Hi,
Got a cheap return ticket with Egypt Air to Bangkok.
Nothing noted while in transit to Bangkok (2 hours in darkness), on the way back we got the hope to see the annoying missing Embraers of Egypt Air (still needed 10 out of 12)
We arrived at 05.32 local time with oldie B772 SU-GBR, 5hrs transit before our flight to Amsterdam
On arrival we could count 11 Embraers (grrr), during taxiing 7 could be read off
After some research (while settled in the restaurant between the F and G gates, as views from the gates is NIL) we noted that two out of the Embraer fleet were having a blue tail only …
1 out of 7 we read off was SU-GCT (blue tail only), so the missing blue tailed Embraer needed to be SU-GCX (FR24 confirmed no flights for a long time, so probably hangered)
And SU-GCX was one of the two Embraers we already saw before (so Embraers cleared !)
Cairo International (CAI)
22apr 05.30-10.30Lt
HZ-AQ13 A333 Saudi Arabian
HZ-AQ20 A333 Saudi Arabian
HZ-SK11 Legacy 500
JY-EMH ERJ-175 Royal Jordanian
SU-GBJ B737-566 Almasria
SU-GCT ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GCU ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GCV ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GCW ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GCY ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GDF ERJ-170 Egypt Air (not required)
SU-GDG ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GDH ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GDI ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GDJ ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-GDK ERJ-170 Egypt Air
SU-TCG A321 Almasria
Arranged a left seat in advance, hoping to depart from the Northern runway … that was the case. Read off during taxiing :
5A-PAB ERJ-170 Petro Air (hangared)
D-ACBN A319CJ
M-USIK Gulf.650
SU-ALA A330-243 Air Leisure
SU-ALB A330-243 Air Leisure (logo in tail, no titles)
SU-ALC A330-243 Untitled (all white)
SU-BQL A321 Nile Air
SU-BQM A320 Nile Air
SU-BQN A321 Nile Air
SU-BSN A320 Untitled (all white)
SU-GAC A300-203F Egypt Air
SU-GAS A300-622F Egypt Air
SU-GAT A300-622F Egypt Air
SU-GBN A340-212 Air Leisure
SU-GBO A340-212 Air Leisure
Departed at 10.28 local time with SU-GEN (National Football Team c/s) to Amsterdam
Best regards,
Chris Veringa
Jeroen Noordhout