Heathrow to Hamburg

After 13 days in the UK, I headed off to Hamburg.

Why Hamburg? Simply, I had never been there before, so it was an opportunity to have a look around.

The flight from Heathrow to Hamburg was a Eurowings flight, operated by Germanwings, both subsidiaries of Lufthansa. Despite being fairly inexpensive, I had a checked bag and food which was nice, even though it was only about a 1 hour, 45 minute flight.

Anyway, here are some photos from Heathrow prior to departure.

Airbus A319-111, CS-TTG, operated by TAP Portugal

Airbus A321-131, D-AIRT, operated by Lufthansa

Airbus A320-214, D-AIUQ, operated by Lufthansa

Airbus A320-211, D-AIQN, operated by Germanwings

Airbus A320-214, EI-DVK, operated by Aer Lingus 

Airbus A321-231, G-EUXK, operated by British Airways

Airbus A330-343, G-VGEM, operated by Virgin Atlantic

One more thing to note is that it seems that for domestic and regional aircraft, Airbus rules the root in Europe. There are Boeing about [and I have not deliberately excluded any], but they appear outnumbered by Airbus by a considerable margin. Long haul might be a bit more even.

Dublin Airport #3

In this third post from Dublin Airport I have a number of the Aer Lingus aircraft that I photographed - from an ATR42 to an A330. Top to bottom we have:

Airbus A330-202, EI-DAA, of Aer Lingus
Airbus A330-300, rego unknown, of Aer Lingus
ATR ATR42-300, EI-EHH, Aer Arann [Aer Lingus Regional]
ATR ATR72-600, EI-FAW, Aer Arann [Aer Lingus Regional]
Airbus A320-214, EI-DEK, Aer Lingus
Airbus A320-214, EI-DER, Aer Lingus
Airbus A320-214, EI-EDS, Aer Lingus
Airbus A330-202, EI-DUO, Aer Lingus

Europe Trip 2013: Aer Lingus, Turkish Airlines and Icelandair

In this final post from Helsinki-Vantaa airport, we have 3 more aircraft from Aer Lingus, Turkish Airlines and Icelandair. Enjoy the photos and the next post will continue my journey from another airport!

Top to bottom are:

Airbus A321-231, TC-JSB, Turkish Airlines
Airbus A320-214, EI-CVA, Aer Lingus
Boeing 757-208, TF-FIO, Icelandair

Leaving Belfast for London (Gatwick)

About 8 days ago [yes, I'm still catching up on my posts from the trip], I left Belfast to return to London [via Gatwick]. Again I braved the perils of Easyjet :-), and apart from being treated as cattle to be rounded up and controlled [aka: business as usual for this airline], the flight itself went well enough. On landing at Gatwick [ICAO code: EGKK], we hopped off the plane via the airstairs, walked down a flight of stairs, onto the tarmac, then into buses for a trip to the terminal. Not quite as much fun as that might sound... but not as bad as the 90 minute wait for our bags! Atrocious!

I'm not sure is this is Easyjet or Gatwick being useless, but to put it in perspective, I spent less time on the Gatwick Express train and 2 London Tube trains, in rush hour, than I spent waiting for my bags! I guess neither the airline or the airport care at all, but I'll certainly look at things a little closer next time I go to book flights.

Oh well, never mind. I did get some pictures at Belfast International [ICAO code: EGAA] before departure. Top to bottom they are:

Airbus A319-111, G-EZIX, registered to Easyjet
Airbus A320-214, EI-CVB, registered to Aer Lingus
Boeing 757-21K, G-WJAN, registered to Thomas Cook Airlines
Airbus A321-211, G-TCDA, registered to Thomas Cook Airlines [2 pictures]