Thursday, 9 January 2014

Helsinki-Vantaa/EFHK/HEL 09-01-14

After landing on Helsinki's runway 22L, we were soon on stand and off into the terminal for some more spotting. Helsinki's terminal is basically an upside down L shape, with the southern most part separated for non-Schengen flights. I therefore did a quick walk of the Schengen part, although not much was noted, before settling down near gate 27 to watch things landing and departing in front of me on runways 22L & R. I then made the mistake of going through too early to the non-Schengen part where my flight to Osaka was departing from. Due to lots of shops, there was almost no place to spot things on the runways, so I had to content myself with logging my last FIN A330 before boarding A340 OH-LQF for the 9hr flight to Kansai. There were plenty of the Finnair short-haul fleet, plus several A330/340s present, but having been to HEL in 2011, I only needed 1 A330, so didn't log the rest. Also, for info, there is free wi-fi in the terminal, perfect for keeping an eye on FR24 :-)

D-ABLD   B737   Air Berlin
ES-LVC * LJ60   Corporate
JA830J * B788   Japan Airlines
LN-DYE   B738   Norwegian
LN-NGE * B738   Norwegian
LN-NGI * B738   Norwegian
OE-INS * CL60   Corporate                 arr 15:23
OH-ATN * AT75   Flybe Nordic
OH-ATO * AT75   Flybe Nordic
OH-BLJ   B717   Blue1
OH-BLN   B717   Blue1                     Star Alliance c/s
OH-LTT * A333   Finnair
OY-VKB   A321   Thomas Cook Scandinavia
PH-BXC   B738   K.L.M.
TC-JSJ   A321   THY Turkish Airlines
UR-EME * E190   Ukraine International
VQ-BCN * A320   Aeroflot
YL-BAQ * DH8D   Air Baltic

Also noted but not logged due to their parking positions were the following cargo aircraft:-

TAY B734, FDX B752, BCS A306, SRR B762

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