UCL: Etihad "Man City Livery" in Istanbul, Manchester-Ready

Following Manchester City’s victory in the Champions League final, Etihad Airways’ Boeing 787-9 in the special “Man City Livery” is ready to take the team home tomorrow from Istanbul.

A6-BND is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in question and headed over to Istanbul earlier today via EY96, which you can see below via RadarBox.com.

UCL: Etihad "Man City Livery" in Istanbul, Manchester-Ready

As per data from the Manchester Airport arrivals website, A6-BND is due to land in Manchester at 1640 local time as EY8041 from Istanbul.

The Etihad Airways Man City Livery…

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With Etihad Airways being the front-of-shirt sponsor for Manchester City, and with the ties to the UAE coming from ownership also, this is why Etihad will fly the squad home from Istanbul.

It will operate a four-hour flight from Istanbul, where the Champions League Final was hosted, and head over to Manchester that way.

From there, it is expected to take standard revenue passengers back to Abu Dhabi, with the departure time expected to be 2100 local time.

Plenty of Champions League Charters Inbound to Manchester…

On top of that, there will also be all of the other Champions League charters coming back into the airport from Istanbul.

They are as follows at this time:

PVG9894 – 0525
TK3305 – 0535
TK3308 – 0615
TK1993 – 0955
PC1179 – 1050
TK1991 – 1210
PC7340 – 1225
PC7321 – 1300
PC1181 – 1330
TK4905 – 1420
TK3278 – 1455
PC7349 – 1455
TK3296 – 1505
PUE957 – 1535
TK1995 – 1605
TK3290 – 1605
ZT4942 – 1630 – Understood the Man City team will be onboard this flight.
EY8041 – 1640 – Understood that the families of the Man City squad will be onboard this flight.
PVG9892 – 1655
PC7141 – 1710
HAT2771 – 1810
ENT546 – 1915
PC7147 – 2220
FH893 – 2315
*All times subject to change.

So, if you are a spotter that is local to Manchester Airport, tomorrow will be the day to turn up to get all of these aircraft coming in.

Highlights of that list will be a Plus Ultra Airbus A340, the Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 “Man City” livery, as well as a significant number of Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines flights that have been put on extra to bring fans home.

Representatives of AviationSource will be planespotting at Manchester Airport tomorrow – so come and say hi to us if you are around!