19 May 2023: What a week for football, and for Smart! The team fixed a number of charters for fan groups and teams this week as world-renowned football clubs battled it to make it through to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League finals.

First of all, Inter Milan took on A.C. Milan on Wednesday night in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, and Manchester City soared to victory over Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium. Both Inter Milan and Manchester City progress to the final on Saturday, 10th June at Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul.

Last night, Sevilla won 2-1 against Juventus at Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán-Seville and Roma and Leverkusen ended 0-0 with Roma going through on aggregate goals in the UEFA Europa League. The final between Sevilla and Roma will be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on 31 May 2023.

Fiorentina were triumphant winning  3-1 against Basel and West Ham were victorious over AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Europa Conference League finals. Fiorentina and West Ham will play on 7th June at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Smart Team was very busy behind the scenes, flying groups of supporters teams and VIPS to these pivotal matches both in commercial and private jets, taking care of all passenger, player, crew and kit requirements. 

Mark Hawkins, Smart Aviation Managing Director, said: “Congratulations to all the teams that have progressed to the finals this week. As the leaders in global sports aircraft charterings, we’re always involved in some way in these high level tournaments but the excitement never gets any less for us”.

Smart Aviation was founded in 2005 by Managing Director Mark Hawkins, an established sports charter specialist with over 30 years’ experience in senior operational roles within the travel and aviation industry, including managing sports charters at Excel Airways. Over the last 18 years, Mark has led Smart Aviation to become the leaders in global sports chartering. Mark is still very active in sports chartering, frequently providing air travel for global sports teams to key sporting fixtures including Champions League and Premier League football matches, as well as to ice-hockey, boxing, basketball, golf, motorsport and cricket tournaments.

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