It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a Lufthansa Airbus A320 powering down the runway for take off at Hamburg Airport as it heads to its next destination. Lufthansa operate a fleet of 74 Airbus A320 aircraft. The airline is also a customer of the Airbus A319 (29 frames), A320neo (18 frames) and Airbus A321-100 and -200 … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week we have a Thai Airways Airbus A380 taxing towards its gate at London Heathrow Terminal 2 after completing the long haul journey from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. Thai Airways operate a fleet of six Airbus A380 aircraft operating from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to key destinations in their network including … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International, with its landing gears deployed on a rather grey March morning. United Airlines operate a fleet of 55 Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The airline also operate the Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 777-300ER in … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This time, we have a Korean Air Boeing 787-9 taxing at Madrid Barajas Airport, as it prepares to begin the long journey back to Seoul Incheon Airport in South Korea. Korean Air operates a fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options for a further 10 to be ordered.  These are supported by a wide … [Read more...]

If by now you've read the history of the British Airways Negus livery, you should be well up to date on the paint work. As well as being treated to Negus, I also got to see the BOAC livered Boeing 747 arrive, and the BEA Airbus A319 (the Landor Boeing 747-400 was in the shop as it had a lighting strike, and was being painted up). British Airways BOAC Boeing 747-400 … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it up must be time for some more airplane art. To celebrate St Patrick's Day, we have two Aer Lingus Airbus A330 aircraft at Dublin Airport, with EI-GCF coming into land, and an unidentified A330-300 lining up for take off. Aer Lingus operate a fleet of eight Airbus A330-300 (the payload optimised version) and five Airbus A330-200 (the range … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have an American Airlines Boeing 787-8 climbing out of Chicago O'Hare International as it begins its long haul journey. American Airlines operate a fleet of 42 Boeing 787 Dreamliners - 20 of the smaller 787-8 variant, and 22 of the larger Boeing 787-9. These support the long haul fleets, … [Read more...]

The second of British Airways retrojet arrived today at London Heathrow Airport - this time featuring the paintwork of British European Airways (BEA). BEA Airbus A319 - Image, British Airways  A quick BEA taster BEA was formed in 1946 and existed until 1974, where it merged with BOAC - thus forming the beginnings of the current British Airways. The airlines … [Read more...]

It's Sunday again, so it's time for rather special airplane art. This time focusing on one of the aviation icons - Concorde, as it celebrates 50 years since its first flight. There's no historical run-down - a lot of Concorde's history is documented for the record elsewhere, in books, on the internet and beyond. I'm going to focus on the Concorde type planes I've spotted … [Read more...]