Alaska Boeing 737-900 N315AS / 2016.11.17

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 N315AS performing a late rotation headed West on runway 25L just right in front of Imperial Hill, for the plane spotters' delight. ✈

JAL Boeing 787-8 JA32J / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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Japan Airlines JAL (日本航空) Boeing 787-8 JA32J, inbound from KIX (Osaka Kansai) as JL060. This was the carrier's 10th Dreamliner, delivered in July 2013. ✈

British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVZ / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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In case it's not clear, British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVZ Is about to land on 24R. Inbound from LHR (London Heathrow) as BA283. ✈

American Boeing 737-800 N917NN / 2017.01.10

MIA (Miami International airport / Wilcox Field. Miami, United States)

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American Airlines Boeing 737-800 N917NN (AirCal Heritage Livery), inbound from CUN (Cancún), with some colorful clouds in the background due to a storm, to match the colorful paint scheme on the aircraft. ✈

PIA Airbus 310-300 AP-BDZ / 2013.02.12

AMS (Schiphol airport. Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Just right after push back, Pakistan International Airlines -PIA- (اکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز‎ -پی‌آئی‌اے‎-) Airbus 310-300 AP-BDZ ('Hyderabad-City of Perfume') gets ready to taxi ahead of her flight back home. This aircraft faithfully and uninterruptedly served the carrier from June 1991 until May 2014, when she was retired from service. Glad I caught her 15 months prior to her retirement. ✈

Helitt ATR 72-200 EC-LNP / 2012.08.14

MAD (Barajas airport. Madrid, Spain)

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Defunct Helitt Líneas Aéreas ATR 72-200 EC-LNP taxies to the gate right after landing. The airline had a short life (2011-2014) and this particular aircraft was written off after being caught in a storm while being parked at OUA (Ouagadougou) in September 2013. She previously served Air Littoral ( F-GIGU) and Czech Airlines (OK-XFA). ✈

Aerosucre Boeing 727-200/Adv(F) HK-4544 / 2015.02.12

BOG (El Dorado airport. Bogotá, Colombia)

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Sad to share this one today. Aerosucre Colombia Boeing 727-200/Adv(F) HK-4544 crashed yesterday during take off at PCR (Puerto Carreño), killing five of the six crew members on board. I pictured her at BOG after landing, less than two years ago. This aircraft first operated for Air Jamaica as 6Y-JMA, then was converted to freighter and flew for Kitty Hawk Aircargo as N281KH before joining the Colombian company. ✈

EgyptAir Boeing 737-800 SU-GDB / 2014.09.26

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

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EgyptAir (مصر للطيران) Boeing 737-800 SU-GDB about to touch down after crossing above the Mediterranean Sea on her nonstop flight from Cairo. ✈

Virgin America Airbus 320-200 N847VA / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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Virgin America Airbus 320-200 N847VA ('Scarlett O'air') takes off from 24L to LAS (Las Vegas) as Flight VX486 just as the sun was winning the battle against the clouds on that particular afternoon. ✈

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-800 EZ-A005 / 2010.11.04

FRA (Frankfurt am Main airport. Frankfurt, Germany)

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Freshly arrived from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary) Boeing 737-800 EZ-A005 is seen here taxiing to the gate. This was the second B-738 delivered to the carrier, almost four years before I took this picture. ✈

Avianca Airbus 330-200 N974AV / 2015.05.07

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Great light conditions just in time for the arrival of Avianca Airbus 330-200 N974AV. As of today, this aircraft has not been painted with the new carrier's livery yet. ✈

Mahan Air BAe 146/Avro RJ100 EP-MOI / 2016.03.03

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Mahan Air (هواپیمایی ماهان) BAe 146/Avro RJ100 EP-MOI quietly waits for her next assignment. This aircraft was manufactured in November 1999, started serving Greek Aegean a month later, before joining the Iranian carrier in November 2012. ✈

Air Asia Airbus 320-200 HS-ABX / 2016.02.25

HKG (Chep Lap Kok International airport. Hong Kong, China)

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Air Asia Thailand (ไทยแอร์เอเชีย) Airbus 320-200 HS-ABX gets ready for the return flight home during a quick turnaround. Great paint scheme promoting tourism in Thailand with the slogan '2015 Discover Thainess'. ✈

United Boeing 737-800 N27205 / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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United Airlines Boeing 737-800 N27205... From Continental Airlines to United Airlines. From July 2000 -first flight and delivery to Continental- to November 2016 -when this picture was taken-. From SFO (San Francisco) to LAX, Flight UA433, where I caught her over the 'piano keys'. ✈

Southwest Boeing 737-300 N383SW / 2016.12.02

FLL (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International airport. Fort Lauderdale, United States)

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Another one of the Southwest Airlines' One special liveries that makes my log... Thanks again to the heads up given by the South Florida Aviation News and Photography group, I was able to catch Boeing 737-300 N383SW ('Arizona One') as she was about to initiate take-off procedures bound for MKE (Milwaukee) as Flight WN1119. ✈

Azul Airbus 330-200 PR-AIZ / 2016.12.02

FLL (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International airport. Fort Lauderdale, United States)

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Happy to catch this one in daylight action as she was arriving from VCP (São Paulo Viracopos/Campinas). Azul Brazilian Airlines (Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras) Airbus 330-200 PR-AIZ ('América Azul'), inbound as Flight AD9950. ✈

WOW Airbus 330-300X TF-GAY / 2016.11.15

SFO (San Francisco International airport. San Francisco, United States)

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WOW Air Airbus 330-300X TF-GAY rotates for her flight back to KEF (Reykjavík Keflavík) as WW162. This aircraft first flew as 9V-STJ serving Singapore Airlines (2010-2015) and has found a new life with the Icelandic low-cost carrier. ✈

Asiana Airbus 380-800 HL7640 / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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Caught right over the In-N-Out restaurant, Asiana Airlines (아시아나항공) Airbus 380-800 HL7640 is the newest of the kind delivered to the South Korean carrier, with only three weeks of operating life when I took this picture as she was about to put an end to the flight from ICN (Seoul Incheon) as OZ204. ✈

American Boeing 787-8 N807AA / 2016.11.18

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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One of the best opportunities I've had to get a real close up view and encounter with the wingtip of a Dreamliner. On American Airlines Boeing 787-8 N807AA, one can really appreciate the smooth lifted curve of the wing while at rest, as the aircraft gets ready for her next mission. ✈

Hawaiian Airbus 330-200 N399HA / 2016.11.16

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

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Hawaiian Airlines Airbus 330-200 N399HA ('Kūmau') just arrived from HNL (Honolulu) as HA010 after a 5 hours, 6 minutes flight. The aircraft, with serial number 1496, started flying for the carrier in February 2014. ✈