Linz or Brugge - Young Boys or Red Star?

20 August 2019

LASK Linz vs. FC Brugge

Having both beaten the thought-to-be favourites in the previous round, Linz and Brugge are now facing off for a spot in the group stage of the 2019-2020 Champions League. First up, Brugge are traveling to Upper Austria from Ostend, using a Brussels Airlines A319:

SN1061 OST xxxx-1240 LNZ A319 OO-SSC (19/08/19)

SN9934 LNZ 1320-xxxx BRU A319 OO-SSC (19/08/19, ferry flt)

SN9933 BRU xxxx-2340 LNZ A319 (20/08/19, ferry flt)

SN1062 LNZ 0100-xxxx BRU A319 (21/08/19)

APOEL Nicosia vs. Ajax Amsterdam

It may seem strange that last season's beaten semifinalists from Amsterdam have to play the qualifiers, but this is the nature of the Champions League these days for a club that does not come from the ultimate top leagues. Ajax is traveling down to Cyprus on an Air X Boeing 737-500:

AXY1918 AMS 1000-1500 LCA B735 9H-AHA (19/08/19)

21 August 2019

BSC Young Boys vs. Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade)

The Swiss champions are hosting their Serbian counterparts in the first leg and once again, Berne's runway appears too short for the kind of transport of choice. So Red Star Belgrade will arrive with AirSerbia's charter arm Aviolet on Tuesday and will leave on the day after the match:

2L1672 ZRH 0820-xxxx BEG E190 (20/08/19, ferry flt)
2L8673 BEG 1100-xxxx BRN E190 (20/08/19)
2L1673 BRN xxxx-1420 ZRH E190 (20/08/19, ferry flt)

JU9060 BEG 1020-1230 BSL B733 (20/08/19)

JU9061 BSL 1315-xxxx BEG B733 (20/08/19, ferry flt)

JU9060 BEG xxxx-1150 BSL B733 (22/08/19, ferry flt)

JU9061 BSL 1235-xxxx BEG B733 (22/08/19)

There is a hint of information that these flights could be operated by AirSerbia's own Airbus A319 aircraft as well.

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Rosenborg Trondheim

Amongst the national champions who still battle it out for a spot in the 2019-2020 Champions League (or a Europa League spot for the losers of course), Dinamo Zagreb and Rosenborg have taken it to the play-off stage. Rosenborg will travel to Zagreb with Widerøe, most probably with one of the state-of-the-art Embraer E2s:

WF7603 TRD 1230-xxxx ZAG E190 (20/08/19)

WF7604 ZAG xxxx-1535 TRD E190 (22/08/19)

Olympiacos Piraeus vs. FK Krasnodar

FV4304 KRR xxxx-1430 ATH A319 (20/08/19)