World Cup Charters

Switzerland vs. Wales (in Baku) Before taking to their base camp outside Rome, Switzerland will travel to Baku for their first game of the tournament, using a Swiss Airbus A320neo for the flight from Zurich to Azerbaijan. A party of Swiss supporters will follow two days before the game on an Azerbaijan Airlines Airbus A320. Welsh fans are travelling from Cardiff with Wizz Air UK on one of their Airbus A321s. Meanwhile, the team has travelled to Baku with 2 Excel Aviation, on board Boeing 737-300 G-SWRD. For the transfer to Rome after the game, Swiss will even dispatch an Airbus A330-300 to Baku, which will take the team and staff to Italy. BRO021 CWL 1000-1400 BUD 1455-2015 GYD B733 G-SWRD (07/06/21) LX8800 ZRH 1200-1835 GYD A20N (07/06/21) LX5801 GYD xxxx-2230 ZRH A20N (07/06/21, ferry flt) AHY4025 GYD xxxx-0900 ZRH A320 (10/06/21, ferry flt) AHY4026 ZRH 1000-1700 GYD A320 (10/06/21) WUK9001 CWL 0800-xxxx GYD A321 (11/06/21) LX5800 ZRH 1300-1935 GYD A333 (12/06/21, ferry flt) LX8...

1 June 2021 Poland vs. Russia (in Wroclaw)   Thanks to their head coach Stanslav Cherchesov, Russia have been preparing in Austria for major tournaments quite a few times already. They did so in 2021 as well, and then travelled to their first pre-tournament friendly in Wroclaw against Poland with S7 Airlines:   SBI8205 INN 1715-1830 WRO A319 VP-BHK (31/05/21) SBI8206 WRO 0105-0430 SVO A319 VP-BHK (02/06/21)   Croatia vs. Armenia (in Velika Gorica) KM7014 MLA 0430-1000 EVN A20N 9H-NEO (30/05/21) KM7015 EVN 1130-1300 ZAG A20N 9H-NEO (30/05/21) KM7016 ZAG 1700-1920 ARN A20N 9H-NEO (02/06/21)   Kosovo vs. San Marino (in Pristina)   After losing 0-7 in Cagliari against Italy, San Marino will take on supposedly easier opponents in Pristina. But watch out for the Kosovarians, as they showed some formidable displays in the Nations League and were in the mix for a spot at the final tournament until very late. They will travel to Pristina on an Albastar Boeing 737-800: ...

11 June 2021   Turkey vs. Italy (in Rome)   Group A will start the pan-European tournament with a game between hosts Italy and Turkey in Rome. While the Italians will arrive from their regular training base in Coverciano near Florence, Turkey have set up camp before the tournament in Germany. A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 with special decals took them from Antalya to Paderborn and will most likely also take them from Paderborn to Rome for the opening game. Another charter flight has been announced to take supporters from Istanbul to the game at the Stadio Olimpico.   TK3231 IST xxxx-xxxx PAD A333 (09/06/21, ferry flt) TK3232 PAD 1600-1800 FCO A333 (09/06/21) TK3233 FCO xxxx-2015 IST A333 (09/06/21, ferry flt) TK3241 IST 1530-1710 FCO A333 (10/06/21) TK3233 IST 0900-1030 FCO A333 (12/06/21, ferry flt) TK3234 FCO xxxx-xxxx GYD A333 (12/06/21) TK3235 GYD 2015-2220 IST A333 (12/06/21, ferry flt) A Turkish Airlines A330-300 seen at Madrid-Barajas in March 2020.

  Postponed from last year, EURO 2020 will now take place from 11 June to 11 July in 11 countries and 11 stadiums. While 11 as a number of players is also very important in football, these facts all come by coincidence though. Initial plans were for the tournament to be held in even more cities, but the current and past circumstances have dictated terms on this matter.   The opening game will take place in Rome on 11 June and will see a rejuvenated Italy facing a highly-motivated Turkey. 50 matches later, the tournament final will take at another iconic venue of European football, Wembley Stadium in London. In between 11 June and 11 July, many exciting stories will be created – and many a mile will be flown by the 24 teams involved in the competition. Transavia Boeing 737-800 PH-HSV arriving at Basel-Mulhouse during EURO 2008, before a game between Italy and the Netherlands   Six groups – eleven host cities   Rome is one host city in Group A, with Baku bei...

Belgium vs. Denmark (in Leuven) Travelling abroad is a tricky thing for the Danes at the moment, due to the quarantine restrictions they have been made to follow. They still have a chance of making it to the finals tournament though. The prospect of having to beat a strong Belgian team is not too promising however. The Danish team arrived in Brussels from Copenhagen with The Great Dane Airlines: DW721 CPH 1100-1230 BRU E195 OY-GDA (17/11/20) DW722 BRU 1000-1120 CPH E195 OY-GDA (19/11/20) Poland vs. Netherlands (in Katowice) Both teams are still playing for a spot in the Finals, in a group that is extremely tight, on low points totals. They need the result of the parallel game in Sarajevo to go their way though to have a chance. The Dutch team remarkably arrived in Katowice on a TUI Nederland Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner: TB7817 AMS 1530-1720 KTW B788 PH-TFL (17/11/20) TB7818 KTW 1030-1220 AMS B788 PH-TFL (19/11/20) Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Italy (in Sarajevo) The Italians had a solid dis...

Spain vs. Germany (in Sevilla) The year has ended in dire straits for the German team, going down 0-6 in Seville against Spain. The Germans had looked in control in their previous match at home in Leipzig against a weakened Ukraine. They had beaten Ukraine, but against Spain, in the first half already, they shipped three goals, while Spain lost two players to injury, one of them their captain, Sergio Ramos. Germany had arrived in Seville from Leipzig with KlasJet and will return to Munich on Wednesday morning. In the meantime, the Spanish team will return to its Madrid base, using an Iberia A330-300 from Seville to Madrid. IB2813 SVQ 0100-0200 MAD A333 EC-LYF (18/11/20) KLJ9224 LEJ 0930-1240 SVQ B735 LY-FLT (16/11/20) KLJ9225 SVQ 0800-xxxx MUC B735 LY-FLT (18/11/20) LY-FLT seen at Basel-Mulhouse in September 2019, operating on behalf of FK Krasnodar. Switzerland vs. Ukraine (in Lucerne) Ukraine was going on a difficult trip, missing several players due to COVID-19 already, when...

12 November 2020 Spain vs. Faroe Islands (in Marbella) The Faroe Islands' young guns are off on a tricky road trip, that will literally take them from the North-Western corner of Europe deep to the South-West. They will play Spain in Marbella, before heading off to nowhere else but Kazakhstan. The trek all the way to the East will require a fuel stop in Malta. The U21s will eventually fly back to Malta, where they will join up with the senior squad, before heading home to the Faroe Islands on a joint flight with Atlantic Airways. RC7580 FAE 1450-2000 AGP A319 OY-RCG (09/11/20) RC9581 AGP 2100-2355 FAE A319 OY-RCG (09/11/20) MMO044 MLA 1930-xxxx AGP A320 (13/11/20, ferry flt) MMO080 AGP xxxx-0145(+1) MLA A320 (13/11/20) MMO080 MLA 0230-xxxx CIT A320 (14/11/20) Atlantic Airways A319 OY-RCG seen at Copenhagen-Kastrup in July 2014 Iceland vs. Italy (in Reykjavik) AP5297 PSA xxxx-1240 KEF B738 (11/11/20) Israel vs. North Macedonia (in Netanya) TDR511 SKP 1030-xxxx TLV A320 (11/1...

Georgia vs. North Macedonia Path D is where Kosovo for a long time looked like a likely outsider to make it to the final tournament. North Macedonia ended their dreams however, while Georgia eliminated Belarus in the semifinal. The Macedonian team will travel to Georgia with Croatia Airlines, but it seems quite open which type of aircraft it will be. A trip on the Dash-8-400 might be on the cards, even if the flight from Skopje to Tbilisi will stretch its range quite a bit. OU8361 SKP 1000-1545 TBS A319 9A-CTI (11/11/20) OU8362 TBS xxxx-0005(+1) SKP A319 9A-CTI (12/11/20) Northern Ireland vs. Slovakia On path B, both teams in the final had to earn their spot the hard way. Northern Ireland won in Bosnia after penalties as well as Slovakia did against the Republic of Ireland. What are the odds that at Windsor Park, it will once more be penalties to decide about the winner? 6D6828 BTS 1000-xxxx BFS B738 (11/11/20) 6D6829 BFS xxxx-0600 BTS B738 (13/11/20) Serbia vs. Scotland Path C sa...

11 November 2020 Keen to see an Iberia A350 up in Amsterdam or a KlasJet B737-500 in sunny Rimini? This is what happens if international football teams are on the move. Find out which team is using which plane for their away travels! It may not be related to the World Cup, but in this day and age, we should count ourselves lucky if wet get to see any international football at all. Before the UEFA teams all go into action in the Nations League again, there will be a big round of friendly matches all across the continent. Norway vs. Israel (in Oslo) Israel will visit Oslo to play a friendly against Norway, before heading South again, to Prague, for their next game in the UEFA Nations League, against the Czech Republic. They will travel with Israir: 6H227 TLV 1100-1500 OSL A320 (09/11/20) 6H768 OSL 1600-xxxx TLV A320 (12/11/20) Lithuania vs. Faroe Islands (in Vilnius) The Faroe team has a trip to the Baltic states on the cards. First stop is Vilnius for a friendly, before they ...