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Avgeek James UK Midlands-based aviation enthusiast, capturing moments from the past and present ✈️

Remembering 11 September 2001.25 years on, we remember all those who lost their lives. 🕊️
11/09/2026

Remembering 11 September 2001.

25 years on, we remember all those who lost their lives. 🕊️

TUI Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner G-TUIH afternoon arrival at Manchester Airport on Runway 05R.🛬 TUI Airways✈️ Boeing ...
10/09/2026

TUI Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner G-TUIH afternoon arrival at Manchester Airport on Runway 05R.

🛬 TUI Airways
✈️ Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
📍 Manchester Airport (MAN)
🔧 GE GEnx engines
📅 Delivered to Thomson Airways – May 2015
📸 16/08/25

TUI UK Manchester Airport

Canaryfly ATR 72-212A EC-NYS taking off from Arrecife, Lanzarote.Originally delivered to TRIP in February 2010 as PP-PTR...
09/09/2026

Canaryfly ATR 72-212A EC-NYS taking off from Arrecife, Lanzarote.

Originally delivered to TRIP in February 2010 as PP-PTR and transferring to Azul in March 2013. It was placed into storage in April 2016 before moving to Mistral Air as AY-BOY in July 2017, followed by CSA Czech Airlines as OK-NFV in July 2018. The aircraft started flying with CanaryFly in November 2022.

🛫 Canary Fly
✈️ ATR 72-212A
📍 Arrecife, Lanzarote (ACE)
🔧 PWC PW127F engines
📸 08/05/25

Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A9C-FF departing Manchester for the return flight back to Bahrain.🛫 Gulf Air✈️ Boeing 7...
09/09/2026

Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A9C-FF departing Manchester for the return flight back to Bahrain.

🛫 Gulf Air
✈️ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
📍 Manchester Airport (MAN)
🔧 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines
📅 Delivered to Gulf Air February 2019
📸 15/08/26

Classic Airbus A300s at London HeathrowAlitalia A300B4 I-BUSJDelivered to Alitalia in May 1981. After leaving the airlin...
09/09/2026

Classic Airbus A300s at London Heathrow

Alitalia A300B4 I-BUSJ
Delivered to Alitalia in May 1981. After leaving the airline, it became a cargo aircraft with SC Aviation in July 1997 as N68142. It then moved to JHM Cargo in November 1998 and was eventually scrapped.

Air France A300B2 F-BVGB
Delivered to Air France in June 1974. It was withdrawn from use in October 1997 and subsequently scrapped in February 1999.

Olympic Airways A300B4 SX-BEB
Delivered to Olympic Airways in February 1979. Following its time with Olympic, it moved to Grand Air in May 1995 as RP-C8882. It then joined Transair in August 1997 as EI-TLM, before moving to Air Anatolia as TC-ANI in June 2001. It was placed into storage in February 2002.

Three Airbus A300s, each with its own history, and a reminder of the classic aircraft that once passed through London Heathrow.

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Old colours Air Canada Airbus A330-343X C-GHKR, making a gloomy morning arrival onto London Heathrow’s Runway 09L.✈️ Air...
09/09/2026

Old colours Air Canada Airbus A330-343X C-GHKR, making a gloomy morning arrival onto London Heathrow’s Runway 09L.

✈️ Airbus A330-343X
📍 London Heathrow (LHR)
🔧 Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines
📅 Delivered May 2001
📸 Photo taken 27/08/26

Aer Lingus at Arrecife, Lanzarote 🇮🇪🇪🇸Airbus A320-214 EI-DVMDelivered to Aer Lingus in March 2011 and pictured in the ai...
09/09/2026

Aer Lingus at Arrecife, Lanzarote 🇮🇪🇪🇸

Airbus A320-214 EI-DVM
Delivered to Aer Lingus in March 2011 and pictured in the airline’s retrojet colour scheme.

📍 Arrecife Airport, Lanzarote
🔧 CFM International CFM56 engines
📅 Delivered to Aer Lingus, March 2011
📸 Photo taken 14/09/25

Airbus A320-214 EI-GAL
Originally delivered to Aeroflot in February 2009 as VQ-BAZ, before moving to Aer Lingus in May 2017.

📍 Arrecife Airport, Lanzarote
🔧 CFM International CFM56 engines
📅 Delivered to Aer Lingus, May 2017
📸 Photo taken 14/03/24

Airbus A320neo EI-NSF
Delivered to Aer Lingus in June 2024.

📍 Arrecife Airport, Lanzarote
🔧 CFMI LEAP engines
📅 Delivered to Aer Lingus, June 2024
📸 Photo taken 13/09/25

A glimpse back at a very different era of German aviation Air Berlin, LTU and Aero Lloyd were once familiar names at air...
08/09/2026

A glimpse back at a very different era of German aviation

Air Berlin, LTU and Aero Lloyd were once familiar names at airports across Germany, with fleets featuring some of the most recognisable aircraft of their time.

Air Berlin Boeing 737-4K5, D-ABAB
Originally delivered to Air Berlin USA as N11AB in April 1990.

LTU Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar, D-AERL
Delivered to LTU International Airways in October 1980.

Aero Lloyd McDonnell Douglas MD-87, D-ALLI
Delivered to Aero Lloyd in May 1989.

A snapshot of German charter aviation from an era when these aircraft were a familiar sight heading off on holiday.

Aer Lingus Airbus A321LR EI-LRH coming into land on Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) from Dublin on a rather gloomy m...
08/09/2026

Aer Lingus Airbus A321LR EI-LRH coming into land on Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) from Dublin on a rather gloomy morning.

🛬 Aer Lingus
✈️ Airbus A321LR
📍 London Heathrow (LHR)
🔧 CFM LEAP engines
📅 Delivered March 2021
📸 27/08/26

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1041 G-VJAM, Queen of Hearts, taking off from London Heathrow Runway 27L for the flight acro...
08/09/2026

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1041 G-VJAM, Queen of Hearts, taking off from London Heathrow Runway 27L for the flight across the Atlantic as VS45 to New York JFK.

🛫 Virgin Atlantic
✈️ Airbus A350-1041
📍 London Heathrow (LHR)
🔧 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines
📅 Delivered December 2019
📸 27/08/26

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