Pictures from Cologne/Bonn - CGN, Germany
Hi everyone! My name is Lukas, I am 15 years old, and I am the next new member from Germany, and I thought it could be interesting for you if I share my spottingpics with you! :smile: (Please excuse me if my English isn't perfect..)
In this thread i will show you some pics I took at my homeairport CGN in 2011. I hope you like them! :smile:
For the case that you don't really now the airport of Cologne, which is what I am expecting, here some information:
CGN is the home-base for the LCC Germanwings which is operating with 32 Airbus A319
It's also the western Europe Hub for FedEx and UPS Airlines with up to 20+ flights a day.
In 2011 the airport counted 9,6 Mio. passengers and 743.000 tons of freight.
Let's start with 10th April. On that day I was able to get the newest TUIfly's (german charter airline) logojet D-ATUC:
http://www.abload.de/img/d-atucu8ep.jpg
5 days later..
Germany's "Air Force One", which is now replaced by an A340-300, approaching rwy 14L. Germanys government fleet is also based at Cologne
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/..._Fehr/1021.jpg
and one of many UPS flights.. :cool:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/n252up.jpg
Another german charter Airline is German Sky Airlines, operating 2 nicely painted B737-800
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...hr/d-agsa2.jpg
25th April: Another freight airline operating at Cologne is danish carrier Star Air with some 767-200F's, but they usually move only after sunset, so I was lucky to get OY-SRF on final approach to rwy 14L
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/oy-srf.jpg
The next day (26th) was a great one because we had a championsleague soccer-match in Cologne! Manchester United and their fans arrived with some specials:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...hr/g-lsam2.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/g-dajc.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f-gvzcramp.jpg
Turkish Airlines flight 1673/4 from Istanbul is usually operated by an Airbus A320, but during the holidays they sometimes use heavy equipment like this A330-300 on 29th April:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...tc-jnhairl.jpg
Ramp Alpha overview:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...r/d-axlf-1.jpg
Let's go on with some FedEx! :cool:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/n528fe.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/n851fd.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/n623fe.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/n915fd.jpg
Okay, enough FDX! Now some random shots of airlines you might not see in the US! :wink:
http://www.abload.de/img/d-aolb1k94.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/tc-fbr.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/1601njxj.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/lz-mdm.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/d-axld.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/g-ezao.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/cn-nma.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/g-zapn.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...ehr/d-amaj.jpg
The year ended with this rare A321 from Iran which arrived without sun..
http://www.abload.de/img/ep-agbsgkrw.jpg
That's it for now! I hope it's not too much from Germany and you like these pictures! I also hope that my English wasn't that bad.. :redface:
If you have questions or want to tell me something please write it down!
Best greeting from Germany, Lukas