tayara ‎طائرة

Tayara means 'airplane' in Arabic.

This blog is about airplanes and anything that involves them.

It is mostly about Commercial Aviation, but also General and, occasionally, Military.

During my travels around the world I take pictures and video as a hobby of everything and anything related. I also include some acquaintances’ contributions from time to time, giving them proper credit.

Please, feel free to comment or suggest on my posts.

** Pictures here are copyrighted and only for your own enjoyment**

Airport Highlight: DXB (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) / 2013.09.23

DXB (Dubai International airport. Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Airport Highlight.— Inside the Duty Free Shopping area at the Sheikh Rashid Terminal (مبنى الشيخ راشد), just a little before the late night rush hour.

AnadoluJet Boeing 737-700 TC-JKR / 2013.09.07

ECN (Ercan airport. Nicosia, Cyprus)

AnadoluJet Boeing 737-700 TC-JKR ('Gelibolu') landed just right after we did, so I could take this close up shot from my seat as both aircrafts were taxiing to the terminal area.

KLM Boeing 777-300/ER PH-BVK / 2014.10.23

SIN (Changi airport. Singapore)

Boarding Time Photo Op.— So glad I could get this nice shot even in the middle of the boarding process hustle.

KLM Boeing 777-300/ER PH-BVK ('Yellowstone National Park'), bound for AMS (Amsterdam) as Flight KL836.

LAN Cargo Boeing 767-300F/ER N418LA / 2015.03.22

GYE (José Joaquín de Olmedo airport. Guayaquil, Ecuador)

Nice light for this shot of LAN Cargo Boeing 767-300F/ER N418LA, only a few seconds away from touching down.

Fidji Air SARL Cessna 510 Citation Mustang F-HECG / 2015.02.19

LIS (Portela airport. Lisbon, Portugal)

Small is also beautiful. Cessna 510 Citation Mustang F-HECG, owned by Fidji Air SARL of Luxembourg, initiates taxi.

United Boeing 747-400 N107UA / 2010.11.03

ORD (O’Hare International airport. Chicago, United States)

Spectacular view of United Airlines Boeing 747-400 N107UA about to touch down after a long transcontinental flight.

LAN Boeing Boeing 767-300/ER CC-BDA / 2015.02.11

GYE (José Joaquín de Olmedo airport. Guayaquil, Ecuador)

LAN Boeing Boeing 767-300/ER CC-BDA in final preps before leaving the gate.

Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300/ER JA736J / 2015.01.01

JFK (John F. Kennedy International airport. New York City, United States)

Elegant departure for Japan Airlines (日本航空) Boeing 777-300/ER JA736J as Flight JL005 to NRT. How nice to see the 'tsurumaru' (鶴丸) livery back in place.

MEA Airbus 330-200 OD-MEB / 2014.11.09

LHR (Heathrow airport. London, United Kingdom)

Middle East Airlines (طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية) Airbus 330-200 OD-MEB about to finish Flight ME201 nonstop from BEY (Beirut).

Aeroflot Airbus 321-200 VP-BOC / 2014.10.25

MAD (Adolfo Suárez-Barajas airport. Madrid, Spain)

Next stop, SVO (Moscow Sheremetyevo), for Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т) Airbus 321-200 VP-BOC, covering Flight SU2501 this morning.

Iberia Airbus 320-200 EC-HAF / 2007.08.10

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

Who will get earlier to its destination? Two parrots happen to appear between my camera and Iberia Airbus 320-200 EC-HAF ('Santiago de Compostela') as it is about to land.

Air France Boeing 747-400 F-GEXB / 2007.06.30

CDG-MIA—Flight AF090, Paris (Charles de Gaulle)-Miami

Cruising somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, this is the marvelous view from seat 60L, on the upper deck of Air France Boeing 747-400 F-GEXB.

Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-800 B-1987 / 2014.10.14

PEK (Capital International airport. Beijing, China)

Shandong Airlines (山东航空) Boeing 737-800 B-1987 on short finals.

Conviasa Bombardier CRJ-700/ER YV2088 / 2014.09.20

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

Venezuelan Conviasa Bombardier CRJ-700/ER YV2088 arriving for maintenance period.

Air Europa Boeing 737-800 EC-IVV / 2008.11.16

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

Air Europa Boeing 737-800 EC-IVV waits its turn for take off with Barcelona airport distinctive control tower in the background.

Air Canada Boeing 767-300/ER C-FXCA / 2008.04.16

YHZ (Robert L. Stanfield International airport. Halifax, Canada)

Air Canada Boeing 767-300/ER C-FXCA just arrived from LHR (London Heathrow) as flight AC861 gets prepared for its second ride of the day, this time to YYZ (Toronto Lester B. Pearson) as flight AC615.