Frankfurt 14-05-2016

Hello everybody,

here are the results of my visit to Frankfurt last Saturday. The weather was quite cold, windy, with some rain now and then as well as some sunshine. All in all I had a very good day with some nice aircraft for me.

1. I finally catched Somon Air!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7339/...698f8978_b.jpgB739-SOM-P4TAJ-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

2. Vietnam Airlines now flies to Frankfurt with the good looking B787-9:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/...bb1231ba_b.jpgB789-VNA-VNA861-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

3. PrivatAir is still operating a BBJ for Lufthansa, it is, however, rather white...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/...8b912c1a_b.jpgB737-PVT-DAWBB-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

4. TUI is flying this B737-800 in this special Robinson-livery:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7584/...7761be0c_b.jpgB738-TUI-DATUI-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

5. Nice Italian B737-800 of Neos:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/...4faebb87_b.jpgB738-NEO-INEOX-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

6. Air Europa deployed the heavy stuff to FRA:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/...9cd5ae7f_b.jpgA332-AEA-ECLQP-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

7. A new type from Kuwait for me, the A330-200:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/...b088d8fb_b.jpgA332-KUW-9KAPB-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

8. Another TUI logojet B737-800; CEWE:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/...a2545751_b.jpgB738-TUI-DAHFZ-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

9. The magnificent new "livery" of China Eastern is shown by this A330-200...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/...730511b7_b.jpgA332-CHE-B8231-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

10. Lots of Air Bridge Cargo-flights today, including one by their new subsidiary CargoLogicAir from the UK:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7586/...28a46170_b.jpgB744F-CLA-GCLAA-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

11. One of the two TAM B777-300ERs:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/...d7d40b6d_b.jpgB773-TAM-PTMUA-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

12. Definitely one of the prettier planes photographed this day; this B747-8F of Saudia:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7535/...ed68e156_b.jpgB748F-SVA-HZAI4-FRA14aug16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

13. Also quite nice was this Turkmenistan B737-800:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7388/...31c6d5f3_b.jpgB738-TRK-EZA017-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

14. One of the more interesting Air Bridge Cargo planes was this, from Air Atlanta Icelandic leased, B747-400BCF:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/...039c8f26_b.jpgB744F-ABR-TFAMF-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

15. All B747-8i (pax) operators (Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China) operate the type to Frankfurt. Here's Korean Air:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7742/...2b8b86c1_b.jpgB748-KAL-HL7632-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

16. And Air China:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/...bdf6070c_b.jpgB748-CAA-B2486-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

17. Just gorgeous in this eveing light; LAN B787-8:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/...4dce30ba_b.jpgB788-LAN-CCBBF-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

18. Air Namibia lining up to depart back to Windhoek:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7562/...a3cc0690_b.jpgA332-NAM-V5ANP-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

19. Pretty in the evening light; Condor retrojet:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...715c13fc_b.jpgB763-CON-DABUM-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

20. And I end my set with this A340-600 from SAA in the Star Alliance-livery:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/...d4a334fa_b.jpgA346-SAA-ZSSNC-FRA14may16 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

I hope you liked my selection. You can find the whole set at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeli...57668519814616

Cheers!