Sunday, 19 May 2013

MAN 19th May 2013 - Qatar Airways operate the first "Scheduled" 787 arrival!

Arriving early morning (and almost an hour early!), Qatar 787 A7-BCC became the first of the type to operate a scheduled passenger service in to Manchester.






MAN 18th May 2013 - Vizion Air Fk50 PH-JXJ

Parked up overnight after operating a charter, Vizion Air (leased from Denim Air) Fokker 50 PH-JXJ.


Saturday, 18 May 2013

MAN 17th May 2013 - Canadian Air Force Challenger 144617

Arriving very late evening and well after the light had gone, Canadian Air Force Challenger 144617 making its first visit.



Thursday, 16 May 2013

MAN 15th May 2013 - DHL A300 departs after painting.

After painting in to full DHL colours by Air Livery, A300-600F D-AEAI departed in the evening,


Nordwind 767-300 G-OBYD (VP-BOQ) was also seen parked up in the sun awaiting delivery.

Saturday, 11 May 2013

MAN 10th May 2013 - BH Airlines new colours.

BH Airlines now have a new "Billboard" style colour scheme, the first aicraft to visit Manchester wearing it was A320 LZ-BHC departing late evening.


Wednesday, 8 May 2013

MAN 8th May 2013 - Germania A319 D-ASTY

Germania A319 D-ASTY positioned in during the early hours (on its first visit) to cover for A319 D-ASTA which had a technical problem, it operated the first flight of their charter programme this morning.


MAN 7th May 2013 - "Gambia Bird" A319 D-ASTA

Gambia Bird / Germania A319 D-ASTA made its first visit this evening, positioning in to operate their new charter programme.



MAN 4th May 2013 - ex JAL A300F for painting at Air Livery.

Arriving early morning, DHL Europe A300-600F D-AEAI was still wearing the basic JAL scheme, it is seen here being readied for towing to the paint shop (taken whilst taxiing in on A330 G-SMAN hence the poor quality!!)




3rd to the 4th May 2013

Palma on a Pullmantur 747-400! 


A short overnight trip to Palma purely to fly on board the Pullmantur Air 747-400,
click on the link below to see the photos on the 2013 Trips Page.....

http://nikfrenchphotos.blogspot.co.uk/p/2013-trips.html

Thursday, 2 May 2013

MAN 2nd May 2013 - Jettime & Pullmantur

Jettime 737-700 OY-JTV arrived on the morning SAS Copenhagen flight, the first of their -700's to visit MAN,


And Pullmantur Air 747-400 EC-KSM departed to Sharm-el-Sheikh operating for Monarch Airlines.