Within the last year the spotting had become one of the popular events carried out for photographers in Azerbajan. In October 09, 2017, the third official spotting had been carried out in Baku, at the International Airport after Heydar Aliyev under the support of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL). A group of professional and amateur photographers was provided a chance to shoot the planes during taxu at the flight strip and their flying-off as well as to visit Embraer-190 of "Buta Airways", a new lowcost in Azerbaijan.
First, lets visit the flight strip and see what the planes taxing and flying-off.
Embraer-190 (Buta Airways)
Boeing-747
Airbus A320-214 (AZAL)
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AZAL)
Boeing 737 (UTair, Russia)
Airbus A320 (Qatar Airways)
In the second part of the spotting event we had visited Embraer-190 by Buta Airways. It is a new low-cost airline in Azerbaijan, based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. At present the destinations are as Russia, Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine. More information is available at https://www.butaairways.az/en/
Usually, when the plane comes to the hub, there are two options: it either takes new passangers or is prepared for long-term staying. This time we were lucky to see how the plane is prepared for staying. It was one of Buta Airlines plane grounded recently.
The plane is free of passangers, the cleaning team is inside and the stairway is observed by security. The technicians perform the routine procedures.
The back parts of the engines are protected with special soft blocks to avoid dust and small things inside.
The front part of the engines is completely closed by a cover.
How the catering service operates.
The red ribbons indicate the plugs that cover the special sensors. They will be removed before the flight.
The cleaning team had finished and we can visit the cockpit.
... and say "Bye, bye" to the sunset plane.
