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

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.

Edelweiss

If this wasn't a blog dedicated to aviation, just by looking at the title of this message you could think that I would be writing about a flower (although it's somehow related), a beer, a grape type, a glider model among many other things. But no, today I'm writing about Edelweiss Air (which logo it's a edelweiss flower which is the origin of the airline name) that made it's premiere in LPMA/FNC.
It arrived at 11:41 from Zurich as flight WK284 and was entitled to a water cannon salute and the passengers were gifted with some souvenirs. Departed about one hour later, also to Zurich, as flight WK285.
HB-IHZ / Airbus 320-214 / Edelweiss Air
Touchdown for the first time in LPMA.
Water cannon salute performed by Madeira airport fire brigade.
Rotating on rwy 05.

(Airbus 310)²

It's been a while since the last time I saw an Airbus 310. Fortunately this week we had two at LPMA/FNC. The first one, from SATA International, came on a Monday (02/04/12); the second, from White Airways, came Friday (06/04/12) but only after about three and half hours off schedule. Initially it was expected to arrive at 18:00(local) then delayed to 19:30(local) and again to 21:30(local). This meant that I had to get my tripod so I could take a photo to the airplane.
CS-TKM / Airbus 310-304 / SATA International

CS-TKI / Airbus 310-304 / White Airways
Curiously this Airbus was in SATA's fleet until 2005, in the same year it went to White Airways.

Arriving to stand 13 after a long flight from Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
Fast turnaround time, in less than one hour.
Ready for pushback.
Ready and cleared to taxi to rwy 05 for the final leg of the flight till Lisbon.

Korean Air BBJ / USAF and others

With only a few hours of spotting, today was the day with the most amount of new registrations of the year, at least for me.
Although there a good amount of new registrations the highlight of the day was certainly the B737/BBJ from Korean Air that arrived after a long trip from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international airport as flight KE 074 P.
HL8222 / Boeing 737-75B BBJ / Korean Air




TF-BBE / Boeing 737-36E/F / Bluebird Cargo




84-0087 / Gates Learjet C-21A / US Air Force (USAF)



CS-TRF / Bombardier Dash 8 - Q402 / SATA Air Açores


CS-TPC / Fokker 100 / Portugália Airlines


G-EZFR / Airbus 319-111 / easyJet