Blue team, blue plane - UEFA Champions League League Phase MD1, 18 September 2024

18 September 2024

Sparta Prague vs. FC Salzburg

18.45h, Stadion Letna, Prague

It is not a long trip from Salzburg to Prague. Yet the club has decided that for their players and staff, an aircraft trip would be the way to go. Both teams had to make it through the qualifiers, Sparta Prague as Czech champions and Salzburg for once as the runners-up in the Austrian Bundesliga.

QS430P PRG 1425-1520 SZG B738 OK-TVY (17/09/24, ferry flight)

QS4309 SZG 1615-1710 PRG B738 OK-TVY (17/09/24)

QS4310 PRG 1415-1510 SZG B738 OK-TVJ (19/09/24)

QS431F SZG 1600-1655 PRG B738 OK-TVJ (19/09/24, ferry flight)

Manchester City vs. Inter Milan

21.00h (20.00h local time), Etihad Stadium, Manchester

The champions of England and Italy meet right in the first match week of the newly reformed UEFA Champions League. Both clubs have enjoyed Champions League success in the past. Inter won the Champions League in 2010 aganist Bayern München. Manchester City under Pep Guardiola were successful in 2023, winning the final against Inter.

AZ9018 MXP 1650-1800 MAN A320 EI-DTB (17/09/24)

AZ9931 MAN 1850-2250 FCO A320 EI-DTB (17/09/24)

ITA Airways Airbus A320 EI-DTI,

seen at Barcelona in August 2024

AZ9930 FCO 0550-0745 MAN A320 EI-DTE (19/09/24, ferry flight)

AZ9019 MAN 0945-1300 MXP A320 EI-DTE (19/09/24)

Paris St-Germain vs. FC Girona

21.00h, Parc des Princes, Paris

By virtue of finishing in third place of the Spanish La Liga, Girona made the Champions League for the first time. And how could you start your international adventure greater than by traveling to Paris to play PSG? The French club may have lost some of its biggest stars recently. But they will still be a force to be reckoned with. One would assume that the Qatar-based owners will not give up until the club has won the most important club football competition across Europe as well.

HT4321 GRO 1450-1610 CDG B734 9H-AMW (17/09/24)

HT4322 CDG 1430-1600 GRO B734 9H-AMW (19/09/24)

HT322P GRO 1740-1905 MXP B734 9H-AMW (19/09/24, ferry flight)

Bologna FC vs. Shakhtar Donezk

18.45h, Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Bologna play their first ever home match in the competition against Shakhtar Donezk. The Ukrainian team will arrive from their base in Poland as it used to be the case in the past couple of seasons already.

E81239 RZE xxxx-1845 BLQ A320 YR-BUZ (16/09/24)

E81242 BLQ 1030-1210 RZE A320 YR-BUZ (19/09/24)

Celtic Glasgow vs. Slovan Bratislava

21.00h (20.00h local time), Celtic Park, Glasgow

A big away trip for Slovan Bratislava, playing at one of the most iconic venues and clubs in European football. There will be two flights taking team, staff and maybe also some supporters from the Slovak capital to Glasgow on Tuesday already.

ENT537 BTS 1045-1205 GLA B38M SP-EXK (16/09/24)

ENT538P GLA 1350-1725 KTW B38M SP-EXK (16/09/24, ferry flight)

OK6917 BTS 1200-1425 GLA A320 OK-HEU (16/09/24)

OK690F GLA 1550-1920 BRQ A320 OK-HEU (16/09/24, ferry flight)

ENT538P OPO 2025-2305 GLA B738 SP-ENR (18/09/24, ferry flight)

ENT538 GLA 2355-xxxx(+1) BTS B738 SP-ENR (18/09/24)

LO7159 WAW 0655-0830 GLA E190 SP-LMD (19/09/24, ferry flight)

LO7269 GLA 1000-xxxx BTS E190 SP-LMD (19/09/24)