Unknown photographer

Photo by M. Siepelinga

In ex-LOT colours. Delivered to LOT as SP-LSF in 1965. To Balkan as LZ-BEW in 1991. Sold as EL-ALD in 1998 then EX-601 in 2002 and EX-18007 in 2013. Withdrawn from use at Bishkek by 2015. Still there in derelict condition in 2022.

Photographer: Not known.

Still carrying the green and white colours of Santa Cruz but with the titles of Anikay Air. This company was based in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan and started in 2003 until it ceased operations in 2007.

Delivered new 25th Nov 1965 and became LZ-BEW 24th July 1991

Ex LOT and Balkan

A marvellous aircraft with a wonderful background, a Tristar 9L-LDV of Air Rum

During the 1990s Balkan operated this sombre coloured former LOT Ilyushin (ex SP-LSF) on their freight flights, with very small and rather worn 'Bulgarian Airlines' titles. They never bothered to paint it in their colours, because the aircraft didn't do much flying and spent most of its time in storage at Varna. They disposed of it in 1998, and became EL-ALD, then EX-601. It was still operational as recently as 2014, now as EX-18007, but had been withdrawn from use and stored at Fujairah a year later.