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30/03/2019

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Cathay Pacific Airways [ CX / CPA ]
Aircraft Type : Boeing 777 - 367 (ER)
Registration Number : B - KQI (cn 41429 / 1139)
First Flight : 12/9/2013 (5.5 Yrs)
Airport : Hong Kong Int'l Airport [ VHHH / HKG ]

The brand new Oneworld alliance logo jet for the biggest Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific. CPA is one of the founding members of the alliance and this is the first logo jet after new standard color scheme has been introduced in late 2015.

KQI got her new clothes in Xiamen paint shop and ferry back to homebase as flight CX3387 during midnight. The frame is parked up at remote bay in maintenance area and get ready for revenue flights.

Also available at:

Airplane-Pictures.net -
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/1179924/b-kqi-cathay-pacific-boeing-777-300er/

JetPhotos -
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9267294

Cathay Pacific 國泰航空 The Boeing Company oneworld alliance

29/03/2019

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : WOW air [ WW/ WOW ]
Aircraft Type : Airbus A330 - 343
Registration Number : TF - WOW (cn 1624)
First Flight : 11/3/2015 (4.0 Yrs)
Airport : London Gatwick Airport [ EGKK / LGW ]

Following the collapse of possible negotiation between WOW Air and Icelandair, the airline announced cease of operation on all routes. This Icelandic low cost carrier offers similar mode of air transport as Icelandair, providing stopover and connecting service across the Atlantic.

This frame was built for Japan's Skymark but was never delivered due to the frustrating situation of Skymark years ago. Instead, it flies for Air Europa and WOW before withdrawal from the fleet on 27 Nov 2018.

27/03/2019

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : EVA Air [ BR / EVA ]
Aircraft Type : Boeing 747 - 45E (BDSF)
Registration Number : B - 16407 (cn 27899 / 1053)
First Flight : 26/1/1995 (24.2 Yrs)
Airport : Hong Kong Int'l Airport [ VHHH / HKG ]

Last surviving Jumbo of EVA Air. Following the storage of B-16406, the workhorse became the last active Boeing 747 in EVA's fleet.

She started her life as Combi and serving the Taiwanese carrier since 1995, offering high flexibility for the growth of the airline in both pax and cargo network. As the queen of the skies phrasing out from passenger flights, this frame has been converted into a Bedek Special Freighter in 2009.

EVA Airways Corp. 長榮航空 The Boeing Company

02/09/2018

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Air Belgium [ KF/ ABB ]
Aircraft Type : Airbus A340 - 313
Registration Number : OO - ABA (cn 835)
First Flight : 11/4/2007 (11.4 Yrs)
Airport : Hong Kong Int'l Airport [ VHHH / HKG ]

Introducing the new Belgian carrier based at Brussels South Charleroi Airport. The company was set as a long-haul low cost airline and first took into the skies in March this year after several postponement since 2017Q4 due to AOC and operational reasons.

It is nice to see Hong Kong being the very first and sole destination for the airline which offers a gateway towards other Asian countries and passengers. A regular flight of KF851/852 is served between CRL and HKG twice weekly.

27/08/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : EVA Airways [ BR / EVA ]
Aircraft Type : Boeing 747 - 45E
Registration Number : B - 16411 (cn 29111 / 1151)
First Flight : 7/4/1998 (19.4 Yrs)
Airport : Hong Kong Int'l Airport [ VHHH / HKG ]

After 25 years of services, The Boeing 747-400 pax has finally withdrawn from the fleet. The first one was delivered to EVA in 1992 and the airline operated a total of 7 744pax whilst 2 of them have been converted to Combi and 2 of them converted to freighter jet.

B-16411 took its last revenue flight as BR892 enrouted HKG-TPE on 21st AUG before retirement. Thank you and goodbye.

Also available on Airplane-Pictures.net:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/951829/b-16411-eva-air-boeing-747-400/

#波音747光榮退役 EVA Airways Corp. 長榮航空 The Boeing Company

23/03/2017

Thanks JetPhotos for sharing again :)

C-GWYD. Bombardier BD-500-1A10 CSeries CS100 . JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 3 million screened photos online!

22/03/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Bombardier Commercial Aircraft [ - / BBA ]
Aircraft Type : Bombardier CSeries CS100
Registration Number : C - GWYD (cn 50002)
w./ LCY stickers
Date of Manufacture : 3/1/2014 (3.2 Yrs)
Airport : London City Airport [ EGLC / LCY ]

Welcome to the new era of London City Airport.

Bombardier sent their second C series CS100 testbed from Canada to London after certified for steep approach tests. The frame made a direct transatlantic flight from Montreal to London Stansted yesterday as its first ever visit to the United Kingdom.

After spending an overnight rest at STN, the aircraft conducted steep approach validation and other tests in LCY today. Note that the newbie is still in her green primer with new stickers implied on fuselage. She flew back to Stansted before rush hour began.

Also available on Airplane-Pictures.net:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/873044/c-gwyd-bombardier-bombardier-bd-500-c-series-100/

16/03/2017

Thanks JetPhotos for sharing :)

A newly pained special scheme. This new Skyteam jet is a bit different with the previous one for AirEuropa, the airline title is painted in blue instead of blue and red. EC-LQP. Airbus A330-243. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 3 million screened photos online!

16/03/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Air Europa [ UX/ AEA ]
Aircraft Type : Airbus A330 - 243
Registration Number : EC - LQP (cn 526)
w./ SKYTEAM livery
Date of Manufacture : 21/3/2003 (14.0 Yrs)
Airport : Madrid Barajas Airport [ LEMD / MAD ]

Welcome home! The latest Skyteam alliance jet painted on their Spainish member's A332. EC-LQP made her first appearance on last Saturday, arriving her base from Cambridge paint shop.

Note that the airline title is painted in blue which differs from previous UX's Skyteam jets that painted in red.

Also available on Airplane-Pictures.net:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/868605/ec-lqp-air-europa-airbus-a330-200/

09/03/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Project Orbis [ - / - ]
Aircraft Type : McDonnell Douglas MD-10-30F
Registration Number : N330AU (cn 46800 / 96)
Date of Manufacture : 27/3/1973 (44.0 Yrs)
Airport : Hong Kong Int'l Airport [ VHHH / HKG ]

Glad to see this gorgeous workhorse still owning the sky with an age of almost 44 years.

She was manufactured as DC10 in Long Beach back in the 1970s, delivered to Trans International Airlines and has been taken up duties as cargo freighter for several airlines. Sadly most of them went into history already despite Federal Express.

Fedex took this beauty in 1980s and modified her into an modernized MD10. The company sponsors Orbis International for this frame, converting it into the Flying Eye Hospital and offering aircraft engineering support after its 27 years service with Fedex.

Also available at Airplane-Pictures.net:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/865338/n330au-orbis-mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-30f/

08/03/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : AirBridgeCargo [ RU / ABW ]
Aircraft Type : Boeing 747 - 406F (ER)
Registration Number : VQ - BWW (cn 35233 / 1382)
First Flight : 18/1/2007 (10.1 Yrs)
Airport : London Heathrow Airport [ EGLL / LHR ]

Despite the fact that AirBridgeCargo is 100% owned by its parent company, Volga-Dnepr Group, the corporation is the largest Russian Cargo Airlines which serves 16 destinations across the globe.

This frame was delivered to Air France in 2007, transferred to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines after a year and finally picked up by ABC in 2015. A sticker implied to the whole fleet as celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Volga-Dnepr Group. VQ-BWW has been operating to LHR as RU481 from Moscow as a substitution of CargoLogicAir.

Also available on Airplane-Pictures.net:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/858151/vq-bww-air-bridge-cargo-boeing-747-400f-erf/

& JetPhotos:
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8525534

28/02/2017

- Aircraft Info -
Airline : Air Canada [ AC / ACA ]
Aircraft Type : Boeing 787 - 8 Dreamliner
Registration Number : C - GHPQ (cn 35257 / 160)
First Flight : 22/4/2014 (2.9 Yrs)
Airport : London Heathrow Airport [ EGLL / LHR ]

Congratulations Air Canada for the new livery. The company introduced their rebranding with revised colour scheme which unveiled on 9th FEB 2017.

Three events were held at once in Toronto YYZ, Montreal YUL and Vancouver YVR with a pair of newly repainted A321 and a Dreamliner in their fleet.