MAN 16th November 2025 - USC Aero A340-300 D-AUSC

 Superb to catch another unusual A340 here at MAN today when USC Aero's D-AUSC departed in the morning sun (only just!) for Barbados operating for Aer Lingus UK

MAN 29th October 2025 - ITA Airways A320 EI-DTN

 Operating a Milan service on behalf of EasyJet for the 4th time in as many days, ITA Airways A320 EI-DTN is seen here departing 23L early afternoon.

MAN 29th October 2025 - Emirates "25 Years of Skywards" A380 A6-EUE

 Emirates debuted their "25th Anniversary of Skywards Loyalty Programme" special scheme A380 A6-EUE on today's lunchtime service from and to Dubai, seen here departing 23L

Heathrow 22nd September 2025

 A very early morning run down south to London Heathrow to try and catch a couple of visiting Azerbaijan Government airliners that were transiting on their way to New York. B777-200LR 4K-AI001 and A340-600 4K-AI08 were both seen over by the Royal Suite at sun-up, then departing off 09R a short while later. A couple of bonus catches saw Saudia's B777-300 HZ-AK43 in the special "Formula E" colours and a long sought after Bahrain Royal Flight B767-400, A9C-HMH.

MAN 18th September 2025 - Kuwait Airways A321 Neo 9K-AQA

Arriving late morning on its first visit (and the first of their type to visit MAN), Kuwait Airways A321 Neo 9K-AQA is seen on approach to 23R on another wet weather day.

MAN 17th September 2025 - Freebird A320 TC-FHZ

 Making its first visit to Manchester, Freebird A320 TC-FHZ was operating for Pegasus on this wet and windy afternoon.

MAN 14th September 2025 - RAM, Titan & Lufthansa City

 Whilst visiting for the arrival of the Korean Air BBJ I was able to catch up with a few subjects I was still after, Titan Airways A321 Neo G-OATW was operating for TUI, Royal Air Maroc B737-800 CN-ROC wears the latest colour scheme variation and a slack catch of Lufthansa City A319 D-ABGK.

MAN 14th September 2025 - Korean Air B737-700BBJ HL8222

 Arriving on a very wet 23R early evening, Korean Air B737-700BBJ HL8222 was making its first visit to Manchester.

MAN 8th September 2025 - Eurowings "Borussia Dortmund" A320 D-AEWM

 Manchester this morning, Eurowings A320 D-AEWM wearing the latest version of the special "Borussia Dortmund" scheme.

Arriving 23 Right ......

And departing off 23 Left an hour later .....

MAN 8th September 2025 - Juneyao Air B787-9 B226N

 Juneyao Air's newest B787-9 B-226N wearing another variation of their scheme arrived at MAN early morning just after sunrise.

August 2025 Las Vegas "holiday" images added to the 2025 Trips page

 An Eleven Night Holiday to Las Vegas allowed a little runway therapy to be had at LAS along with a good day out to the Californian Desert Storage Airfields of Victorville, Palmdale, Lancaster and Mojave.

Photos have now been added to the 2025 Trips page at this link

2025 Trips

MAN 22nd August 2025 - FlyOne A320 ER-00011

 Nice to catch the new colours FlyOne A320 ER-00011 departing in the sunshine this morning, this being the penultimate flight on their soon to be axed Chisinau service.

MAN 22nd August 2025 - Juneyao B787-9 B-226M

 Departing 23L after making its first visit to Manchester this morning, Juneyao B787-9 B-226M wears yet another variation of their scheme. Sadly the light was pretty awful.

MAN 3rd August 2025 - Drake B767-200 N767CJ

 Arriving back from Amsterdam in the evening, Drake's B767-200 N767CJ is seen here after vacating runway 23R.

MAN 3rd August 2025 - Vueling "Bilbao FC" A320 EC-LUO

 Making its first visit to Manchester wearing the "Bilbao FC" scheme, Vueling A320 EC-LUO was arriving from Barcelona early afternoon.

MAN 28th July 2025 - Air Drake B767-200 N767CJ

 Having made the effort to go down to Birmingham recently to catch the great looking Air Drake B767-200, it was ironic that N767CJ would turn up at Manchester anyway! Arriving early afternoon it was great to see it parking on stand 22, just below the Terminal One Multi Storey Car Park!

MAN 21st July 2025 - Royal Jordanian A320 Neo JY-RAK

 Making its first visit to Manchester, Royal Jordanian A320 Neo JY-RAK wears their version of the OneWorld scheme.

Birmingham (BHX) 20th July 2025 - Air Drake B767-200 N767CJ

 A literal "flying visit" down to Birmingham early morning to catch a few photos of the great looking Air Drake B767-200 N767CJ, belonging to the Canadian Rapper Drake. The aircraft was parked up by the Elmdon terminal having arrived the evening before. Also parked up were B737-800F SU-SFY of Egyptian cargo carrier Air Master and B737-800F G-NPTB of West Atlantic.

MAN 14th July 2025 - FlyOne A320 ER-00011

Making its first visit to Manchester late afternoon, FlyOne A320 ER-00011 is the first to be seen here wearing their new colour scheme. Sadly the sun had disappeared shortly before it landed!

MAN 12th July 2025 - Indigo B787-9 LN-FNC

 Indigo (India) has recently commenced a 3x per week Mumbai to Manchester service using a Norse B787-9, LN-FNC seen here has just landed on 05R mid morning.