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**

Bahamasair De Havilland Canada Dash 8 C6-BFH / 2015.05.14

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Love to see, and photograph, props aircrafts since they fly slower, are smaller, and you can get nice details of them, like this Bahamasair De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash 8, C6-BFH.

Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300/ER JA733J / 2011.03.15

NRT (Narita International airport. Tokyo, Japan)

As we were about to touch down I got to catch Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300/ER JA733J while being towed. Seen from seat 44A on board Finnair Airbus 330-300 OH-LTN.

China Southern Airbus 321/200 B-6663 / 2014.12.16

ICN-CAN—Flight CZ340, Seoul (Incheon)-Guangzhou

If the day is not too hazy and you're sitting on the right side of the plane, you can have a nice panoramic moving view of the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl river on approach to CAN. Spectacular! Seen from seat 37K on board China Southern (中国南方航空) Airbus 321/200 B-6663.

American Boeing 737-800 N951AA / 2015.05.14

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

American Airlines Boeing 737-800 N951AA has been in service since December 2000, and wearing the Astrojet retro livery since then. Good job, AA!

Iberia Airbus 330-300 EC-LYF / 2015.05.14

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Yup, I got it again! Second time I catch Iberia Airbus 330-300 EC-LYF ('Juan Carlos I'), this time about to land from MAD (Madrid) as Flight IB6123. This was the first one in the company to wear the current paint scheme, and also the one that transported the Spanish Football team to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup. Looks shiny and neat...

Avior Boeing 737-400 YV2946 / 2015.05.14

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Avior Airlines Boeing 737-400 YV2946, departing as Flight 9V1221 to BLA (Barcelona, Venezuela) from runway 12, while a United Express Bombardier also takes off from 8R. This was the first B737-400 ever built by Boeing with the registration N73700, back in 1988, and it previously flew for Piedmont Airlines and USAir (then USAirways) before finding a new life in Venezuela.

Airport Highlight: MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States) / 2011.05.07

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Airport Highlight: Miami.— MIA is arguably the only airport in the world where you can catch flights to two different Barcelonas: one in Spain, one in Venezuela. The former used to be served by Iberia (now it's American Airlines). The latter with Avior.

Tunisair Airbus 320-200 TS-IMM / 2011.03.13

TUN (Tunis Carthage airport. Tunis, Tunisia)

Tunisair (الخطوط التونسية) Airbus 320-200 TS-IMM ('باردو', or 'Le Bardo') has been with the carrier since it was built in 1999. Seen here at home getting ready for its next flight.

Delta Connection Saab 340B/Plus N451XJ / 2010.06.25

YXU (London International airport. London, Canada)

Delta Connection (Mesaba Airlines) Saab 340B/Plus N451XJ was recently repainted from the Northwest Airlink colors when I took this picture from inside the aircraft I was in. It didn't last long, since it was stored the next year and now is operating for Silver Airways with, obviously, a different livery.

SAS Boeing 737-600 LN-RRZ / 2009.08.04

FRA (Frankfurt am Main airport. Frankfurt, Germany)

SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-600 LN-RRZ ('Gisla Viking') taking off from 25R.

Aeromar ATR-42-500 XA-UAU / 2015.01.01

MEX (Licenciado Benito Juárez airport. Mexico City, Mexico)

Aeromar ATR-42-500 XA-UAU began its operational life a little less than 20 years ago, back in 1995, for Air Dolomiti. For the past almost 11 years it's been flying the Mexican skies.

Albatros Airlines Embraer 120 YV2776 / 2013.04.20

CCS (Simón Bolívar International airport. Caracas, Venezuela)

Albatros Airlines Embraer 120 Brasilia YV2776, seen on hold for take off, has been around for a while, since 1989 when it began to fly for Delta Connection Comair in the US. Still doing service in Venezuela.

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 A7-BCB / 2013.09.01

FRA (Frankfurt am Main airport. Frankfurt, Germany)

Qatar Airways (القطرية) Boeing 787-8 A7-BCB was the first Dreamliner delivered to the carrier. Seen here getting ready for its flight back to DOH nine months into service.

Spirit Airbus 319-100 N516NK / 2014.02.06

FLL-GUA—Flight NK243, Ft.Lauderdale-Guatemala City

You can get a pretty close impression of the slums of Guatemala City even before arrival, as your aircraft will fly really low just before touching the runway. Seen from seat 22A on board Spirit Airlines Airbus 319-100 N516NK ('Spirit of Cancún').