Aircraft Photo of LZ-BEW | Ilyushin Il-18E | Balkan - Bulgarian Airlines | AirHistory.net #17947
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:LZ-BEW
Aircraft Original Type:Ilyushin Il-18
Aircraft Generic Type:Ilyushin Il-18/20/22/24/38
Aircraft Version:Ilyushin Il-18E
C/n (msn):185008601
Operator Titles:Balkan - Bulgarian Airlines
Local Operator Name:Балкан
Location
City / Airport:Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHAM   IATA: AMS   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 May 1994
Photo by:Aad van der Voet
Photo ID: 17947
Photo Comment

During the 1990s Balkan operated this sombre coloured former LOT Ilyushin (ex SP-LSF) on their freight flights, with very small and rather worn 'Bulgarian Airlines' titles. They never bothered to paint it in their colours, because the aircraft didn't do much flying and spent most of its time in storage at Varna. They disposed of it in 1998, and became EL-ALD, then EX-601. It was still operational as recently as 2014, now as EX-18007, but had been withdrawn from use and stored at Fujairah a year later.

This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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