Planes and stuff

 This week, we got some losses...(aviation related...): The shutting of Great Dane Airlines.... (Embraer 190LR OY-GDA at Madeira, in March 2020. Check more Great Dane pics, HERE ) The last Tui Airways flight with the B757... (B757 G-OOBD landing at Porto Santo (PXO/LPPS), with Thomson titles, back in September 2014) and the last flight of Alitalia (now being replaced by ITA Airways as the new flag carrier)... (A320 EI-IKL at Barcelona, back in 2019)

Alitalia A320 EI-IKL pushing back with a Vueling A320 departing, on the back As usual, the only spotting I make outside is on arrival or while waiting for my flight...sorry the hard-core spottters but, so much to see and do when out of this small island...planes aren't really my priority when on vacation... Despite the huge amount of traffic, Vueling really stands out at El Prat for the quantity... Had my eye on a LATAM A350 ready for push-back but really wanted to get this Alitalia A320...got lucky enough to get it with a Vueling just airborn on the back....

Was checking some older pics and noticed that the only time I photographed an Alitalia plane was back in 2005, at Lisbon Airport ... I-BIKE, Alitalia's A320 taxiing to the runway, at Lisbon Acording to Airfleets , it's been stored, as  OE-IJC, since Jul.2013 Curiously, not a single shot of an Alitalia, when I was at Marco Polo Tessera Airport, in Venice...