Long Time No See.

After a invitation from fellow plane spotter Rui Sousa (check out his blog) , went to LPMA for a few photos from the 'air side' of the airport.
After a bit more than two years here's a new update to the blog.

CS-TJG / Airbus 321-211 / TAP Air Portugal

D-ABOM / Boeing 757-330 (WL) / Condor

Rui in action with easyJet's G-EZGD taxiing to line up RWY 23 for takeoff.

D-ABXA / Airbus 330-223 / Air Berlin

F-GZHD / Boeing 737-8K2 / Transavia France

PH-HZW / Boeing 737-8K2 / Transavia 

YL-PSB / Boeing 737-8Q8 / Primera Air Nordic

Let's start 2013

And here I go for a new season of plane spotting.

This year I started with night plane spotting, last night, with a flood of TAP which I didn't photographed much.

And today a quick stop at the airport to catch my favorite logojet, Condor's D-ABON Wir lieben Fliegen.

Last night's registrations.

LPMA / FNC Overview

HB-VWM / Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ / Nomad Aviation

N819AP / Gulfstream G200 Galaxy / Private

CS-TNH / Airbus 320-214 / TAP Air Portugal

CS-TRB / De Havilland Canada 8-200 Dash 8 / Sata Air Azores

Today's registrations.

CS-TTA / Airbus 319-111 / TAP Air Portugal

F-GZHF / Boeing 737-8K2 / Transavia France

D-ABON / Boeing 757-330/W / Condor

Another Belgium Logojet and Afternoon Traffic

Last Thursday afternoon we had at FNC / LPMA another logojet from Thomas Cook Belgium. This time was OO-TCN with Alice in Wonderland theme. As usually the theme was only in one side of the airplane.
Besides the logojet the interesting traffic was, at least for me, a B753 from Condor, a bizjet and a B735 from Air Mediterranée.

OO-TCN / Airbus 320-232 / Thomas Cook Airlines BE

D-ABOI / Boeing 757-330 / Condor

D-AICH / Airbus 320-212 / Condor

PH-HSC / Boeing 737-8K2|W / Transavia Airlines

CS-DDV / Cessna S550 Citation S/2 / Air JetSul

CS-TNV / Airbus 320-214 / TAP Air Portugal

F-HCOA / Boeing 737-5L9 / Air Mediterranée

Condor 767-330ER

After last Thursday a Condor flight performed by a B753, that had to stay grounded, at Madeira airport, due to mechanical problems (hydraulic system), today we had a B763 also from Condor to take back to Germany the passengers from the B753 flight.

It arrived from Frankfurt as flight CFG 900 and about one hour later departed to Frankfurt as flight CFG 887.

D-ABUD / Boeing 767-330 ER / Condor

Rolling for takeoff on rwy 05.

G-EZBB / Airbus 319-111 / easyJet

CS-TTJ / Airbus 319-111 / TAP Air Portugal.

10 Years of Thomas Cook Belgium

Last Monday, April 16th, we had a nice visitor at Madeira airport. A A320 from Thomas Cook Belgium with the color scheme celebrating the 10 year of the airline.
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium was founded on December 2001 and started it's operations on March 2002.
OO-TCH / Airbus 320-214 / Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
Don't worry, on the starboard side everything normal, just the regular color scheme.

On that same day, Jet2 was also here, as usual.
G-CELJ / Boeing 737-330 / Jet2

G-LSAA / Boeing 757-236 / Jet2

And here's two easyJet's. Curiously I can't remember the last time I photographed one.
G-EZBK / Airbus 319-111 / easyJet

G-EZTL / Airbus 320-214 / easyJet

Icelandair

This Tuesday we had a visit of a B757 from Icelandair. This is not a first at Madeira airport, the last time this airline stopped around here, with a B757, was in May 2010. Unfortunately the last time I photographed this airline was in March 2008.
As I've already mencioned, the flight was made by a B757 with registration TF-FIP.
Arrived at LPMA/FNC at 13:45 from Reykjavik and about one hour later took off to the Canary Islands, more precisely to GCLP/LPA. From Gran Canaria it would fly back to Reykjavik this time without stopping by Madeira Airport.
TF-FIP / Boeing 757-208 / Icelandair

The shortest takeoff I've ever seen performed by a Boeing 757, just used 800 meters of runway.