Zakynthos (Zante) 6/6/10 – 20/6/10 Aidan Williamson
This year our main fortnight’s holiday was in Tsilivsi on the island of
Zakynthos (also known as Zante)
Tsilivi is on the north coast and just off the extended centreline so it is
possible to log the passing aircraft on arrival or departure, although we were a
bit “underneath” the flightpath for good photos.
This is by no means a full report of all movements as I had to spend extended
periods “behaving normally” but managed to log the following from our hotel, and
during a couple of days on the beach at Kalamaki which is more or less at the
end of the runway. The busiest days appeared to be Tuesday, Friday & Sunday.
We flew from Newcastle on Thomsonfly B737-800 G-CDZM. The usual early morning
collection of Eastern, Jet 2 Flybe & Easyjet were present , the new ones for me
being
G-EUYD A320 BA
G-EZDF A319 Easyjet
G-EZFL A319 Easyjet
G-JECG DHC-8 Flybe
According to the captain’s pre-flight chat we routed Manchester, Heathrow,
Dover, Brussels, Frankfurt but with 8/8ths cloud as far as Germany I was unable
to confirm that. When the cloud cleared I was able to take a few photos of
landmarks & airfields we passed, and confirmed the remainder of the route as
Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Kempten, Bolzano, Pula, - UZ740-, Brindisi, Lecce,
followed shortly by descent & vectors to LGZA for a visual approach to Rwy 34.
The airport has had a new, modern, terminal built fairly recently and is more
than capable of handling the maximum of around 6 aircraft of up to B757 size
which can be accommodated at any one time.
(A pleasant change to the tiny airport at Keffalonia which had only 3 check in
desks when we were there 2 years ago).
Photos of some of the following aircraft here:
Pictures
As we passed through on 6/6/10 the following were noted
( G-CDZM B737-804)
LN-RLF DC-9-82 SAS
G-OOOX B757-2YO Thomson
& an unconfirmed Easyjet A319
Mon 7/6/10
G-EZTN A320-214 Easyjet
G-FDZB B737-8K5 Thomson
G-FDZF B737-8K5 Thomson
PH-HZJ B737-8K2 Transavia
Tues 8/6/10
D-ABKH B737-86J Air Berlin
G-CDZM B737-804 Thomson
OE-LNK B737-8Z9 Austrian
OK-CED A321-211 CSA
OK-TVC B737-86Q Travel Service
SE-RDN A321-231 Novair
SX-OBD DHC-8-402 Olympic Air
Also seen but not logged:
2x Novair A320/321
Jetair B737
Blue Panorama B737
Weds 9/6/10
G-ECOF DHC-8-402 Olympic Air (full colours)
OK-TVP B737-800 Travel Service (all white)
Thurs 10/6/10
SX-BIT DHC-8-402 Olympic Air
Fri 11/6/10 (Most logged from Kalamaki beach).
A6-RTS Falcon 900X (ex HB-JSW)
EI-STA B737-31S Europe Airpost
G-CDZH B737-804 Thomson
G-CPEU B757-236 Thomson
G-FDZS B737-8K5 Thomson
G-OOAR A320-214 First Choice
G-OOBH B757-236 First Choice
G-OOPX A320-214 First Choice
G-EZFS A319-111 Easyjet
HB-JGA DHC-8-402 Skywork Airlines
LN-RPN B737-833 SAS
N32PR Rockwell 690A
OO-TCR A320-232 Thomas Cook
PH-AAX A320-231 Amsterdam Airlines
SX-BIE ATR-72 Olympic. (may be a mis-read reg as DHC-8 operated this flight
every other day)
SX-SEB Jetstream 41 Sky Express (ex- G-MAJK & still in Eastern Airways old c/s)
SP-LKF B737-55D LOT
SP-LLE B737-45D LOT Charters
SP-LLF B737-45D LOT Charters
Sat 12/6/10
OE-LEK A319-112 Fly Niki
OK-CCA B737-31S Central Connect Airlines
Sun 13/6/10
G-CPEV B757-236 Thomson
G-EZFO A319-111 Easyjet
G-JMCG B757-2G5 Thomas Cook
G-TCDA A321-211 Thomas Cook
OK-SWV B737-522 Smartwings
OY-KHE DC-9-82 SAS
OY-PSE B737-8Q8 Primera
YU-ANI B737-3H9 JAT airways
Mon 14/6/10
G-GTDL A320-231 Thomas Cook
Tues 15/6/10 ( Mostly from Kalamaki Beach).
G-FDZA B737-8K5 Thomson
G-FLBE DHC-8– 402 Olympic Air ( Full Colours)
G-STRP A320-211 Astraeus ( op by Travel Service in part c/s)
LN-RRJ B737-883 SAS
OE-LNK B737-8Z9 Austrian ( returned for a 2nd rotation during the afternoon)
OK-CED A321-211 CSA
OO-JBG B737-8K5 Jetfly
SE-RDN A321-231 Novair
SE-RDO A321-231 Novair
SE-RDP A321-231 Novair
Weds 16/6/10
SX-DIA Jetstream 41 Sky Express
OK-SWV B737-522 Smartwings
Thurs 17/6/10
G-DHJH A321-211 Thomas Cook
G-FCLA B757-28A Thomas Cook
G-JMAA B757-3CQ Thomas Cook
G-OMYA A320-214 Thomas Cook
G-OMYJ A321-211 Thomas Cook
G-OZBG A321-231 Monarch
Fri 18/6/10
G-CDZH B737-804 Thomson
G-CRPH A320-231 Thomas Cook
G-EZTN A320-214 Easyjet
G-FCLD B757-25F Thomas Cook
G-FDZS B737-8K5 Thomson
G-OOPU A320-214 Thomson
G-STRP A320-211 Astraeus/Travel Service
HB-IHZ A320-214 Edelweiss
HB-JGA DHC-8-402 Skywork Airlines
LN-RPN B737-883 SAS
OK-TVB B737-8CX Travel Service
OK-TVG B737-8Q8 Travel Service ( returned for 2nd rotation p.m.)
OK-TVN B737-8BK Travel Service
OM-AEX B737-4YO Air Explore ( ex D-ABAD /EC-GNZ) ( returned for 2nd rotation
p.m.)
OO-JAF B737-8K5 Jetair
OO-TCR A320-232 Thomas Cook
PH-AAX A320-231 Amsterdam Airlines
SP-LLE B737-45D LOT Charters
SP-LLF B737-45D LOT Charters
SP-LLK B737-4Q8 LOT Charters
SX-BIT DHC-8-402 Olympic Air
VQ-BDQ A320-214 Rossiya Airlines
Sat 19/6/10
G-FLBE DHC-8-402 Olympic Air ( did a couple of circuits before operating
service).
HA-LOC B737-8Q8 Malev
LN-RLE DC-9-82 SAS
OK-TVM B737-8FN Travel Service
PH-HSC B737-8K2 Transavia
Sun 20/6/10
G-BYAI B757-204 Thomson
C-FEAK B737-86Q Viking
G-CDZL B737-804 Thomson
G-FCLB B757-28A Thomas Cook
G-HBJT Eurocopter EC155-B1
G-KKAZ A320-214 Thomas Cook
G-OOBD B757-28A(W) Thomson
G-OZBI A321-231 Monarch
G-OZBP A321-231 Monarch
LY-SKR B757-23N Aurela
OK-SWU B737-522 Smartwings
OY-KHE DC-9-82 SAS
SE-RHS B737-86N Viking
SE-RHU B737-36N Viking
YU-ANF B737-3H9 JAT Airways
As you can see, a lot of UK operators and a lot of Eastern European
operators,for whom Zakynthos is a very short haul (and obviously popular) trip.
We returned to Newcastle on B737-804 G-CDZL, Leaving 20 minutes late due to ATC
restrictions over Germany, using Rwy 34 & routing Ioannina (YNN) , Tirana,
Zagreb (we were told), then back across Europe ( route obscured by 8/8ths cloud
from Northern Albania until crossing the Dutch coast after Spijkerboor (SPY) ).
After beginning a very long descent over the North Sea, we crossed the UK coast
just south of Staithes and passed over Tees port before being vectored inland
for Newcastle’s Rwy 07.
Nothing of interest noted at Newcastle , got the courtesy bus to the car park
and we were home 50 minutes later.
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