NEWS FLASH
Skopje Airport welcomed two wide-body aircraft over the weekend as the city hosts the 2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF), taking place from July 20 to 26. As previously reported, Turkish Airlines operated a 329-seat Airbus A350-900 jet on its scheduled Istanbul - Skopje service last Saturday, marking the first time the airport has accommodated this aircraft type. The A350 is scheduled to return on July 27. On Sunday, Ethiopian Airlines operated a charter flight from Paris to Skopje using its 315-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, transporting participants and officials attending the event. The eighteenth edition of EYOF sees 49 nations competing in fourteen sports.
Beautiful photos. The Terminal looks tiny compared to these aircrafts!
ReplyDeleteYou need to see when Atlas air 747 landing every May for Nato exercises , everything else around him looks small :D
DeleteWould be great to have Ethiopian in SKP. They only operate 6 weekly in Athens could we see ADD-ATH-SKP?
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DeleteYes, of course
Delete3x daily I suggest
DeleteRather direct ADD-SKP, with A390 or even A400
DeleteI have flown A350's of Ethiopian Airlines several times and they are really comfortable. Service is great too. No wonder it's the best airline in Africa.
DeleteThere were few other notable charters as well, TAP from Portugal, Iberia from Madrid, couple AirBaltic flights, flights from Bucharest and Rome.
ReplyDeleteThe timetable on Flightradar24 looked incredible that day.
DeleteYeah, finally got some flights from TLV, too. Shame that our government doesn't do more to attract tourists from Israel to Macedonia. Tirana seems to be getting lots of them...
DeleteWe got one Ethiopian bird to Maribor awhile ago as well, albeit I believe it was an A350
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Skopje, I wish I could see it up close
Yes, it was A350
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/08/ethiopian-airlines-a350-touches-down-in.html
Damn looks sexy. Bravo Skopje.
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DeleteHow Ethiopian got that contract?
ReplyDeleteIt was from CDG I am asking the same , possible scenario is Air france not to have any available plane in that moment to do the charter...
DeleteThe airline has a contract with EYOF. Has nothong to do with Air France.
DeleteIt gave the best offer to operate the flight. The plane was just used during a turnaround at CDG. Made no impact on their schedule.
DeleteThank you for the explanation.
DeleteOne wide body and taxi way to apron is blocked.
ReplyDeleteYes and all other flights got cancelled
DeleteYou can see that the tail reaches to the middle of taxiway. That part of apron is blocked for other planes.
DeleteOther planes in this situation coming from the other side and use all the bridges regulary without any problems. Which airport in Ex yu is build and planned for wide bodies except Belgrade this days ? The point is that Skopje still can accomodate wide bodies wuthout any problems ;)
DeletePRN can accommodate 4 wide bodies at the main apron at the same time without blocking any taxi way (although one of them without jet bridge). The airport is designed to accommodate for both, wide and narrow. Each pair of narrow stands can be used by a wide body.
Deleteit was the case during UEFA super cup in SKP too
DeleteSkopje can accomodate also wide bodies but not on the bridges. You telling me that Pristina can in same accomodate 4 wide bodies on bridges ? Seriously dude ? When Edelweiss A350 land in Pristina around him there was no other plane attached on bridge. Skopje still have alot fo place on the parking lot to accomocate any wide bodies.
DeletePRN is designed to accommodate for 4 wide bodies at the main apron in front the terminal. 3 of those can be connected to terminale by jet bridges. One can be only be used by a bus gate. They can be all used simultaneously if needed, they do not block any taxi way and airport can work normally with no restrictions. The layout of the stands is similar to IST, allowing flexibility. Beside these 4 stands, PRN has also two other wide body stands for bus gates. One at the old terminal and one in the south of airport, close to helipads.
DeleteAs I tell you above SKP airport jet bridges are not planned and made for wide bodies aircrafts, thats why they were parked on the right side so any other regular planes to use their jet bridges from the left side not behind A350 parked position.PRN airport is new SKP is 15 years old ;)
DeleteSKP still can serve wide bodies on the big parking lots near the cargo center but with bus gates not bridges.
Well you were saying that airports in EXYU are not planned for wide bodies. PRN is. As for the age, new SKP was opened in Sep 2011. New PRN was opened in Oct 2013.
DeleteA330 , A340, B747 , and now 787 & A350 good list of wide bodies aircraft's so far landed in Skopje :)))
ReplyDeleteC4 Galaxy of american army have landed as well B777 also also in army variant :D
DeleteI think Emirates will open DXB-SKP-JFK with A380 very soon
DeleteAre you coming on the inauguration flight ?
DeleteThat’s just as likely as DXB-ZAG-JFK or DXB-BEG-JFK for Emirates
ReplyDeleteTurkish should do PRN/SKP/TIA-NYC on one of those seasonally.
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