It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week - descending through the low cloud layer on final approach to Chicago O'Hare is an American Airlines Airbus A321 with Sharklets. American Airlines operates a fleet of 218 Airbus A321 in various different configurations for various missions. A number of them are assigned to the … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Austrian Airlines Airbus A321 at London Heathrow
It's Sunday again, so must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing out from Terminal 2 and heading for the runway at London Heathrow Airport is an Austrian Airlines Airbus A321 as it prepares for the trip to Vienna. Austrian Airlines (part of Lufthansa Group), operate a fleet of six A321 aircraft - split with a mixture of three A321-100s and three … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A321 at Hamburg Airport
It's Sunday again, so its time for some more airplane art. This week, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 is preparing to depart Hamburg Airport as evening closes in. This Airbus A321 has a bit of interesting history behind it. Whilst it is in standard Lufthansa house colours (and has been part of the Lufthansa fleet since 1998), this plane was previously in a retro livery to … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – American Airlines Airbus A321 approaching Chicago O’Hare
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week on final approach to Chicago O'Hare on a sunny autumn day, is an American Airlines Airbus A321, with the undercarriage deployed. American Airlines operate a fleet of 203 Airbus A321s in its US Domestic and Medium haul operations, used for both premium services and normal services in the … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Turkish Airlines Airbus A321
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, pushing back at Hamburg Airport is a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 as the sun breaks after a storm. Turkish Airlines operate a fleet of 66 Airbus A321s in their short to mid-haul operations, operating across Europe, Africa and other destinations. Turkish Airlines also operates Airbus A319s, … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Finnair Airbus A321 at Helsinki Airport
It's Christmas Day, and it's a Sunday - so it must be time for some more airplane art. Waiting in a cold winters day (along with a bit of snow) is a Finnair Airbus A321 with Sharklets - with the plane waiting to fly to somewhere a little warmer. . Finnair operate a fleet of 13 Airbus A321 aircraft, with another 8 on order. These are used for short to medium haul … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Air Berlin Airbus A321 being de-iced
It's Sunday, and once again, it's time for some more airplane art. This week in the freezing cold of a Helsinki morning is an Air Berlin Airbus A321 at the de-icing pads, as it prepares to depart for Germany. The stabliser of this Air Berlin A321 being bathed in de-icer. And the wings getting the full on treatment on this Air Berlin Airbus A321. Air … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – American Airlines Airbus A321
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing in the early morning is an American Airlines Airbus A321 (ex US Airways) at Phoenix Sky Harbour International Airport as it prepares to head to the runway for its next departure. American Airlines inherited a fleet of Airbus short-haul aircraft (including A321s) when it merged with US … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – American Airlines Airbus A321
It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, lining up on the runway for take off at Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport in the morning sun is an American Airlines Airbus A321. This American Airlines A321 is actually an ex US Airways aircraft (the registration N915US gives it away). The combined American Airlines A321 fleet goes as far as 158 … [Read more...]
SNAPSHOT: British Airways BA458 London Heathrow to Madrid
Time for another snapshot, this time focusing on British Airways Short-haul product Boarding: Boarding sadly was conducted from Gate 10 at Heathrow. Whilst this doesn't mean a lot to a lot of people, this is the busing gates at Terminal 5. Which is... Not so good. Why? Priority boarding normally goes out of the window. Like it did today (although by the time a bus … [Read more...]
