The usual traffic of BIZ-Jets held this year well within limits. Little news, but many old acquaintances. The amount of government flight was then surely some surprises for us Spotters this time. Never before have we had so many "Government planes" as this week on site; rare exhibits included therewith.
The big surprise was probably the Airbus A321of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the EL AL Boeing B737-900ER on the same pitches side by side. Truly a world first!
From the view of an aviation-spotter, the visit of the Ukrainian government aircraft Ilyushin IL-62M was surly the "highlight" of this week. The past years they always came with an Airbus A319 to attend the WEF in Davos. 

Boeing 737-7DF/W BBJ, #A36-002, Royal Australian Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 737-7DF/W BBJ, #A36-002, Royal Australian Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 737-7NG(BBJ), 5N-FGT, Nigerian Air Force  (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Embraer ERJ-145LR, #CE-04, Belgian Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 747-4B5, #10001, South Korea Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

WEF 2014

In addition to the Iranians and the Israelis there were, however, "especially on the night tours" some other highlights to see; two B747-400 of the Japan Air Self Defense were on site, but also the B767 of the Azerbaijan government in brand new livery was present in Zurich. Retrieved from "Down Under", a Boeing B737-BBJ, an A330-200 of the Government of Kazakhstan and the colorful A319 by the Republique du Senegal appeared, as well as a Boeing B757 and ERJ-190 of the Mexican government.

Further Highlights were:

• #024 Swedish Air Force, Gulfstream IV

• XC-LMF, Armada de Mexico (Navy), Gulfstream G-450

• HP-1A, Panama Government, Embraer EMB-135BJ-Legacy

• VQ-BDD, Jordanian Government, A318-112 Elite

• 5N-FGT, Nigerian Air Force, Boeing 737-7NG(BBJ)

• 99-0003, US Air Force, VC-32A (B757-2G4)

• 10001, South Korea Air Force, Boeing 747-4B5

• 9K-AJE, State of Kuwait, Gulfstream G-V

As in all previous years Zurich airport blurted in the WEF week at its seams! around 1000, additional aircraft movements, on the occasion of the WEF's, were recorded in these days.
Like the years before, Zurich-Kloten had only a limited number of additional pitches (58) to provide and many of the BIZ-Jets flew then to other airports in Switzerland and the neighboring countries. Regarding the challenges to handle more flights, the Zurich Airport Authority was satisfied with all operations, considering safety and operational tasks around the airport.

Ilyushin IL 62M UR-86528 Ukraine (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Ilyushin IL 62M UR-86528 Ukraine (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Ilyushin IL 62M UR-86528 Ukraine (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki

WEF-Spotters in Action at one of their Ramp-Tours! (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Embraer EMB-135BJ-Legacy, HP-1A, Panama Government  (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Ramp Tours

As in previous years, the company BuchAIR Tours organized in connection with the Zurich Airport Authority, the popular "Ramp-Tours" for the many spotters from Switzerland and abroad. So this year, three night tours were organized and within a very short time they were sold out. The same was true of the legendary day tours.
Thanks to limited number of participants, sufficient preparation time and the excellent organization by BuchAIR Tours, we got our money's worth and photographers were able to capture some atmospheric impressions on the apron. In the occasion of the well-known number of BIZ-Jets like in the previous years, we place this time our focus of our photo report on the numerous exotic government-aircrafts that appeared this year in Zurich-Kloten.

Gulfstream IV #024 Swedish Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

WEF by night

Ilyushin IL 62M UR-86528 Ukraine (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-450, XC-LMF, Armada de Mexico (Navy) (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

The Americans

Boeing VC-32A 32A 757-2G4 99-0003 (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing VC-32A 32A 757-2G4 99-0003 (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Boeing VC-40B B737-700W(BBJ1) 95-0730 (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Shuttle to Davos

Aerospatiale AS-532UL T-332 Cougar of the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Aerospatiale AS-532UL T-332 Cougar of the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Aerospatiale AS-532UL T-339 Cougar of the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Aerospatiale AS-332M1 T-312 Cougar of the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Aerospatiale AS-332M1 T-312 Cougar of the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Pilatus PC-12M HB-FOG belongs to the Swiss Air Force (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki

Ramp Tours

A successful start into the new "spotter season" 2014 with many exotic aircraft’s and evocative images, both day and night. For the smooth running of these unique tours our thanks are also due to the
Airport managers and organizers, especially BuchAIR Tours

The next WEF will be held from 28th – 31st of January 2015 in Davos, Switzerland.

Spotter tour information organized by Buchair.net can be found, starting November 2014 on their
webseite:            www.buchairnet.ch

Morocco Government, Cessna 560XL Citation XLS Plus, CN-AMK (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Dassault Falcon 2000 OD-ONE (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Dassault Falcon 2000 OD-ONE (Picture courtesy Andreas Schmucki)

Georgian Government CRJ2 4L-GAA (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 737-7JR/W-BBJ, N92SR, Star Flight Express Ltd (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-650, N100A of Exxon Mobil Corp. (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 737-7HF/W-BBJ, HL7227, Hanwha Chemical Corp. (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Learjet 31A, Air Traffic, D-CURT in a very special livery (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Bombardier Learjet Private owned (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Bombardier Challenger CL60 TS-INVNouvelair Tunisie (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Spotters at work! (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Bombardier Challenger Administration LLC GLEX N194WM (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-V-SP, N107VS of Wilmington Trust Company (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-550, N113CS, TAG Aviation (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream 550, RA-10203 of Russian UTair Company (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing 737-8DR-BBJ2, OE-ILX of Global Jet Austria (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-V, N80PS, Private owned (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-V, N80PS, Private owned (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Gulfstream G-IV, N451NW during take-off on runway 28 (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

 Dassault Falcon SE-OJB line up for take-off (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Dassault Falcon 900EX, TC-FTG, Private owned (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Airbus A318-112 (CJ) ELITE, A6AJC of Al Jabar Company (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Nice Gulfstream waiting the end of WEF 2014 to take their VIP’s back home again (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Crowded “Whisky” stand positions during WEF-2014 (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Boeing B787-800 Dreamliner, A7-BCB during take-off at runway 28 (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Breitling Super Constallation L-1049 at SR Techik in Zurich (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

Airbus A380-800, Singapore Airlines, 9V-SKB during take-off (Picture courtesy Andreas Herzog)

last update 10. February 2013

Written 1. February 2013

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