PIA B777

PIA AP-BGL (Boeing 777-240ER) on short final for runway 25R at Barcelona during a hazy and cold winter afternoon.

BCN 25L standard departure.

As noted in one of the posts below, the standard instrument departures from Barcelona's runway 25 left mandate a left turn before reaching 500 feet. This enables nice perspectives of the planes as they bank left shortly after taking off. A few examples:

Swiss A319 HB-IPS



Iberia A321 EC-JMR



Finnair Retro A319 OH-LVE "Silver Bird"



Singapore Airlines B77W 9V-SWT

Sunset at Barcelona's Airport

A Vueling A320 is slowly floating over the landing lights on final approach to Barcelona's runway 25 right, when the sun starts to go down towards the horizon.

Avianca A330

Avianca N974AV (Airbus A330-243) floating over Barcelona's runway 25 right. Next Feb. 14th 2012 this A330 will celebrate its first birthday.

Spanair MD87

What a sad sight. A week after this picture of EC-KJE (MD-87) was taken, Spanair ceased operations. This particular MD87 is almost 24 years old, and finding a new home seems unlikely for it.

Iberia CRJ

EC-GYI (CRJ-200) approaching Barcelona's runway 25 right in its typical nose-down fashion.

Qatar A330

Qatar Airways A7-ACC (Airbus A330-200) slowing down after landing on Frankfurt's runway 25 right. Note the front landing gear still hasn't touched the ground.

VIA A320

VIA LZ-MDM (Airbus A320-200) just centimeters above Frankfurt's runway 25 right. In the background the dual ILS glideslope antennas can be seen.

TAP A319

A TAP Airbus A319 on the left bank just after takeoff from Barcelona's runway 25 left. The standard departure pattern calls for a left turn towards the sea at or below 500 feet, in order to avoid populated areas.

Lufthansa Cargo MD11F

D-ALCO, a Lufthansa Cargo MD11F is seen here just after take off from runway 25C in Frankfurt Flughafen.

Lufthansa A340

D-AIHI, a Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 on short final for runway 25 right during a cold winter afternoon in Frankfurt.

Rolls Royce Trent 700

A Rolls Royce Trent 700 reversing over runway 07 left in Frankfurt, stopping a Lufthansa A330-300.

Air India B77L

Air India VT-ALD (Boeing B777-237/LR) operating the daily flight from Ahmedabad is seen here approaching runway 25L on a nice summer afternoon.

TAM A332

Tam Linhas Aereas PT-MVT (Airbus A330-223) as TAM8069 floating over the A5 seconds before touchdown on Frankfurt's runway 25L.

South African A346

South African ZS-SNG (Airbus A340-642) being towed to the gate prior to its evening flight back to Johannesburg. It arrives early morning to FRA and spends all day parked on the south side of the airport.

Air China B77W

Air China B-2087 (Boeing B777-39L/ER) operating the daily flight from Beijing. Since its entry into service with Air China, on August 2011, this is the only route this plane has flown so far.

China Southern B77F

China Southern Cargo B-2073 (Boeing B777-F1B) climbing away from Frankfurt's runway 25L on its way back to Shangai.

Kuwait A306

Kuwait Airways 9K-AMD (Airbus A300B4-605R) just before rotation. Not many A300 left in passenger service nowadays.

Oman Air A332

Oman Air A4O-DF (Airbus A330-243) rolling on RWY18. It's not the first time it appears on this blog, and hopefully it won't be the last.

SATA A320

Nose close-up of SATA International CS-TKO (Airbus A320-214) showing its very nice paintwork.

Air France A318

Air France F-GUGB (Airbus A318-111) just airborne on its way back to Paris - CDG.

Air China A332

Air China B-6076 (Airbus A330-243) wearing the "Blue Rose" special livery, takes off from runway 25 Center in Frankfurt. Could be cleaner, though...

Lufthansa A380

Lufthansa D-AIMH (Airbus A380-841) just after take off, starting its trip to Tokyo-Narita.

Lufthansa A319

Lufthansa D-AILT (Airbus A319-114) near rotation speed on runway 18. Panned at 1/80s.

Etihad A330

Etihad A6-AFA (A330-343X) wearing the special paintscheme "Visit Abu Dhabi" taking off from runway 18. Brand new aircraft, just delivered mid-feb 2011.