Back to December, to the same day of the D-ABDU (Air Berlin / Etihad) take-off from runway 23 (check HERE), the take off of another Air Berlin A320 (Swiss registration) on a great late afternoon light
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...
The Condor had managed to make a safe landing at first atempt but the same didn't happened with Air Berlin (Belair) A320 from Zurich.
Was distracted inside my car when I heard a plane coming in for a land with loud engine noise, struggling its power againts the wind...
Grabbed the camera and got outside just in time for a some shots of HB-IOZ, from Air Berlin, pulling up, for a go-around...