Special Schemes taken in 2013
Special Schemes taken in 2012
'Smiling China' B777-300 of Air China at Frankfurt.
All Nippion (ANA) B787 at Frankfurt with the special B787 titles !
Turkish Airlines A343 at IST in Star Alliance scheme.
Turkish Airlines Star Alliance B738 at IST.
Turkish Airlines 200th aircraft, also serving more destinations than any other airline scheme at IST.
Onur Air A320 at Istnabul Ataturk, wearing 20 Years titles.
Star Alliance Lot EMB lined up at Milan MXP.
Iberia OneWorld A320 about to line up at Milan Malpensa.. Taken on the Clipper Weekend in May.
The TUIFly Retro, 'Happag' scheme about to land at Manchester, ops for Thomson.
Highlight of the year ? ! ? Taken at Miami during storage !
The Condor Retro on a test flight after painting at Manchester !
Ryanair Dreamliner about to land during its time based at Manchester.
The Alitalia Skyteam E-Jet lining up at Linate (Milan).
Lined up and ready to head back to LHR (Miami).
The BA 'Dove' Lining up for the flight back to LHR (Milan Linate).
Rolling at London Heathrow in the 'Firefly' scheme.
Firefly at MAN after the hop from Heathrow.
Special Monarch A321 at Manchester promoting the Munich flights.
Visit Egypt A321 about to land at Manchester.
Continental Retro pushed back at Miami.
Special TCX Belgium lined up at Manchester.
The Globally Yours B738 of THY at Manchester on two different visits.
The Europa League A321 of TK on a dull visit to Manchester.
Air Astana A320 wearing Independance titles arriving for painting.. (Manchester)
Finnair 'OneWorld' E190 about to land at Manchester...
Super Torisimo arriving at Manchester for painting back to Virgin with Air Livery.
Visit Abu Dhabi 2012 taxiing in and being towed for engine tests... What a scheme ! (Manchester)
The Special Condor B757-300 arriving for work with Thomas Cook (Manchester).
Reason for a trip to Heathrow, the superb All Blacks B773 about to land on Runway 27 Right.
The American 'Pink' B772 rotating off Runway 27 Left (Heathrow).
The Star Alliance A330 (Bmi) departing from 27 Left (Heathrow).
'One World' British Airways B744 departing from London Heathrow's R27 Left.
Star Alliance Air China A332 on short finals for 27 Left.. (Heathrow)
Special Lufthansa A319 on short finals.. (Manchester)
KLM Retro landing on 23 Right... (Manchester)
Ryanair EI-EMJ departing BHX wearing special titles.
OE-LNT, Austrian Star Alliance B737-800 about to land at BHX in February..
RA-76952 visited MAN in February, operating a delayed cargo charter flight. Here it is after arrival and on departure.
The Korongo B146-200 operating a Brussels Airlines flight into Manchester on a cold afternoon.
Special Schemes taken in 2011
The Singapore Star Alliance B777-300 departing Manchester for the flight to Singapore via Munich in great morning light just days after painting..
Starquest B757 (Thomson) departing at Manchester..
Privat Air B757-200 HE-IEE arriving and departing at Manchester, in the retro looking new scheme.
The Iberia Retro A319 taxiing in after arrival.. (Madrid)
The FIAT racing B737-800 taxiing for departure.. (Madrid)
The 'OneWorld' A320 of Iberia taxiing for departure at Madrid.
This CRJ.900 wears additonal titles (Madrid).
This Iberia A320 wears additional titles promoting Bio Fuel flights... (Madrid)
Ryanair B737-800 wearing visit Poland titles. (Madrid)
This Iberia A321 carries special titles.. (Madrid)
The Aerosur B744 about to land in first light at Madrid, very nice catch and one of the best schemes I have ever seen !
The UNICEF B733 departing back to Oslo..
The Unicef B733 of Norweigan arriving into Manchester.
Low cost, but not at any cost arriving in first light (Manchester)
The Swiss Star Alliance about to land from Basle (Manchester)
The Wireless scheme Norweigan B737-800 arriving at Manchester.
The Delft Blue B777-200 Pushing back at Amsterdam..
Sunweb XL Germany B737-800 at AMS..
50th Anniversary sticker on this China Airlines B747-400..... Seen departing Amsterdam.
KLM B772 PH-BQP with 'Tile and Inspire' scheme at night... (Amsterdam)
Air Astana B767-300 with special titles...
Martinair Retro at Amsterdam !!!
Taken at East Midlands, this Rusline CRJ had been painted at Air Livery.
This Reverse Easy Jet A320 (G-EZUI) was taken at Manchester on its last flight before a/c changing at Paphos !!
An early morning departure on 23 Right from the Manchester City FC logo jey (Etihad). (Manchester)
The Emirates A380 A6-EDN, about to land at Manchester wearing the Rubgy World Cup 2011 special scheme on a very warm late September afternoon...
Say Yes to Europe about to land on 23 Right. (Manchester)
The Iron Maiden G-STRX made its first visit to MAN on 29/09/2011 after operating a flight for Jet 2, and departing late evening to Gatwick...
The above photos of G-STRX, taken on departure to LGW after sunset from MAN.
The Star Alliance United (new titles) B757-200 taxiing for departure. (Manchester)
Small Planet's rather colourful scheme seen as LY-FLE departs on Runway 23 Right. (Manchester)
A very rare IL-76 movement in Manchester, wearing the special '20 years' titles.
A very rare IL-76 movement in Manchester, wearing the special '20 years' titles.
The 'Silver Bullet' lining up for departure on 23 Right. (Manchester)
The Star Alliance BMI A320 lining up for departure... (Manchester)
The Retro Air France A320 about to land. (Manchester)
The Retro Air France A320 about to land. (Manchester)
The '21st Anniversary' scheme Virgin B747-400 about to land at Manchester, a rare catch here as is almost exclusively based at LHR !
On of the first flights with the special logos promoting 'Rugby World Cup 2011' for this Emirates A380, seen departing Manchester.
On of the first flights with the special logos promoting 'Rugby World Cup 2011' for this Emirates A380, seen departing Manchester.
The Barcelona special Turkish B737-800 taxiing to the gate after arrival. (Manchester)
One of the two visit Egypt scheme Thomas Cook B757-200s about to land at Manchester.
The Flybe Dash 8 wearing 'Low cost, but not at any cost' scheme about to land at Manchester.
The Aer Lingus A320 'RetroJet' taxiing to 05 Left for departure back to Dublin (Manchester).
The Adria A320 taxiing in after departure on a warm summer day. (Manchester)
The Retro Adria A320 departing from Manchester..
The Manchester City scheme Etihad A330-200 after arrival on its first visit. (Manchester)
The Manchester City scheme Etihad A330-200 taxiing to stand after arrival on its first visit. (Manchester)
The 'Ski' Austrian FK.100 taking off from runway 18. (Frankfurt)
The blue 'HARIBO' TUIFly B737-800 taking off from runway 18. (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance Singapore B747-400 about to land on R25 Left. (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance BMI A320 about to land.. (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance Egypt Air A330 about to land... (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance Agean A320 about to land... (Frankfurt)
The ICE TUIFly B737-800 after pushback. (Frankfurt)
'Visit Abu Dhabi 2011' about to land. (Frankfurt).
The Sky Express special B737-800 lining up on Runway 18 in the late evening.. (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance Air Canada B767-300 about to land on runway 25 Right (Frankfurt).
Special Condor B767-300 about to land.. (Frankfurt)
The 'One World' JAL B777-300 about to land on a warm summer afternoon in Frankfurt.
The 'One World' JAL B777-300 taxiing in after arrival on a warm summer afternoon in Frankfurt.
The Star Alliance Turkish A321 pulling on to stand at Amsterdam.
Photowise, one of the highlights of the day at Amsterdam ! The Sky Team China Southern A330 just after push back.
David Guetta 'Fly me, I'm famous' scheme Vueling A320 taxiing out for departure at Amsterdam.
Air France Retro A320 starting up for departure. (Amsterdam)
KLM Skyteam B737-900 taxiing on to stand in superb light. (Amsterdam)
One of the highlights of the year at Manchester, the Las Vegas Sands Tristar about to land on a perfect summers evening..
'Just married' titles on this Monarch A321, celebrating the wedding of Will's and Kate (Palma De Mallorca).
The 'Iron Maiden' B757-200 pushing back on a Thomson flight during my ramp tour... (Palma)
Our second sighting of the 'Iron Maiden' at Palma, departing on a Thomson flight.
'ICE' B737-800 of TUIFly, taxiing in at Palma.
The third viewing of this amazing scheme at Palma, with this having to be highlight of the trip for me !
First visit to Manchester of the new Aer Lingus retro... Taxiing for departure in grim weather.
First flight of this aircraft with new stickers promoting Egypt. (Manchester)
First flight of this aircraft with new stickers promoting Egypt. (Manchester)
Air France Retro just about to land on 23 Right (Manchester).
'Just married' titles on this Monarch A320, celebrating the wedding of Will's and Kate (Luton).
The only shot I managed of the Manchester United B737-800 of Turkish, after arrival at Manchester.
The Star Alliance Turkish B737-800 ready for departure at Manchester.
The JAL Cargo/Florida West hybrid B767-300F about to land on a warm day in Miami.
The 'Yahoo / Blackberry' jetBlue A320 special climbing away late evening. (Ft. Lauderdale)
'Our 100th Airbus' departs during the morning from Ft. Lauderdale.
Shamu taxies out for departure... (Ft. Lauderdale)
'Free bags fly here' stickers on this Southwest B737.... Taxiing in after arrival at Fort Lauderdale.
The KLM Retro B737-800 taxiing to stand on a cold winter afternoon.. (Manchester)
Special Schemes taken in 2010
In January a BlueLine MD80 went into Air Livery, and a week or so later this amazing scheme was rolled out. This aircraft flew the FIFA World Cup around the world on a tour ! (Manchester)
The first visit of the Barcelona scheme to Manchester was made also in January, seen here about to land on 23 Right.
In April in was in Miami, and very early morning the One World LAN was in, although not the best photo I ever taken, its nice to have in the collection !
Waiting at the gate for the flight back to Minneaplois at Orlando, this special South West taxied in ! This was the first time I had photographed the scheme, however I saw this back in 2000 in Orlando !!
Taxiing for departure in our Delta B757-300 at Orlando, this followed us out ! Orlando Makes Me Smile !
The Habitat special Delta B767-300 taxiing in after arrival from Atlanta. (Manchester)
The Korean 'British Museum' about to land on 09 Left at Heathrow...
The great Thai 'Retro Jet' about to land on 09 Left.. (Heathrow)
The Air China Red 'Anniversary' scheme A330 about to land on 09 Left (Heathrow).
One of the many special Sky aircraft I managed to catch over the summer (and winter in Antalya) however this is one of the more colourful ones. (Manchester)
The Star Alliance Contact Air / Lufthansa Regional FK100 taxiing for departure. (Manchester)
The German airline special I have wanted to see the most ! Also my last Condor aircraft... About to land on a sunny morning in Antalya.
Not really a special as a few of their aircraft are now like this, however it is a bit different to the usual schemes these days. (Antalya)
Very nice catch, the sole UT Air Ukraine B737-400 with a rather different tail to the russian examples. Seen landing in Antalya.
The LOT Charters B737-400 about to land in the morning.. (Antalya)
The Retro Happag Lloyd B737-800 about to land... One of 5 german specials caught in Antalya.
The Blue 'HARIBO' Tui fly B737-800 about to land... One of 5 german specials caught in Antalya.
The German Lottery Tui fly B737-800 about to land... One of 5 german specials caught in Antalya.
The ITS special XL Germany B737-800 about to land... One of 5 german specials caught in Antalya.
The 'Sunweb' XL Germany B737-800 about to land... One of 5 german specials caught in Antalya.
75th Birthday of Newcastle Airport scheme... (Manchester)
50 Years of flying in Germany scheme on this Turkish Airlines A321 ! (Manchester)
The last ever British Airways B757-200 flight into Manchester on a cold October morning was operated by the stunning Retro ! Later this day the type was retired by the airline, and all B757's will eventually go to Fed Ex.
The Star Alliance Continental B757-200 about to land on a cold morning. This has since had United titiles applied. (Manchester)
The last ever British Airways B757-200 flight into Manchester on a cold October morning was operated by the stunning Retro ! Later this day the type was retired by the airline, and all B757's will eventually go to Fed Ex.
The first ever Star Alliance B717 was rolled out the paint shop earlier that evening. So with sub-zero temperatures and snow on the ground, we went up for a night shot ! (Manchester)
One of the last Delta B767-400 to operate the Atlanta flight (of winter 2010) happened to be the Pink 'Breast Cancer Awareness' scheme. Waiting out in the freezing temperatures was worth this result ! (Manchester)
The F1 Etihad A340-600 taxiing for departure at London Heathrow. One of the best schemes around ?
City Airline EMB.145 arriving on a warm summers evening, wearing a scheme promoting the band 'Depeche Mode' on their European leg of the "Tour of the Universe 2009" tour. (Manchester)
This short lived scheme was introduced after the airline took delivery of their first ATR72-500.
(Manchester)
The Blue Line A310 in the silver scheme, taxiing for departure on a grim day in Manchester.
The LFP scheme Air Europa E.195, ready for departure taking football fans back home. (Liverpool)
Titan B757-200 wearing 'Pixie Lott' titiles, promoting her new album and tour. (Manchester)
The Star Alliance Spanair MD80 taxiing off the runway at Palma.
The LFP (Spanish Football League) scheme E.195 rolling for departure. (Palma)
The 'Cagliari' HLX B737-800 rolling for departure. (Palma)
The 'OneWorld' Iberia rolling for departure. (Palma)
The 'OneWorld' Iberia A320 taxiing for departure. (Palma)
Spanair.com titles on this A320, seen departing Palma.
The Disney B737-800 of AirEuropa rolling for departure. (Palma)
An AirEuropa B737-800 promoting the 'Madrid Open', seen departing Palma.
The Star Alliance scheme Austrian B767-300 (w) arrived on a grim winter morning in Manchester for repaint into their current scheme.
Special Schemes taken in 2008
The 'Better City, Better Life' China Eastern A340-600 being towed at Paris CDG on a cold January morning.
This Swiss logojet was promoting the Swiss national team being in Euro 2008. (Manchester)
The Star Alliance United B767-300 about to land. (Heathrow)
The special Olympic schemed Air China A330 landing late during the evening. In this scheme, the aircraft only made one apperance to the UK and it was in on the Olympic tourch tour. (Heathrow)
A Swiftair charter flight that day turned out to be the Real Madrid team plane, a very special one for me !!! (Manchester)
Although not a special, this Gazpromavia scheme is certianly one of a kind !! Seen on a charter for the UEFA Cup Final. (Manchester)
Although not a special, this TU-154 is easily one of the better schemes and types in recent years at Manchester.
Although not a special, this TU-154 is easily one of the better schemes and types in recent years at Manchester. I have seen alot of TU-154's considering my age, and I would have to say this is the best one yet !!
The second scheme done by Monarch promoting Headkandi. This example was seen in the hangar just after it had been applied.
Although poor quality, this is only shot I got of the Mansion Casino schemed FlyBe BAE 146. Taken at Manchester before a flight to Dublin.
The first digital shot of the Lufthansa A340-300 in Star Alliance for me (first shots were Frankfurt back in 2005). (Frankfurt)
The Star Alliance scheme United B777-200 arriving on a dull morning in Frankfurt.
Tunis Air's 60th Birthday produced this nice scheme on a B737-500. (Frankfurt)
My first shot on the first visit of the Finnair retro. (Manchester)
This AirLib Express was seen in a bad state at Opa Locka (Florida), just before being scrapped.
This Delta Connection CRJ-700 was seen parked up on our arrival at Philidelphia.
Parked up during our transit was the Eagles NFL Football team logojet. (Philidelphia)
The 'Nevada' scheme Southwest B737 taxiing for departure (Only shot I have of this scheme, taken from the distant Multi-storey car park at Orlando International).
The 'Steelers' US Air A319 logo jet taxiing in after arrival (Only shot I have of this scheme, taken from the distant Multi-storey car park at Orlando International).
The Star Alliance US Air B757-200 pushing back at Orlando International while I was waiting for my ride back to Philidelphia.
Monarch's logo jet for the ITV show 'Celeb Air'. (Manchester)
The 'Blue Asian Games' Qatar A330 after pushback for departure to Doha. (Taken on work experience at Manchester)
Special Schemes taken in 2007
The 'Red Nose' First Choice B757-200 about to land on a grim day. (Manchester)
The first of two schemes by Monarch, promoting Hedkandi clubs in Ibiza and around Spain. (Manchester)
The special Travel Service B737-800, wearing 'Prague Airport' scheme slowing down after arrival in the rain. (Preswick)
A special Brussels Airlines scheme on this BAE 146, promoting Air Mail. (Manchester)
This special Binter Canaries scheme operated for Futura into Manchester, promoting the Canary Islands. (Manchester)
My first photo of the Lufthansa A321 'Retro Jet', this has to be one of the best retro jets around ? (Barcelona)
The special T-Mobile German Wings A319, arriving on a sunny morning in Barcelona.
The Spanair 'Club Vacaciones' A320 about to land. (Barcelona)
Star Alliance scheme Spanair A320. (Barcelona)
This GirJet FK100 used to wear the basic special scheme of Air Tarradellas (Barcelona)
This scheme on a AirEuropa B737-800 promoted flights to Palma (Mallorca), taken landing at Barcelona.
The 'CAROCHE' AirEuropa B737-800 about to land.. (Barcelona)
The special 'Navarra' schemed Spanair A320.. (Barcelona)
This Alpi Eagles FK.100 promoted SIMOD shoes. (Barcelona)
One of the first EVA Air B777-300ER's about to land. (Heathrow)
The 700th ERJ to be delivered was to Alitalia, seen here on a grim day in Milan.
Special Schemes taken in 2006
This photo of the special Malaysian B747-400 was taken during the Summer of 2005 on print, and has been scanned in and uploaded. (Taken at Heathrow)
Lufthansa applied football noses to some of their aircraft to promote the World Cup in Germany. (Taken at Manchester)
Luxair Emb wearing 900th titles to celebrate the 900th ERJ family aircraft delivered. (Taken at Manchester)
A Sky Europe B737 promoting a ski charter firm. (Taken at Manchester)
The Swiss shopper scheme Swiss BAE 146. (Taken at Manchester)
The special 'Silver' Norwegian B733 about to land on a grim day at Manchester.
HA-LKU, Sky Europe B733 with Miss Hungary on the aircraft. (Taken at Manchester)
The 100th Boeing aircraft to be delivered to Turkish, this scheme did not last long. (Manchester)
Gulf Air Purple Anniversary scheme A330 about to land on a winters evening. (Heathrow)
This special scheme Eastern Sabb 2000 was promoting the Scottish city of Aberdeen. (Manchester)
Although a poor quality shot, this is the only shot of the Varig B763 in Star Alliance colours I have. The photo was taken through the window in my hotel room. (Miami)
The AmeriJet B727 in the Zero-G scheme. At the time they had two of these, but the other only moved during the night during my stay at Miami.
Song's Breast Cancer awareness scheme B757-200 after landing in Tampa... A nice suprise as it was the only Song B757 in a special scheme.
Taken at RIAT 2006 (Fairford), this Pakistan Air Force C-130 wearing stickers thanking other countries for their support during the the time after the earthquake...
Atlasjet B757-200 wearing their normal scheme with a credit card on the back, promoting their own mileage scheme for frequent flyers. (Amsterdam)
The Martinair MD-11F wearing the 'Tulips' scheme just about to touch down at Amsterdam...
One of the best schemes i've ever seen... The China Airlines 'Dreamliner' pushing back in Amsterdam.
EI-DCL, the Ryanair 'Dreamliner' B737-800 about to land at Dublin..
