New Turkish flight to Misrata (from Syrian border)

Today we’ve tracked a new Turkish flight to Libya but with an unusual itinerary: the flight, operated by an Airbus A400M (17-0080) departed from Gaziantep, near the Syrian border.

In this video you can see the aircraft before the departure.

Downloaded this just now from Instagram. It was uploaded at Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:17:47 TRT here we see a A400. Probably the same A400 @AegeanHawk spotted. pic.twitter.com/FVLpiafWr4
— Youri (@y_vdw) July 9, 2020

The aircraft left Turkey around 12:00 CEST following the usual route over the central Mediterranean sea

#Turkish Air Force Airbus A400M-180 reg 17-0080 from 221 Filo departed #Gaziantep Oguzeli Airport heading west over #Mediterranean Sea probably towards #Tripoli Mitiga International Airport in #Libya pic.twitter.com/5DlvfV5vi6
— AegeanHawk (@AegeanHawk) July 9, 2020

Around 18:30 CEST the aircraft left Misrata for Turkey

Here's 🇹🇷#Turkey Air Force Airbus A400M reg. 17-0080 as flight 221 climbing out of 🇱🇾#Misrata, #Libya. pic.twitter.com/kzFJLmDp2d
— Gerjon | חריון (@Gerjon_) July 9, 2020

And now is fliying over eastern Mediterranean sea eastbound, probably returning to Gaziantep.