With sunny skies and the chance of photographing three B747-400 Freighters within thirty minutes I decided on a drive down to East Midlands. Was rewarded with some fairly decent shots, all three of which I hadn't photographed previously.
Air One / Aerotrans Cargo B747-400F ER-BAG
SF Airlines Cargo B747-400F B-2425
One Air B747-400F G-ONEE
Thought I'd better make some effort to catch a decent shot of an Emirates A350-900 while they are still visiting MAN so with a bit of sunshine I caught A6-EXP departing off 23L this morning.
A two day trip to Vienna and Copenhagen to catch SAS's new "80th Anniversary" A330-300 LN-RKR. Images now added to the 2026 Trips page at the following link -
Making its first visit since receiving its superb "UEFA Champions League" special scheme, Qatar Airways B777-300 A7-BED is seen arriving early morning on 23R and departing again mid-morning on 23L. Sadly the typical Manchester "summer weather" was here to greet it!
Making its first visit (and the airline's first visit) to Manchester, Mavi Gok B737-800 TC-MGN arrived early afternoon operating for Corendon Airlines
Departing 23L mid-morning on the Hong Kong service, Cathay Pacific B777-300 B-KQN wears the special "OneWorld" livery.
making its first visit to Manchester since acquiring the great looking new special "UAE Flag" scheme, Emirates A380 A6-EVG is seen here departing 23L early afternoon.
Vueling's "Tour de France" special A320 EC-MJB visited MAN from Barcelona today, luckily a bit of a delay allowed its arrival to coincide with a decent sunny spell.
German Airways Embraer E190 D-AMWO operated an Amsterdam service this afternoon on behalf of KLM, the first time this aircraft has visited since acquiring its special "2026 German Touring Car Championship" scheme, sadly the sun didn't hold out for its departure!
making its first visit to MAN on a corporate charter, Travelcoup (Arcus Air) Emb.145 D-AMME is seen vacating 05R early afternoon.
