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.
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.
Making its first visit to Manchester, Freebird A320 TC-FHZ was operating for Pegasus on this wet and windy afternoon.
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.
Arriving on a very wet 23R early evening, Korean Air B737-700BBJ HL8222 was making its first visit to Manchester.
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 .....
Juneyao Air's newest B787-9 B-226N wearing another variation of their scheme arrived at MAN early morning just after sunrise.
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
