Making its first6 visit to Manchester, Kuwait Air Force C17 KAF343 arrived mid afternoon and night stopped before proceeding on to the US the next day.
Making its first visit to MAN since being painted in the BEA Retro scheme, British Airways A319 G-EUPJ is seen here on short final to 23 Right and just catching a little sun on a cloudy morning.
Having just rolled out of the Air Livery hangar after painting in to the new scheme, KLM A330-300 PH-AKB is seen parked up on stand 61 awaiting departure,
Meanwhile, operating the lunchtime Doha service was Qatar Airways B777-300 A7-BAX wearing the Qatar FIFA World Cup livery.