUI    

The airport can be seen from various points around the Island, only a small apron one or two aircraft at a time, and what seems the normal a couple of HAS's.

Heraklion, Crete 26-Jul-07      
       
Airbus A320 Martinair D-AXLC    
Airbus A320 Edelweiss Air HB-IHX    
Airbus A320 Mytravel OY-VKA OY-VKM  
Airbus A320 Eurofly I-EEZF    
Airbus A320 XL Star F-GRSI    
Airbus A330 Mytravel OY-VKG OY-VKH  
Bae Jetstream 31 Sky Express SX-SKY    
Boeing 737 200 S7 Siber Airlines VP-BTA    
Boeing 737 300 Aegean Airlines SX-BTO    
Boeing 737 400 Braathens LN-BRI    
Boeing 737 400 Olympic Airlines SX-BKD SX-BKI  
Boeing 737 400 Centralwings SP-LME    
Boeing 737 400 Air One EI-DXG    
Boeing 737 700 Braathens LN-TUJ    
Boeing 737 800 Futura EI-DJT    
Boeing 737 800 Transavia PH-HZO PH-HSX  
Boeing 757 200 VIM Airlines RA-73010    
Cessna 152 Private SX-APS    
Challenger 601 Corporate D-AKUE    
Citation 560 Corporate OK-SLX    
CRJ-200 SE Corporate HB-IDJ    
Falcon 10 Corporate F-GDLR    
Falcon 50 Corporate UR-CCF    
Tupelov TU154M Transkel Airlines RA-85101    

That's it for now

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