SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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Date: 03/03/2022 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: second B747-8F of Air Belgium, also an ex Saudi Arabian airframe, arrived at Brussels on February 5 2022 as "M-ABOV" in the depicted livery as it was to be operated by the Chinese Hongyuan Group on flights between Brussels and China. It was stored for a while pending certification in the Belgian register, here seen such with the Isle of Man registration, and was supposed to become "OO-ABH". |
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Date: 22/05/2022 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: it made a local test flight on March 19 2022 and became officially on May 19 "OE-LFC" with the Belgian registration not taken up. After the test flight it was laid up for four months at Brussels, here seen such . |
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Date: 23/08/2022 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: after more test flights in July 2022, the first commercial duty (to Dubai) took place a month later, namely on August 12. |
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Date: 11/05/2025 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: on May 3 2025 it was ferried to Hannover where the titles were changed to "Sichuan Logistics", owner of the airframe and is such since May 11 2025 operational, here depicted on its first commercial flight to Chengdu with these titles. |
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Date: 31/08/2025 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: after a maintenance visit at Hong Kong between June 30 - August 14 2025, it made on August 15-16 a couple local test flights over Belgium & France, was seen at Brussels on August 18 with Belgian registration "OO-LFC" and two days later officially in the register, here seen such whereby the Austrian flag next to the regi was replaced by the Belgian one. It made its first commercial flight on September 1 2025 and still current. |