Aviation in Malta June/July 2018 - Regulars

Note: I will not cover almost everything like in April this year as it's pretty much the same visitors. Only visitors with special liveries, leased aircraft & random regulars.

Avion Express LY-NVX Airbus A320 new to China Southern Airlines in 2006 ex B-6276 taken 28th June 2018.

Over the past year, Thomas Cook Airlines operated Malta using their own UK registered aircraft. Turns out their is only a couple who come to Malta once a week with leased aircraft of their Airbus A320 & this first photo & the bottom one is of of them. Last year we've seen Thomas Cook Airlines using their Airbus A321 and Boeing 757-300 and now they've gotten smaller depending what day their travel because some days uses UK's based aircraft for Thomas Cook Airlines. LY-NVX Airbus A320 is an aircraft that's leased by Avion Express based in Lithuania for Manchester, UK.

Smartlynx YL-LCL Airbus A320 new to Swissair in 1995 ex HB-IJA taken 28th June 2018.

And of course another Thomas Cook Airlines this time leased from Smartlynx which this particular aircraft do come to Malta in the past for Thomas Cook . This is the first time I've seen Smartlynx in full Thomas Cook Airlines livery compare the past I've seen all white with Thomas Cook heart on the tail with Thomas Cook  text on the fuselage. YL-LCL you see comes to Malta every Thursday & it's based from Bristol, UK for all Thomas Cook flights.

EasyJet G-EZOX Airbus A320 delivered in 2015 taken 28th June 2018.

I've finally got a special livery I am looking for. I've seen liveries around various EasyJet aircraft, I've  got this 20 year special livery "as of 2015" featuring photos of customers on social media who traveled with EasyJet  from the rear to the over wing exits. I'm not a big fan of the livery especially when it's a photo print it's very hard to see which of these people are & for me it might have been pixel from Microsoft Paint in my opinion. 

Air Malta 9H-AHS Airbus A320 new to SriLankan Airlines in 2012 ex 4R-ABP taken 27th June 2018.

I've finally got the latest edition to the Air Malta fleet from April 2018. Funny story, 9H-AHS arrived in Malta the day I departed Malta in 19th April 2018 so I have to wait till the Summer which I succeed my first attempt departing runway 31 short length taken at the right time when climbing so I'm happy to get this aircraft off the list.

Olympic Air SX-OBA Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 delivered in 2009 taken 30th June 2018.

Olympic Air is still with us using their Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 although their have been a fleet mix for Angean they send their Airbus A320's I did not see and then Olympic Air still operating for Angean from Athens, Greece. 

Emorates A6-EPK Boeing 777-300ER delivered in 2016 taken 3rd July 2018.

Emirates is an everyday visitor from Dubai, UAE via Larnaca, Cyprus however the UAE is hosting an Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE from 20th October 2020 - 10th April 2021 featuring Emirates to be painted into Exp 2020 livery with 40 of their fleet that are Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A380 which some have the same look but in different colours & some their A380's have Expo 2020 logo on the front fuselage. You can also see the Emirates have removed their logo on the front fuselage which you can see when you zoom in the photo of see the reflection in general.

Norwegian Air Shuttle LN-DYO Boeing 737-800 delivered in 2011 taken 4th July 2018.

And finally Norwegian Air Shuttle is one of the Summer Seasonal flights with only three destinations throughout the evening. Also Norwegian once a week operates on behalf of TUI Airways from London Gatwick, UK in the evening to Malta. 

That's all of Malta's Summer 2018 it has been great seeing new visitors compare to last year. If you like to see more of my spotting photos, make sure you look at my social media sites where most are not on this blog.