Qantas Airbus 380-800 VH-OQI, VH-OQL / 2013.06.27

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

Qantas operates a maintenance facility at LAX (Los Angeles) for its Airbus 380-800's aircrafts on a lease for 20 years, taking advantage of the long layover the double deckers have to face at this port, since they arrive in the morning and don't get back to Australia until late at night. On a normal day, you can easily spot two of the aircrafts parked at the ramp. Today it's the turn for VH-OQI ('David Warren') and VH-OQL ('Phyllis Arnott’).

United Boeing 757-200 N19117 / 2014.09.26

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

A little over one minute behind schedule, Flight UA120 is about to successfully end another nightly hop from New Jersey. United Airlines Boeing 757-200 N19117 (formerly with Continental) was painted on January 2011 with the revised livery after both airlines merged.

Midwest Boeing 737-800 SU-MWE / 2012.08.03

MCT (Muscat International airport. Muscat, Oman)

Boeing 737-800 SU-MWE, seen here beginning taxi ahead of departure with Midwest Airlines colors, no longer flies for the Egyptian carrier, which was its second operator after Scottish FlyGlobespan. In July 2013 it went to Ukrainian Kharkiv Airlines for a short period and now operates for Russian Nordwind Airlines as VP-BOW.

Poste Italiane Boeing 737-300QC EI-DVC / 2013.03.03

FCO (Leonardo da Vinci airport. Rome, Italy)

Looking through my window as we were taxiing for departure, this one caught my attention. Poste Italiane (Mistral Air) Boeing 737-300QC EI-DVC has the capability of a faster configuration for either cargo at night or passenger flights during the daylight hours (QC stands for 'Quick Change').

Delaware Global Operation LLC Boeing 737-700 N920DS / 2013.10.08

ACY (Atlantic City International airport)

This beautifully painted Boeing 737-700, N920DS, belongs to Delaware Global Operation LLC investment company. Seen here resting with its engines well taken care of. Note the registration number stamped on the cover.

Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F N415MC / 2015.05.05

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Always nice to see a B-747 burning some rubber during touch down, even though it's a cargo one. Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F N415MC is a frequent visitor at MIA (Miami).

Turkish Boeing 737-800 TC-JHE / 2013.02.13

IST (Atatürk airport. Istanbul, Turkey)

Close up of the right winglet of Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları) Boeing 737-800 TC-JHE ('Burhaniye'), parked on a remote stand at busy IST (Istanbul Atatürk).

Iberia Airbus 340-300X EC-LKS / 2013.09.25

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

Stunning sunset light on Iberia Airbus 340-300X EC-LKS ('Plácido Domingo'), as it enters the runway before departure back to MAD (Madrid). Sadly, this aircraft was put on storage shortly after I took this picture.

21 Air Boeing 767-200F N999YV / 2015.05.14

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

21 Air wears one of the most stunning Cargo liveries around. N999YV is one of the two Boeing 767-200F of the carrier. It was originally delivered to Varig in 1987 and converted to freighter in 2005, having flown for Tampa and Avianca Cargo before being leased by the current operator in October 2014.

Gulf Air Airbus 320-200 A9C-AK / 2013.09.20

BAH (Bahrain International airport. Manama, Bahrain)

Deplaning Time Photo Op.— First sun rays of the day make Gulf Air (طيران الخليج) aircrafts look even more golden than they usually look, shortly after arrival back home on a clear morning.

Gulf Air (طيران الخليج) Airbus 320-200 A9C-AK inbound from IST (Istanbul Atatürk) as Flight GF502.

Etihad Cargo Boeing 747-8F N855GT / 2015.02.11

UIO (Mariscal Sucre International airport. Quito, Ecuador)

This is the reason why you can find fresh Ecuadorian bananas, yucca or flowers (among other goods) in the Gulf countries. Etihad (الاتحاد ) Cargo Boeing 747-8F N855GT getting loaded. My first Cargo B-748.

Tiara Air Shorts SD 360 P4-TIA / 2013.04.03

AUA-LSP—Flight 3T207, Aruba-Las Piedras

Not many chances to fly a Shorts SD 360 these days. From seat 8A (almost the last row) on board Tiara Air P4-TIA, I thought this picture needed to be taken to remember the moment of this quick hop: Only 17 minutes to reach Venezuela from Aruba. The Copilot was also the Flight Attendant, giving us instructions from his seat and looking at us after opening the cockpit door. Interesting experience.

ANA Boeing 787-8 JA820A / 2013.09.01

FRA (Frankfurt am Main airport. Frankfurt, Germany)

ANA All Nippon Airways (全日本空輸株式会社) Boeing 787-8 JA820A was roughly three months into service when I took this picture as it was getting ready for its flight back to Japan. Love the big '787' numbers on the fuselage of ANA's Dreamliners fleet.

China Eastern (中国东方航空) Airbus 330-300 B-6129 / 2014.10.14

PEK (Capital International airport. Beijing, China)

China Eastern (中国东方航空) Airbus 330-300 B-6129 was decorated with the 'International Horticultural Exposition 2011 Xi'An China' in April 2011 and still sports the special paint scheme.

Ethiopian Boeing 737-700 ET-ALN / 2012.08.02

ADD (Bole International airport. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Ethiopian Airlines (የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ) Boeing 737-700 ET-ALN has only been in service for the African carrier. It was delivered in July 2005, soon to be 10 years old.

Continental Boeing 757-200 N41135 / 2009.04.15

EWR-BHX—Flight CO026, Newark-Birmingham, UK

Sunset lights just seconds after departing from the New York City area, and heading to the British isles for yet another night flight over the Pond. Seen from seat 18A on board Continental Boeing 757-200 N41135.

Avianca Airbus 320-200 N492TA / 2015.07.02

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Wearing the Avianca colors since not long ago, after the two companies merger in 2013, TACA Airbus 320-200 N492TA looks even brighter now.

Southwest Boeing 737-700 N730SW / 2015.05.05

RSW (Southwest Florida International airport. Ft. Myers, United States)

Southwest Boeing 737-700 N730SW inbound from DCA (Washington Ronald Reagan National) as Flight WN192, 13 minutes ahead of schedule.

Air Berlin Airbus 319-100 D-ABGC / 2009.08.29

PMI (Son Sant Joan airport. Palma de Mallorca, Spain)

A rare sight. Air Berlin Airbus 319-100 in old colors. D-ABGC was with the German carrier only from April 2006 until March 2011. It was previously owned by American company Independence Air (N815BR), and currently flies for Greek Aegean as SX-DGF.

American MD-83 N562AA / 2009.08.03

EWR (Newark Liberty International airport. Newark, United States)

Soon to be gone forever from the American Airlines fleet and, thus, never to be painted with the new livery, the company's MD-80's remain a live classic. N562AA was retired in 2010 from AA and then flew for Redjet from Barbados as 8P-KEV. Currently in storage since October 2012.