French Acrobatic Patrol Alpha-Jets / 2014.09.26

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

Military Break.– It's funny when you're spotting at a commercial airport and suddenly you see this, totally unexpected. The French Acrobatic Patrol (Patrouille Acrobatique de France) Alpha-Jets were training from BCN for an air show scheduled in the Barcelona area two days after I took this picture. ✈

Austrian Fokker 100 OE-LVJ / 2016.03.13

ARN (Arlanda airport. Stockholm, Sweden)

Austrian Airlines Fokker 100 OE-LVJ ('Bratislava') on short finals after the flight from VIE (Vienna). This aircraft first flew for American Airlines in 1991 as N1406A and joined the Austrian Airlines family in 2003 with the current registration, although she briefly operated for defunct Jetsgo in 2005 as C-GKZE until the Canadian Low-cost ceased operations, just a few weeks after she joined the carrier. ✈

Aseman Boeing 727-200Adv EP-ASA / 2016.02.29

THR-MHD—Flight EP608, Tehran (Mehrabad)-Mashhad

This is a unique view you can only get from seat 27F on board a classic like Iran Aseman Airlines (هواپیمایی آسمان ایران) Boeing 727-200/Adv EP-ASA. You can spot engine #3 and the tip of the wing, of course with no winglet. It's like going back in time... ✈

Alitalia Boeing 777-200ER EI-DBK / 2016.03.26

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

My first Alitalia wearing the new livery. Smokey touchdown for Boeing 777-200/ER EI-DBK ('Ostuni') after the long ride from FCO (Rome Leonardo da Vinci) as Flight AZ630. ✈

AirTran Boeing 717 N966AT / 2013.07.29

ATL (Hartsfield-Jackson International airport. Atlanta, United States)

A paint scheme we don't see around anymore, and this is less than three years ago. AirTran Boeing 717 N966AT now flies for Delta Air Lines and, of course, wears this airline's colors. ✈

Fiji Airways Airbus 330-200 DQ-FJV / 2014.07.03

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

Hard to catch this one... unless you're in LAX, of course. Fiji Airways Airbus 330-200 DQ-FJV ('Island of Yasawa-i-rara') taxies to the head of the runway prior to take off. ✈

Taban Air BAe Avro 146 RJ85 EP-TBG / 2016.02.28

IFN (Shahid Beheshti airport. Isfahan, Iran)

Boarding Time Photo Op.– Always nice to look to the side when boarding. You can get a whole different view of the process, especially if it's a not so common aircraft.

Taban Air (تابان ایر) British Aerospace Avro 146 RJ85 EP-TBG bound for THR (Tehran Mehrabad) as Flight HH6234. ✈

Slovakia Government Tupolev 154M OM-BYR / 2016.03.07

BTS (Letisko M. R. Štefánika airport. Bratislava, Slovakia)

Glad to catch this beauty sitting on the tarmac at her home base. Tupolev 154M OM-BYR is the so-called 'Slovakia Air Force One'... Interesting to see that it's not kept in a more secluded place of the airport. ✈

Santa Bárbara Boeing 767-300ER YV612T / 2016.04.02

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

Latest addition to SBA fleet. Santa Bárbara Airlines Boeing 767-300/ER YV612T takes off for CCS (Caracas) as Flight S31516. I knew she was coming today because of my good sources back in Venezuela, that gave me the tip. At the time I post this, the aircraft is about to land back at home after the 3+ hours turnaround. ✈

Cebu Pacific Airbus A330-300 RP-C3344 / 2016.02.25

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

Cebu Pacific Airbus A330-300 RP-C3344, taxiing just after arrival from MNL (Manila). A fairly new aircraft, with less than two years in service since delivered fresh from Toulouse. First time I catch this airline... so nice to be back in Asia! ✈

Iran Air Airbus 300B4-600R EP-IBA / 2016.02.29

THR (Tehran Mehrabad International airport. Tehran, Iran)

Iran Air ( هواپیمايی جمهوری اسلامی ایران) Airbus 300B4-600R EP-IBA undergoing heavy maintenance, as we can see there's literally nothing left inside the engine nacelle. ✈

Aseman Boeing 727-200Adv EP-ASA / 2016.03.02

THR (Tehran Mehrabad International airport. Tehran, Iran)

Sexiest plane ever performing the sexiest take off ever. Gotta love a B-727 when rotating! Iran Aseman Airlines (هواپیمایی آسمان ایران) Boeing 727-200/Adv EP-ASA looking in great shape at the start of yet another busy day for her. ✈

CityJet BAe Avro 146-RJ85 EI-EJG / 2016.03.09

DUB (Collinstown airport. Dublin, Ireland)

CityJet BAe Avro 146-RJ85 EI-EJG ('Sherkin Island') just after push back, getting ready for taxi. This aircraft flew for Mesaba (Northwest Airlink) 1999-2007, as N519XJ, and just turned 17 years old shortly before I took this picture at her home base. ✈

Miami Air Lease Convair 440 N41527 / 2016.02.11

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

Now, how about this one for a classic? Even if it's cargo... Miami Air Lease Convair 440 N41527 about to land on 8L on a clear, windy afternoon, making her look gorgeous. ✈

Aeroflot Airbus 320-200 VQ-BKT / 2016.02.22

SVO (Sheremetyevo International airport. Moscow, Russia)

Aeroflot-Russian Airlines (Аэрофло́т-Росси́йские авиали́нии) Airbus 320-200 VQ-BKT ('V. Vernadsky') rotates in the middle of a heavy snowstorm. Nothing these pilots are not used to anyway. It's business as usual in Moscow... ✈

Norwegian Boeing 737/800 EI-FHY / 2016.03.15

HEL-DXB—Flight DY5040, Helsinki-Dubai

When I have the privilege of seeing this, I say to myself how can I not love flying. But also, how can someone be not looking through the window... So hard to pick a picture among the many more I took of this stunning sunset colors while flying over Latvia and Belarus. Seen from seat 8F on board Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737/800 EI-FHY ('Wenche Foss'). ✈

Iran Air Boeing 747SP EP-IAC / 2016.02.27

KUL (Kuala Lumpur International airport. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Iran Air (هواپیمايی جمهوری اسلامی ایران) Boeing 747SP EP-IAC ('خلیج فارس', or 'Persian Gulf') remains the only aircraft of this type in the world still operating scheduled flights. She was delivered to the Iranian carrier brand new in May 1977, and with her almost 39 years of service, is still in pretty good shape, although will be retired soon. Seen here taxiing to the gate just after arrival from IKA (Tehran Iman Khomeini) as Flight IR814. ✈

B&H Airlines ATR 72-200 E7-AAD / 2016.03.12

SJJ (Sarajevo International airport. Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina)

Defunct B&H Airlines ATR 72-200 E7-AAD ('Sarajevo') should be kept as a museum piece. This was the only aircraft the Bosnian carrier had when it ceased operations in June 2015. Sadly, she is now decaying at SJJ (Sarajevo). Not sure what her future is. ✈

American Boeing 737-800 N917NN / 2016.03.25

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

I know it was not the best light conditions, but I had to get it anyway, since it was my first time spotting it. American Airlines Boeing 737-800 N917NN wears the retro AirCal heritage retro jet scheme since late 2015. ✈

Silkway Airlines Ilyushin 76-TD90 4K-AZ100, Ilyushin 76-TD 4K-AZ41 / 2016.03.18

GYD (Heydar Aliyev International airport. Baku, Azerbaijan)

Russian beauties... Silkway Airlines Ilyushin 76-TD90 4K-AZ100 and Ilyushin 76-TD 4K-AZ41 get preps for their next mission under the spring sunset light. ✈