Airbus A310-325/ET, HB-IPM / 624, Balair / CTA (BB / BBB)
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Registration: HB-IPM
Construction Number: 624
Model Airbus A310-325/ET
Operator: Balair / CTA (BB / BBB)
Airport: Budapest - Ferihegy (BUD / LHBP), Hungary
Photographer: Miklos SZABO
Date Taken: 29/03/1995
Date Submitted: 29/05/2014
First flight February 20 1992 with Airbus Industrie F-WWCX test registration. Delivered Balair of Switzerland April 30 as HB-IPM, just ten years after Balair became an all-jet airline. Merged Swiss group of Compagnie de Transport Aerien (CTA) in 1993 became BalairCTA. Seen here parking on the first and very rarely used stands with HB-IPL, HB-ISZ and HB-IUC, where amongst further 5 aircraft they all transported 1.500 Swiss football fan on this day. Stored at ILFC as N642KS. November 25 1999 to Oman Air as A4O-OD. July 4 2003 to Air Plus Comet as EC-IPT. Company renamed Air Comet January 1 2007. February 27 to her last operator, BIMAN Bangladesh as S2-AFT. Retired and scrapped 2013. Scanned from an old slide.
Picture ID:1454720