Planes and stuff

 Another one "bites the dust"...after the news on Play bankruptcy, also Braathens has been forced to file for bankruptcy for its Airbus operations in the company Braathens International Airways AB due to liquidity shortages, canceling all flights.. It also flew to Madeira, during the winter season... A320 SE-RGF at Madeira, back in February Acording to the news, it will continue operating its Braathens Regional ATR-72. The best of luck for all the affected by the situation.

 An unusual presence at night, at Madeira. The 2 Braathens weekly flights, are carried through at Sundays, around lunch time (Stockholm - Arlanda and Gothenburg). Today, the Stockholm flight, with SE-RGG, return to the origin, for unknown (for me...) causes and was later replaced by SE-RGF, which arrived already at night... A shot of the A320 while preparing for the return flight...

 Back a couple of months, a couple of shots of October's, 20th Braathens A320 SE-RGG departure, from Madeira's runway 23, to Stockholm..

Uma da série "primeiro regista-se, depois melhora-se"... Estreia da pintura Braathens (2023) na Madeira... Estava difícil...depois de 1 ou 2 voos com pintura branca, a semana passada o primeiro voo com esta pintura cancelou devido à meteorologia e hoje, acabou divergindo para o Porto Santo...acabou chegando final da tarde mas, então a tripulação já não tinha hora de voo disponíveis para o regresso a Estocolmo, ficando em night-stop, junto com o A320 D-AIUS da Eurowings Discover que ficou igualmente no chão, devido às horas da tripulação, depois de ter divergido para Faro.... Não teria ido de propósito ao aeroporto para este registo mas, já que fui a Santa Cruz, não custava nada obter o cromo para registo de referência, através da rede, a cerca de 160mm, com vento e alguns chuviscos à mistura...

Yesterday, the guys at Lajes (Terceira, Azores) got the Air Force One, with President Obama on its way to the south America. I remembered getting around here an USAF C-40 with a livery somehow similar to the Air Force One back in 2007 so, decided it was going to be the Photo of the Week but then looked at all the little treasures that I had photographed that day (all now gone), including a Braathen's B737 that I still hadn't processed and published...so Photo of the Week goes for the Braathens... USAF C-40 50730 Another gone pearl...XL Airways (UK) still with the old livery and with a Canadian registration with "Operated by Sunwing" sticker - C-FTAE Photo of the Week: Braathens B737-700 LN-TUI...another gone airline.. And, yet another golden catch (despite the quality...) A Finnair B752 OH-LBO