Civilian Aviation

I had not been to Heathrow since February as I was waiting for some nice Autumn sunshine. So nice was the light on my first visit, I actually went a second time in week! Here's the edited highlights from the two days I spent there - the full set is on my flickr.

First I'll start with some of the Americans:

The American Airlines fleet: First a 767-300 in the new livery:


N378AN America Airlines B763 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

A 777-200


N788AN American Airlines B772 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And the AA 777-300ER departing Runway 27L:


N717AN American Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

An old school AA 767:


N390AA American Airlines B763 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Old school United:


N648UA United Airlines B763 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And the 'new' United:


N776UA United Airlines B772 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Delta 767-300ER


N174DZ Delta Airlines B763 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Delta 767-400ER


N843MH Delta Airlines B764 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Next, American allies - an El Al 747 which has previously evaded me!


4X-ELB El Al B744 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Moving away, now a very nice (and very new) TAM 767:


PT-MSX TAM B763 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Now some 787s - managed to miss the BA ones both times!

First visit to Heathrow for Qatar's latest newsest 787 (at least at the time!)


AC-BCF Qatar Airways B788 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

China Southern (very nice livery):


B-2725 China Southern B788 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Followed in by the Air India 787 from Delhi. The 777-300ER flight from Mumbai will also be replaced by the 787 next year:


VT-ANN Air India B788 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Part II

Etihad (coming soon to a regional airport near you):


A6-ETK Ethiad Airways B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Qatar A330:


A7-AEG Qatar Airways A333 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Egyptair A330 (always stunning!)


SU-GDT Egyptair A333 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Virgin A330:


G-VRAY Virgin Atlantic A333 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Slightly smaller Virgin Airbus. A shame they didn't use metallic paint here!


EI-EZW Virgin Atalntic A320 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Cyprus Airways - (a shadow of its former self at Heathrow):


5B-DCL Cyprus Airways A320 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Turkish A321:


TC-JSA Turkish Airlines A321 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Air France special:


F-GTAE Air France A321 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Lovely Jordanian A321:


JY-AYT Royal Jordanian A321 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Excellent to see Thai 747s back at Heathrow:


HS-TGA Thai Airways B744 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Shiny (and this time also clean) Malaysian A380:


9M-MNF Malaysia Airlines A388 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Slightly worn looking Virgin A340:


G-VWEB Virgin Atlantic A346 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Cathay Cargo 747:


B-LIA Cathay Pacific Cargo B744 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Pakistan 777 - on time today, they have a habit of running late!


AP-BHV Pakistan International Airways B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And a final Part III: some late afternoon shots:

ANA 777:


JA784A ANA B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Singapore 777:


9V-SWV Singapore Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

JAL 777:


JA734J Japan Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

The inaugural Philippine Airlines service from Manila:


RP-C7773 Philippine Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

The BA A380 running slightly late from LAX: An excellent livery for the A380:


G-XLEC British Airways A388 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Slightly smaller BA Airbus performing a go around:


G-EUPU British Airways A319 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

A tiny KLM F.70:


PH-KZU KLM F.70 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

An AZAL A340 on its first visit to Heathrow replacing the scheduled A320! Quite an upgrade:


4K-AZ86 Azerbaijan Airlines A345 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

A Kuwaiti A300


9K-AMB Kuwait Airways A300 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And finally - just as the sun had almost set - another Malaysian A380:


9M-MNC Malaysia Airlines A388 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Two excellent days - but still some more bits to catch! I hope these are of interest.

Wow, what a set! Thanks for posting.

A superb post !!

Regards
John.

Ah that Azeri... Stunning colours.

Brilliant colour & clarity on all of these in fact! What a set. Can't blame you for going back again, I know I want to!

Superb !

Thanks Adam, John W, DaveSheffield and Mike for your comments. The light is very special at this time of year when the sun does come out! I was very pleased with the set I got, but still plenty more to get!

Very nice!

Thanks Chris!