Bournemouth Airport April 2013

As I was waiting my Ryanair flight back home to Malta I have seen couple of interesting aircrafts in Bournemouth Airport, UK on 8th April 2013

This aircraft Titan Airways is a Boeing 737-300 G-ZAPW was new to British Airways in 1988 ex G-BOZB. It came to Titan Airways fleet in 2004 from Easyjet ex G-IGOX.

Now Ryanair has just started summer flights again after horrible British Winters UK had this year. Easyjet only operate to Geneva, Switzerland till end of March or early April. This photo of Ryanair EI-EVC is a Boeing 737-800 boarding to Murica, Spain.

I have been on this aircraft last year as you can see I have part 1 and 2 videos flight from Malta to Bournemouth taken 16th July 2012. I hope you enjoy watching the videos.

When I was listening to my air scanner I thought this aircraft was Atlantic Airways by looking at the stripe colours but instead it's Aviavlisa LY-ETM ATR-42 Freight service was new to Aero Trasporti Italiani 1988 ex I-ATRK.

To finish this off here is the aircraft caught my eye after I got out of Ryanair flight home from Malta last Thursday. This aircraft is a Royal Air Force of Oman before I enter the UK Border arrivals. This aircraft is an Airbus A320-200 registered 554 new and delivered to Royal Air Force of Oman 2008. Bournemouth Airport do have VIP aircraft not only A320s it can be Airbus A330 and Boeing 747!!! other than Southampton just smaller planes. I do have Thomson Airways photo but it's on my last blog about the new Thomson colour.

New generation of Thomson Airways livery

My early photo of Tui Group was Britannia Airways G-BYAL Boeing 757-200 was my first photo in new Tui livery seen in Malta August 2004 4 months before it changed to Thomsonfly till November 2008 it branded to Thomson Airways from United Kingdom. 

My early photo of Thomsonfly was G-OBYE Boeing 767-200 new to Britannia Airways 1998 taxing runway 32 (now 31) from Malta August 2005. 

This is my first photo of Thomson Airways G-FDZS new to Thomson Airways 2009 taxing runway 31 from Malta to Manchester taken 29th January 2013.

This was my first shot taken from my camcorder the new Thomson Airways livery Boeing 757-200 I don't know the registration of my old camcorder before I bought a HD one but it was seen in London Gatwick 30th January 2013.  

Here is a Boeing 737-800 G-TAWN only few months old in new livery!!! Seen in Malta 9th April 2013 from London Gatwick. Thomson is not the only British Airliner in this modern Tui livery, Jetair Fly has one too but I don't have the photo I will make one soon if Jetair comes to Malta this summer in the new look.

This is my latest photo G-TAWA seen in Bournemouth, United Kingdom yesterday morning after I got out Ryanair from Malta. Thomson does operate long haul flights to Barbados from Bournemouth couple of times a year as seasonal cruise charter Thomson don't use Boeing 737-800 to Barbados they use Boeing 767.

Just to finish off the blog I still have Air Malta boarding pass of Thomsonfly in March 2005 it was still operated by Britannia Airways at the time as you can see the old flight number BY009 to London Gatwick well from London Gatwick to Malta was BY009A then BY009B from Malta back to London Gatwick that's the last time I flew to Thomsonfly and last time I been on Boeing 757-200.

That's all for now I'll make a new Aircraft blog soon.  

Catania Airport 12th April 2013

It was Friday 12th April 2013 my flight Air Malta flight KM 640 to Catania, Italy was delayed for few hours. Why? I'll explain but first.

It is a very short flight takes 30/40 minutes I left Malta at 9am I arrived in Catania around 9:40am. It was nice the cabin crew give us water or orange juice when we was thirsty on the flight.

9H-AEN Airbus A320-200 was my first Air Malta flight with the new livery I was expected in the first place.

A volcano started on 11th April 2013 throughout 12th April in Mount Etna. Few flights were delayed until it's safe and volcanic ashes moves to another direction by wind.

This is an interesting one here. I though it was a Mc Donnell Douglas MD-80 models but when I research I found out it's a Boeing 717 the first photo I took! Volotea Airlines EI-FBK was new to Midwest Airlines 2004 ex N920ME. 

 About 6 years ago I took a photo of British Airways in Malta before it was no longer in service but now I found out it's coming to Catania I quickly took a photo since last time I took a photo was 6 years ago. British Airways G-DOCF was new to BA in 1991. The nearest destination it fly close to Malta is Catania and Tripoli, Libya.

I can't remember what was my first Freight photo but this one TNT OO-TNQ Boeing 737-400 was new to Aeroflot in 1998 ex VP-BAM.

It's been around 9 years since I last took a photo of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series which was Alitalia to Malta. As I was waiting for my flight back to Malta I saw this Meridiana Fly I-SMEB McDonnel Douglas MD-82 was new to Eastern Air Transport in 1991 ex B-28001 from China. 

Finally this one to me is confusing. Blu-express is based in Italy registered OM-CEX from Slovakia I'm trying to find more research. It was new to British Airways in 1992 ex G-DOCI.