• Aircraft:

  Tupolev Tu-154M

• Reg: LZ-BTX photos
• Serial #:

  86A-744

• Airline: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
• Photo Date: May 21, 1999
• Uploaded: May 30, 2014
• Brussels Zaventem Int'l Airport - EBBR, Belgium

Delivered BALKAN – Bulgarian Airlines early 1987 as LZ-BTX. First seen March 30 1987 in London-Heathrow. February 8 and during April 1998 seen in Dubai in service Kish Air of Iran in full BALKAN livery, Kish Air titles and Iranian national flag on fuselage, as EP-LBC. January 30 1999 seen in BALKAN livery in London-Heathrow again as LZ-BTX, however EP-EBC was observed painted on the flightdeck in Amsterdam February 24 1999. Seen here without titles, as releasing from the push-back tug before taxiing to take-off for Sofia. Picture taken from the Wingtip Restaurant. June 9 2000 reportedly delivered to Sofia with LZ-LTX registration. Last seen as LZ-LTX September 5 2000. Noted as LZ-LCX for BALKAN Air Charter January 2 2001 in Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Germany. July 25 2001 seen with Air Adriatic Charter titles in Pula, Croatia, but reportedly this title was on for a short time, since observed again as BALKAN Air Charter September 29 that year in Dusseldorf. Last noted September 17 2004 in Hanover, Germany. Scanned from an old slide.

Photographer

Aircraft

Graham Dinsdale Collection LZ-BTX

1,841 5 0 Tupolev Tu-154M

John Richard LZ-BTX

2,339 1 0 Tupolev Tu-154M

Good ol' Balkan Tupolev Tu-154M LZ-BTX from is seen here on approach on a very sunny and warm March afternoon

Anton Homma LZ-BTX

2,652 0 0 Tupolev Tu-154M

Photo location

PAUL LINK CN-NMI

2 0 0 Airbus A320-214

[1920px / Full HD]

Kris Van Craenenbroeck OO-SSB

26 0 0 Airbus A319-111

Matteo Lamberts HB-FZC

116 0 0 Pilatus PC-12/47E

Photographer

mehesz HL7415

2,867 3 0 Boeing 747-48E(BDSF)

mehesz SP-LMH

973 2 0 Embraer 190-100LR

First flight February 14 1991 with Airbus Industrie F-WWIQ test registration

mehesz SU-GBC

2,120 8 0 Airbus A320-231