What I was really hoping to catch was one of the CL-215s I'd seen active around the island, or even the S-64... but this was a nice pose anyway, about to roll on the evening Athens run

Still in basic old Eastern Airlines colours but unfortunately without titles, this Jetstream (seen arriving from the neighbouring island of Zakynthos) was acquired in 3.11 and was one of four in the fleet. First delivered to Sun Air of Scandinavia in 1993

Our mount for a pleasant ride back to ATH arrives, one of six in the large Aegean fleet at the time and delivered new in 06.00

These characterful machines can be seen chugging round the island on fire patrol duties most days in summer. Part of 359 MED MAEDY

At the time, one of four ATR 42s with Olympic Aviation, which soldiered on from the early Nineties on domestic/island links along with ATR 72s and latterly Q400s

Although Aosta-based Air Vallée suspended operations in 9.09, they recommenced domestic flights from Rimini in summer 2010 but closed down again in 2013. Here on a charter flight, this is one of two 328JETs that were operated in a 31-seat configuration. The rest of the fleet was made up of helicopters. The Dornier became OY-NCJ with Sun-Air in 2014

Our ride back up to Athens, changed from the ATR 72 flight booked with Aegean which was cancelled. Originally intended for flyBe as G-FLBH but delivered direct to Olympic Air in 11.09 on lease

Like many of the Greek islands, Kefalonia was linked to Athens in the morning and evening, using a mixture of Dash 8 100 and Q400 equipment. SX-BIO, seen here arriving on the evening flight OA634, joined the former Olympic in 2003 after service with Southern Winds in Argentina and underwent a major overhaul at Exeter in early 2010. Services are more recently covered by Q400s and Aegean A320s