March 2017 Madrid Trip pics added to the 2017 Trips page,

A selection of photos taken on a quick return trip to Madrid in March

Click on the 2017 Trips page link below.

2017 Trips

MAN 26th March 2017 - Germania 30th Anniversary B737-700 D-AGER

Positioning in from Gatwick to operate a charter to Tromso, Germania B737-700 D-AGER wears their 30th Anniversary scheme.

MAN 25th March 2017 - Singapore Airlines "10,000th Airbus" A350-900 9V-SMF

Arriving from Houston this morning in the lovely sunny weather, Singapore Airlines A350-900 9V-SMF wears the special titles for being the 10,000th Airbus delivery.

On arrival it held on the taxiway for the departing SQ051, 9V-SMD on its way to Houston.

MAN 15th March 2017 - KLM B777-300 PH-BVD

Arriving mid afternoon for painting at Air Livery, PH-BVD (wearing the Skyteam colours) was the first KLM B777-300 to visit Manchester.

MAN 15th March 2017 - IrAero Superjet RA-89001

Arriving early afternoon with the FC Rostov team for their game against ManU, IrAero Sukhoi SSJ100 (Superjet) was making the first visit of the aircraft and the airline.

February's Madrid Trip photos added to the 2017 Trips page

A selection of photos from a recent two day trip to a rather cold and windy Madrid have now been added to the 2017 Trips page, click the link below to take a look.

2017 Trips Page

MAN 20th February 2017 - WOW Air A320 TF-BRO

Making its first visit to Manchester, WOW Air A320 TF-BRO had diverted in during the morning from Bristol due to poor visibility.

MAN 16th February 2017 - Aviro Air Bae.146 YR-AVR

Making its first visit to MAN, Aviro Air Bae.146 YR-AVR was operating a football charter with St. Etienne fans for their game against Man United this evening. Sadly once again Manchester's poor weather didn't help!

The aircraft wears an all over green colour scheme from its previous operator Astra Airlines of Greece.

MAN 15th February 2017 - Germania's 30th Anniversary B737-700 D-AGER

Departing early morning before the sun came up .... Germania's B737-700 D-AGER wears their 30th Anniversary colour scheme.

Departing shortly after it was D-ASTX of Eurowings, the first time I have caught one of their newly acquired A319's.

MAN 4th February 2017 - Etihad B787-9 A6-BLI

After waiting a couple of weeks for some decent early afternoon weather I finally managed to catch up with the Etihad B787-9, A6-BLI seen here on short final for 23R, the type is operating for a short period on the EY021 service, not the best timing for the light but helped today by arriving almost an hour early!