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.

I'm back!

It has been a looooooong time between posts, but I am back.

I have just had four weeks holiday overseas [UK and Germany] and I haven't been in the mood to sit in front of a computer and create posts in that time. Now I'm back, there will be a week or two of catch ups :-)

While I get some catch up posts organised, here are a few sample images from the trip.

First up is a view of the cabin view on the Auckland [NZAA] to Guangzhou, China [ZGGG] leg. Yep, business class in a B777. The other three long haul legs were also business class, but in the B787-8. More on that later!

Next up are pictures from two of the airports I visited - Guangzhou [ZGGG] then Heathrow [EGLL].

Airbus A319-112, B-6203, operated by China Southern Airlines

Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, C-GHPV, operated by Air Canada

Airbus A320-234, HB-IJO, operated by Swiss International Airlines

Airbus A320-211, D-AIQC, operated by Germanwings [and the aircraft for my flight to Hamburg]

Dublin airport #1

Two days ago I flew from Dublin to London Heathrow. I'm staying in the UK for another couple of days before heading home.

As it turns out, Dublin Airport [ICAO code: EIDW] is a good place for taking photos. There are good views all around [and I imagine the other terminals would be similar], with only some fairly dirty glass to get in the way a bit.

Anyway, this series of posts covers some of the photos I took. First up, we have some single-isle Airbus aircraft. Top to bottom are:

Airbus A320-232, EI-EUB, of Livingston
Airbus A320-232, OY-KAL, of Scandinavian Airlines [SAS]
Airbus A319-132, D-AGWM, of Germanwings
Airbus A319-131, G-DBCB, of British Airways