4 November 2017
Wydad Casablanca vs. Al-Ahly Cairo
Egypt Air seems to have put considerable hope on Al-Ahly to bring home the trophy and has decided to bring in an A330 instead of the usual B737-800 on the daily flight to Casablanca from Cairo:
MS847 CAI 0810-1150 CMN A332 SU-GCK (05/11/17, scheduled flight upgrade)
MS848 CMN 1250-1945 CAI A332 SU-GCK (05/11/17, scheduled flight upgrade)
28 October 2017
Al-Ahly Cairo vs. Wydad Casablanca (in Alexandria)
The African Champions League Final is a two-legged affair, where both teams get to stage a home game each. This year, Egyptian club Al-Ahly from Cairo hosted the first leg in Alexandria, at the Borg-el-Arab Stadium, currently the prime venue for Egyptian football and also the stadium where the national team plays its home games. Moroccan visitors Wydad Casablanca arrived a few days before the game, using a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800:
AT4002 CMN 1430-xxxx HBE B738 CN-ROS (25/10/17)
AT4803 HBE 1900-0100(+1) CMN B738 CN-ROS (25/10/17, ferry flt)
AT4804 CMN 2315-0500(+1) CAI B738 CN-ROZ (27/10/17, ferry flt)
AT4804 CAI 2200-2230 HBE B738 CN-ROZ (28/10/17)
AT4003 HBE 0015-0430 CMN B738 CN-ROZ (29/10/17)
