AeBal Boeing 717 EC-JZX / 2007.08.10

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

AeBal (Aerolíneas de Baleares) Spanair Link used to operate as part of the latter until this one ceased operations in September 2008. The company then restructured and was rebranded as Quantum Air, which is the current name. Boeing 717 EC-JZX (Es Vedrà), seen here on finals under the sunset light, eventually went to Finnish Blue1. ✈

Angola Airlines Boeing 777-300ER D2-TEH / 2014.10.01

LIS (Portela airport. Lisbon, Portugal)

Took this one while on the bus to the terminal after my arrival, so sorry for the occasional glare. It is a pretty close up and impressive shot of TAAG Angola Airlines (Linhas Aéreas de Angola) Boeing 777-300/ER D2-TEH ('Welwitschia Mirabilis'), operating for the African carrier for three years when I took the picture. ✈

SriLankan Airbus 340-300 4R-ADE / 2009.09.05

LHR (Heathrow airport. London, United Kingdom)

SriLankan Airlines Airbus 340-300 4R-ADE is pushed back ahead of her flight back to CMB (Colombo). This aircraft no longer operates for the Asian carrier, but rather for Portuguese charter Hi Fly. ✈

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DCL / 2009.12.07

TRF (Torp Sandefjord airport. Oslo, Norway)

Deplaning Time Photo Op.–Nice surprise to fly on this one, with the special Boeing colors, very well appreciated by deplaning through the back door. Simply awesome with the wee hours of a cold December day.

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DCL, inbound from PIK (Glasgow Prestwick) as Flight FR7802. ✈

American MD-82 N7506 / 2010.06.03

DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth International airport. Dallas, United States)

AT DFW you can have a bird's-eye view of the aircraft as you ride the Skylink system connecting the terminals. So unique and cool... American Airlines MD-82 N7506 is seen here getting preps for her next ride. ✈

ANA Boeing 747-400D JA8960 / 2011.03.24

HND (Haneda airport (aka Tokyo International airport). Tokyo, Japan)

Only in Japan you could find B-744's with no winglets. They were commonly used by JAL and ANA on high-capacity short Domestic routes (adding the D to the -400), where having winglets would not mean a significant reduction in fuel consumption. All Nippon Airways, ANA (全日本空輸株式会社, 全日空) Boeing 747-400D JA8960 taxies before departure for, yes... another Domestic flight. ✈

Russian Air Force Tupolev 134A RF-65153 / 2016.03.01

THR (Tehran Mehrabad International airport. Tehran, Iran)

This aircraft remained at the same spot the whole time I was in Iran, so I was lucky to see it day after day. Tupolev 134A RF-65153 belongs to the Russian Air Force and I assume it is used for VIP transport. ✈

Turkish Boeing 737/800 TC-JGL / 2016.03.09

DUB-IST—Flight TK1978, Dublin-Istanbul (Atatürk)

Wonderful sunset light coming from behind as we climb heading South East on our way to Turkey. As seen from seat 19A on board Turkish Airlines Boeing 737/800 TC-JGL ('Karaman'). ✈

Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER B-KPL / 2016.02.25

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

Witnessing today's beginnings of Cathay Pacific's (國泰航空) longest route, JFK (New York Kennedy) Flight CX830. Almost 15 hours up in the air for Boeing 777-300/ER B-KPL, sporting the One World alliance livery. ✈

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. ✈