Planes and stuff

A319 F-HBMI departing from Madeira's runway 05 Looks like it finally happened...after some unresting news for some time, Aigle Azur ended up filling for bankruptcy... Check more on that, at Aviation24.be, HERE It was a regular at Madeira. Still got them flying the B737, back in 2004. After a stop, they returned to Madeira with the Airbus... Check more Aigle Azur pics at Madeira, HERE

Na manhã do passado Sábado, a Vinci Airports organizou a I Edição do Vinci Airports Spotters Day. Uma excelente iniciativa para os spotters, que decorreu em vários dos aeroportos geridos por esta empresa. O Aeroporto da Madeira foi um dos locais onde decorreu esta iniciativa, permitindo a entrada no lado ar de vários spotters mais habituados a ver, fotografar e filmar um pouco mais longe.. Como seria de esperar, foram muitos os cliques...por hoje fica apenas um cheirinho com uma amostra de alguns dos movimentos...depois logo vou colocado mais umas fotos/registos desse dia... Fazendo o gosto ao dedo com o A320 F-HBAO da Aigle Azur, partindo da 05. À direita, um spotter local bem conhecido pelos seus vídeos em FNC...Façam uma visita ao seu canal de Youtube, AQUI Taxi do A320 da TAP CS-TNX, com o comandante a fazer um thumbs up ao pessoal! Sempre bom ver as tripulações interagirem com os entusiastas...claro que havia outros mais concentrados noutra coisa qualquer... Saída do...

TAP has leased a couple of Aigle Azur's for the summer. Despite some rumours and images of special stickers for these planes, their're still white with Aigle Azur tails and small Operated By TAP stickers on the nose. TAP's (Aigle Azur lease) A319 F-HBAL arriving to the stand Haven't made any run for getting these, despite the many flights they've been making to Madeira but still, already managed to get a shot of F-HBIS at Lisbon (check HERE ) and now, of F-HBAL, on the night of the Brazilian Challenger 350 (check HERE ) The record is made, unless they really get some nice stickers into the planes :)

Não sou grande fã de spotting fotográfico via telemóvel mas, por vezes é o que está mais a jeito...embora a maioria das vezes a coisa fique mesmo apenas para registo pessoal, suponho que estas duas não estejam muito más, ainda por cima foi a primeira vez que tive oportunidade de spottar um aparelho da Joon e o Francês Aigle Azur ao serviço da TAP.... F-GTAJ, um A321 que foi entregue à companhia mãe da Joon, a Air France, em 2001 F-HBIS, A320 da também Francesa Aigle Azur, que se encontra atualmente ao serviço da TAP

Revendo fotos mais antigas, fica um registo já de 2015, de um A319 da Aigle Azur, descolando da 05, ao final da tarde. Não admira que tenha ficado para trás...a estrela do dia foi o D-ABDU da Air Berlin...o Etihad...(ver AQUI ) F-HBMI descolando da 05, em Novembro de 2015 Curiosamente, segundo o AirFleets, este aparelho foi armazenado o mês passado, com cerca de 21 anos...

Back to March, from the same day we had the couple of Sata's A310 (check HERE ) a couple of shots of Aigle Azur. It's an airline with a nice livery. Unfortunately, lately has been coming around lunch time, on Saturdays...no good... A320 F-HBIB during the take-off run, on a 1/40 panning... During taxi with Transavia's B738 PH-HXA on the back

The last couple of days the sun's been shining at Madeira but, for now, an Aigle Azur shot from a rainy day... A320 F-HFUL departing from runway 23, back to France. Down on the apron, a Thomas Cook Belgium that stayed overnight due to crew rest time. The passengers were flown out of Madeira by a Condor 321 that came to Madeira on purpose.

Está mais do que na altura da foto da semana, desta vez com 2 extras especiais...o facto do regresso da Lufthansa ter sido com a inauguração de uma nova rota (Frankfurt) e melhor que isso, ter sido feito com o A321 retro D-AIDV, a outra...é o facto das fotos desta entrada não serem minhas, mas sim da spotter mais pequena da família :) Grande orgulho :) (Mesmo que os únicos movimentos que lhe interessem sejam mesmo os banhos...hehe) Fica pois um registo do banho ao retro da Lufthansa e mais alguns registos da manhã da autoria dela e com alguns pequenos tratamentos meus.... Banho ao Lufthansa... chegada do C-295 16706 da Esquadra 502 da Força Aérea Portuguesa, com uma Evacuação Médica dupla, do Porto Santo TAP A319 CS-TTJ Aigle Azur F-HFUL

A couple of pics of the landing of Easyjet A319 G-EZFZ landing on Madeira's runway 05 On the back, a nice apron with a couple of Air Berlin's, including special Etihad livery D-ABDU, an Aigle Azur and a British Airways....United Colors of many nations :)

Airports of the World magazine is promoting a subscription of the magazine, offering an Extreme Airports DVD. The issue 64, makes this promotion with a pic of mine: Air Berlin / Etihad D-ABDU taking off from Madeira Airport (FNC/LPMA), check that issue HERE , check the pic of that entry, HERE This number, has the extra interesting point for a Madeirean: an article on the neighbour island of Porto Santo airport. Nice! For all those visiting Madeira (and not only...) is allways worth a visit to the neighbour island of  Porto Santo, a great place for relaxing and so diferent from Madeira, despite the proximity.

Back to December, a couple of shots from Aigle Azur A320 with Sharkets F-HBIX. The landing was on runway 05 and the take-off on runway 23 with a great light...despite the early take-off....

After almost two years without coming to Madeira for the first time (presented in January 2014), now the Air Berlin Etihad "Moving Forward" livery has been a regular presence at Madeira (please, don't forget to send us the #cominghomeforchristmas livery, Air Berlin ...) Yesterday  it came and the saturday before it also came...these are some pics taken last week, with take-off from runway 23 and landing in runway 05... Taking off, back to Berlin - Tegel from runway 23 with a nice light. In the apron, its Swiss "brother" HB-IOZ and Aigle Azur's A320 F-HBIX, with new livery and sharklets an hour earlier, the landing, on runway 05 Another shot of the take off...

A couple of shots of the arrival of Aigle Azur's A320 F-HBIB, from the same day of Everjet's debut at Madeira (check HERE ) Smoke on, landing on 05 Entering the apron with a couple more Air Berlin A320

Yesterday, Air Berling brought us its latest logojet. Not a great livery but well worth the trip to the airport, for some spotting and hanging a bit with the guys...more on the Air Berlin, later... For now, a few shots of yesterday's Aigle Azur, after a while without making any pics of it, this was the first time this year I got the new colors... A320 F-HBIS on final to runway 05  For the departure I tryed a 1/50 panning... Not perfect but I guess I could do a lot worse...(and I did, with other planes...lol)

Now that a few of Transavia and Aigle Azur planes are already with the new liveries, here's a few pics from the beggining of last month, with a few of their planes still on the "old" livery... Transavia France B738 F-GZHG entering the apron through taxiway "Charlie" with another couple of French planes already there, with "old" liveries...Transavia France F-GZHL and Aigle Azur's A319 F-HBAL close-up on F-GZHG F-GZHL preparing to taxi to runway 05

Already middle of the week so, more than time for another Photo of the Week. This one's from the beggining of the month...Norwegian B738 LN-NGH taking off from runway 23 with a busy apron, on the back  And a couple more shots of that day... landing at runway 23 with Anders Zorn, a Swedish artist, on the tail A close-up on the take-off

For today another set of pics from last Saturday, with runway 23 in use and a very nice sun and weather... F-HBAL, Aigle Azur 's A319 arriving from Paris-Orly (ORY/LFPO) Pushing back, for the return flight, already with runway 05 in use... On the apron, a TAP A320 and another flight from France: Transavia France B738 F-GZHG And...a pic like the ones I like...lots of planes in movement in one frame... Aigle Azur ready to taxi while Thomas Cook Belgium OO-TCH with the new livery take-off from runway 05. On the apron, the traffic I had mentioned plus one of the Air Berlin 's of the day. Lining up at runway 05

Some pics of the Easyjet from London, arriving later afternoon and departing already by night... Easyjet's A319 G-EZFS landing on runway 05 despite the dark afternoon, it arrived at the stand under the last glorious rays of sunlight... On its side, one of Transavia France's B737 of the afternoon (F-GZHM) and another A319 from Aigle Azur. Linned up at runway 05 for the departure to London. Managed to make this shot because it holded there for quite a long time, waiting for approaching Aerovip Do-228 CS-AYT cleared the departure path, as it was approaching from Porto Santo.

Esta já estava na calha para publicar há uns tempos (as fotos foram tiradas há 1 mês...) mas, tem surgido outras coisas mais interessantes (embora não necessariamente tão interessantes, do ponto de vista fotográfico...) A foto da semana, F-HBIX da Aigle Azur , com reverses e spoillers abertos, após a aterragem na 05. É um tipo de foto que gosto particularmente, quando o sol está na posição certa para iluminar os mecanismos dos spoillers, no interior da asa...as sharklets dão o toque final! Qualquer dia, estou tão farto de sharklets que já nem ligo mas, por enquanto continuam a ser um toque extra :)  O resto das fotos dessa chegada..... aterragem na 05 chegada ao stand, com o A320 da TAP CS-TNG , ao lado. (Curiosamente o CS-TNG foi o avião retratado na minha última foto publicada numa revista...ver AQUI )