Well, after an aviation "drought" for me here at MAN where I haven't photographed anything for almost five months, Emirates sent in their "A C Milan" special scheme A380 A6-EOK. The A380 specials being pretty hard to photograph from ground level due to the positioning of the schemes.
My 2025 Trip Page has been updated with lots of images and some text from a ten day trip to Japan (Via Beijing) in January, click on the link below to view.
Making another visit albeit on a very poor weather morning, Juneyao B787-9 B-20EC wears their great looking all over burgundy scheme, seen here taxiing for departure to Shanghai.
Icelandair B767-300 TF-ISO was a type change from the usual B737-MAX on their Keflavik service, this was the aircraft's first appearance here since painting in their new scheme.
Arriving on its first visit to MAN and for the inaugural Barbados Cruise Charter of the season, Norse UK B787-9 G-CKWS is seen slowing down on 23R on a dreary morning.
My 2024 Trips page has been updated with some images from a weekend in Budapest, click the link below and scroll to the bottom of the page for the latest.
Arriving in the last of the day's sunshine, Royal Air Maroc B737-800 CN-RGV wears the special 60th Anniversary scheme.
Arriving mid-morning on its first visit and operating for Arkia on their new 2 x per week Tel Aviv to MAN service, SkyUp B737-700 UR-SQE wears this superb Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club scheme. As is usually the case with anything this nice, the sun decided to disappear at the worst moment!!
A very big surprise this morning, Air Peace B777-200 5N-BVE made its first visit to Manchester having diverted in from a foggy London Gatwick.
Having visited the STS hangar for a maintenance visit, DHL B777-200F G-DHMA appeared now wearing Central Airlines titles and logos prior to delivery to China (to become B-226Y)
