A Freezing Cold Few Hours At London Heathrow!

 

    After the weather the other day made me cancel my trip to Manchester I headed  in the opposite direction and finally made it to London Heathrow. With the weather planned to be still cold and frosty, clear skies and lovely winters sun I was hoping for so good photograph opportunities. An early start meant I had to de-ice the van before setting off. Whilst on route flight showed Runway 27R was in use for landings.

    So I headed to the premier inn on Bath Road and set up camp here. I know that I would have the sun in front of me, but to survive the trip I would need hot drinks a plenty. A quick look on flight radar before I headed down showed Kuwait Airways was sending in a Airbus A321Neo before lunch. For me this would be the first time seeing one of these in this livery! Later on in the day flight radar was also showing American Airlines Boeing 777-300 N735AT in their Flagship retro livery. This was on my must see list for 2026. Hopefully this wont change!

    One Thing that did change and personally for the better was LOT changed their Boeing 737Max8 to SP-LVF which wears the Star Alliance Livery. I arrived at a very cold and frosty London Heathrow around 0800 and stayed to roughly Midday.

    The Following were noted landing 27R..........

KLM Airbus A321Neo PH-AXD

British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPO

Saudia Boeing 787-9 HZ-AK29

British Airways Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJB

British Airways Boeing 787-10 G-ZBLL

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUJ

Austrian Airlines Airbus A320Neo OE-LZR

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-NEOZ

Swiss Airlines Airbus A220 HB-JBH

Lufthansa City Airbus A320Neo D-AIJR

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-VIIJ

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNA

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTSF

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYK

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-NEOV

United Airlines Boeing 767-300 N652UA 

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 G-VSXY

British Airways Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJE

American Airlines Boeing 787-9 N844MC

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTSB

Swiss Airlines Airbus A320Neo HB-JDJ

SAS Airbus A320Neo EI-SIF

British Airways Airbus A320 G-TTNK

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYD

Delta Airlines Airbus A330Neo N424DX

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUF

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYG

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKO

American Airlines Boeing 777-200 N767AJ

Aer Lingus Airbus A321Neo EI-LRB

British Airways Boeing 777-300 G-STBA

Lufthansa Airbus A321Neo D-AIEM

Vueling Airbus A320 EC-OJH

Finnair Airbus A350 OH-LWK

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-VIIC

Iberia Airbus A330 EC-LYF

American Airlines Boeing 777-200 N788AN

SAS Airbus A320Neo SE-RZC

Jet Blue Airbus A321Neo N4058J

Sri Lankan Airbus A330 4R-ALL

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 G-VTEA

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUN

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYC

British Airways Boeing 787-10 G-ZBLJ

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYN

British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPN

Aer Lingus Airbus A321Neo EI-LRH

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYE

Delta Airlines Airbus A330Neo N439DX

Kuwait Airways Boeing 777-300 9K-AOH

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-NEOS

Aer Lingus Airbus A320Neo EI-NSG

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNF

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-YMMS

United Airlines Boeing 787-9 N36962

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 G-VBOB

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330Neo G-VZIG

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUH

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYR

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-NEOR

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-TNEG

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYU

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-TNEJ

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNL

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-TNEF

Delta Airlines Airbus A330 N854NW

Delta Airlines Boeing 767-400 N829MH

Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 TC-JOK

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330Neo G-VTOM

Air Canada Boeing 787-8 C-GHPU

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-TNEI

Aer Lingus Airbus A321Neo EI-NSE

United Airlines Boeing 767-300 N685UA

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 G-VRAY

Air Canada Boeing 787-8 C-GHQY

British Airways Boeing 777-300 G-STBD

Air Malta Airbus A320Neo 9H-NED

Lufthansa Airbus A320Neo D-AINZ

British Airways Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJM

American Airlines Boeing 777-200 N754AN

British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPK

United Airlines Boeing 777-200 N223UA

American Airlines Boeing 787-9 N850AN

American Airlines Boeing 787-9 N846AN

British Airways Boeing 787-10 G-ZBLB

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTSD

Iberia Airbus A320Neo EC-NCM

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330Neo G-VEYR

United Airlines Boeing 767-300 N672UA

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKC

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-VIIM

Delta Airlines Airbus A330 N859NW

Air Canada Boeing 787-8 C-GHPT

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTSA

Eygptair Airbus A320Neo SU-GFQ

British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPU

LOT Boeing 737Max8 SP-LVF

Lufthansa Airbus A320Neo D-AINR

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNG

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 G-VWHO

British Airways Boeing 777-300 G-STBO

Delta Airlines Airbus A330 N855NW

Air France Airbus A220 F-HZOA

Kuwait Airlines Airbus A321Neo 9K-AQB

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNJ

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYT

Middle East Airlines Airbus A321Neo T7-ME5

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNT

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 G-VYUM

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 G-VNYL

Aegean Airbus A321Neo SX-NAC

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-VIIE

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBJK

Lufthansa Airbus A321Neo D-AIEQ

American Airlines Boeing 787-9 N845MD

British Airways Airbus A321Neo G-NEOY

Air Canada Boeing 777-300 C-FIVM

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330Neo G-VRIF

Air India Boeing 777-300 VT-ALP

United Airlines Boeing 767-300 N676UA

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUS

Eurowings Airbus A319 D-AGWG

British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPP

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYJ

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKS

British Airways Airbus A319 G-DBCD

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNV

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNM

Air Canada Boeing 777-300 C-FITL

United Airlines Boeing 777-200 N792UA

British Airways Airbus A320 G-TTNC

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUYB

British Airways Airbus A320Neo G-TTNO

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUZ

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-YMMG

British Airways Airbus A320 G-EUUA

American Airlines Boeing 777-300 N735AT

Some Airliners Of Interest Due Birmingham Airport (EGBB/BHX) 08/12/2025

 

0615 Cargojet Boeing 767-300F C-FNPJ

0710 Easyjet Airbus A320 OE-INH

0725 Eurowings Airbus A319 D-AGWV

0805 Air Dolomiti EMB190 I-JENH

0810 Swiss Airlines Airbus A220 HB-JBC

0930 Air France Airbus A320 F-HEPK

1000 Lufthansa City Airbus A319 D-ASTX

1005 Turkish Airlines Boeing 737Max8 TC-LCI

1125 Easyjet Airbus A320Neo OE-LSW

1250 KLM EMB195 E-2 PH-NXP

1445 Maersk Air Cargo Boeing 767-300F OY-SYC

1450 Royal Air Force Airbus A400 ZM415

1700 Lufthansa City Airbus A320Neo D-AIIC (First Visit)

1825 Wizz Air Airbus A320 9H-WZQ

1830 SAS CRJ-900 EI-FPW

1850 Wizz Air Airbus A321 HA-LXD

2005 KLM EMB 195 E-2 PH-NXU

2025 Silkway West Boeing 747-400F 4K-SW800

Air Transat Airbus A321Neo C-GOIX Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

A Magnificent Monday Spotting At Manchester Airport

 

    So this week I’m on annual leave, and today was the only day I hadn’t got anything planned to do with the family. So after a lot of begging and pleading I managed to get a day spotting behind the camera.

    So Manchester was my destination after those quick short visits during work really wetted the appetite to go. My last proper spotting trip here must of been 2019 before my flight to Stockholm.

    Anyway back to today! My alarm was set to 05:15 opened the curtains hoping that gorgeous weather we’d had the last few days, and you guessed it cloud! Oh well. I left my house just before 0600 and arrived at Manchester Airport south side around 0715. The good thing of getting there early is you can park in the lay by or what I call the small parking area just off the island. 

    There have been some reports on social media that people are parking in front of the crash gates and other access point for the emergency services and the council in due course are going to make it a no parking area with red lines. At the moment this isn’t the case so just think where you park and don’t spoil it for others. There is a holiday inn about 500m down the road which I was told you can park for a charge.

    After a two minute walk I was on one of the south side mounds and this is where I would stay until around 1330.

This was my view from the viewing mound.

Here’s what was logged from today’s Visit:

    9A-ABC Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    EI-HAX Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-RUKM Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-HMZ Ryanair Boeing 737Max8-200

    G-EZTD easyjet Airbus A320

    9A-LAB Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZUK easyjet Airbus A320

    G-SUNB Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TAWZ TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-EZUZ easyjet Airbus A320

    9H-QFE Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-JZHH Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYB Jet2 Airbus A321

    9H-QCF Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYK Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-JZBM Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZTZ easyjet Airbus A320

    9H-VVK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-JZHO Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-VYGM Jet2 Airbus A330

    EI-EMC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-UZLF easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-TUKO TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-DRTX Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYA Jet2 Airbus A321

    G-DRTW Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-SUNP Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TAWU TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYI Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-SUNG Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TUML TUI Boeing 737 Max8

    G-UZLR easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-TUIB TUI Boeing 787-8

    A7-BHC Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9

    B-226N Juneyao Air Boeing 787-9

    G-EIDY Aer Lingus Airbus A330

    B-303C Hainan Airlines Airbus A330

    G-EILA Aer Lingus Airbus A330

    A6-ETP Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300

    G-DRTU Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    EI-DEM Aer Lingus Airbus A320

    9H-AMJ Eurowings Airbus A320

    EI-EKC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-EVA Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-IHJ Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    D-AIJQ Lufthansa City Airbus A320Neo

    G-LMTD Loganair ATR72

    G-FZDY TUI Boeing 737-800

    YL-ABQ Air Baltic Airbus Airbus A220

    G-EZTK easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-IKM Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-PEMB Aurigny ATR72

    ET-AWP Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900

    B-LRS Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900

    OE-IVQ easyjet Airbus A320

    PH-EXS KLM cityhopper EMB 175

    D-AIDB Lufthansa Airbus A321

    G-VNVR Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    EC-OGC Vueling Airbus A320 

    EI-GPO Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72

    SP-RKC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-RUKG Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    9H-QDI Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-EBP Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-VLUV Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330

    TC-JSI Turkish Airlines Airbus A321

    OH-LVL Finnair Airbus A319

    TC-SMD Sun Express Boeing 737 Max8

    G-EZRX easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-SIB SAS Airbus A320Neo

    EI-SCF SAS Airbus A320Neo

    SX-NET Aegean Airbus A320Neo

    D-ASTX Lufthansa City Airbus A319

    G-EZUT easyjet Airbus A320

    G-VEVE Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    G-EZWI easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZUK easyjet Airbus A320

    OO-TCH Brussels Airways Airbus A320

    PH-AXB KLM Airbus A321Neo

    G-UZHT easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    D-AISO Lufthansa Airbus A321

    G-LTMG Loganair ATR72

    EI-IKK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-EZWR easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZOA easyjet Airbus A320

    TC-RDY Pegasus Airbus A321Neo

    CS-TPW TAP Air Portugal EMB190

    9H-CXE Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800

    EI-EMH Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    F-HBXA Air France EMB 170

    9K-APH Kuwait Airways Airbus A330-800Neo

    G-GDFV Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZWA easyjet Airbus A320

    G-CJML Aer Lingus ATR72

    TC-SPV Sun Express Boeing 737-800

    9H-VUK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    EI-IGL Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200

    G-EZUA easyjet Airbus A320

    A6-EOD Emirates Airbus A380

    TC-NCN Pegasus Airbus A320Neo

    C-GIOX Air Transat Airbus A321Neo

    OE-LQN easyjet Airbus A319

    EI-SIR SAS Airbus A320Neo

    HZ-AR25 Saudia Boeing 787-10

    TC-LTB Turkish Airlines Airbus A321Neo

    TC-SEK Sun Express Boeing 737-800

    A7-AOA Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000

    TC-RBC Pegasus Airbus A321Neo

    TC-MKD Corenden Airlines Boeing 737Max8

    PH-EZM KLM cityhopper EMB190

    SU-GFS Eygptair Airbus A321Neo

    F-HPNH Air France Airbus A220

Air Canada Boeing 787-9 C-FRTG Landing At London Heathrow

 

A Long Over Due visit to Manchester Airport

     A free Saturday, so I headed up to the northwest for a long over due visit to Manchester Airport. For me the only place to go to spot at Manchester is southside close to runway 23L. I'm currently having computer issues so I can't process and photos or make videos so another day with only the log book.

    For me the Manchester is one of best in the United Kingdom if not Europe for plane spotters for photography locations and the amount of different of airlines using the airport.

    Here's what I logged between 0815 till 1230

    G-HLYA Jet2 Airbus A321

    G-TUIH TUI Boeing 787-8

    G-OHJK ASL Airlines Boeing 737-800F

    G-HLYF Jet2 Airbus A321

    G-UZHI easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-UZLF easyjet Airbus A320Neoeo

    G-EZWD easyjet Airbus A320

    G-UZMF easyjet Airbus A321Neo

    EI-EFN Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    9A-ABC Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYB Jet2 Airbus A321

    EI-ENL Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-DRTG Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZMH easyjet Airbus A321Neo

    G-DRTY Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZLX easyjet Airbus A30Neo

    G-SUNH Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-HLYL Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-RUKJ Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-TUIM TUI Boeing 787-9

    A7-BHS Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9

    A6-BNE Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9

    G-EILA Aer Lingus Airbus A330

    B-1097 Hainan Airlines Airbus A330

    EC-NCF Vueling Airbus A320Neo

    9H-EXY Eurowings Airbus A319

    B-LRE Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900

    A6-EOR Emirates Airbus A380

    ET-AUA Ethiopian Airbus A350-900

    EI-IJP Ryanair Boeing 737Max 8-200

    HB-AZC Helvetic EMB 190-E2

    PH-NXY KLM cityhopper EMB 195-E2

    G-VLUV Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330

    EI-FSL Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72

    G-VNVR Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    OE-ICI easyjet Airbus A320

    SE-RFA TUI Boeing 787-9

    OE-INA easyjet Airbus A320

    OE-IDO easyjet Airbus A320

    TC-SOI Sun Express Boeing 737 Max8

    9V-SMQ Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900

    OE-ISG easyjet Airbus A321Neo

    OH-LXB Finnair Airbus A321

    TC-SMV Sun Express Boeing 737 Max8

    TC-JST Turkish Airlines Airbus A321

    EI-IKM Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-VLIB Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    EI-EBE Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    CS-TPY TAP Express EMB-190

    D-AIZP Lufthansa Airbus A320

    G-TTNO British Airways Airbus A320Neo

    SX-NET Aegean Airlines Airbus A320Neo

    EI-HGL Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-VSXY Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330

    F-HBLX Air France EMB 190

    TC-NCS Pegasus Airbus A320Neo

    OO-SSN Brussels Airlines Airbus A319

    SE-RSV SAS EMB-195

    TC-SOO Sun Express Boeing 737-800

    PH-BXO KLM Boeing 737-900

    D-AIBA Lufthansa Airbus A319

    G-HLYJ Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    9K-AKL Kuwait Airways Airbus A320Neo

    C-GOKC Air Transat Airbus A321Neo

    EI-GSK Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-JZDH Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZHP easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    EI-HDK Aer Lingus Regional ATR72

    TC-LTP Turkish Airlines Airbus A321Neo

    A6-EUT Emirates Airbus A380

    TC-NBL Pegasus Airbus A320Neo

    G-JZBL Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    OE-LWN Austrian Airlines EMB190

    G-SUNM Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    TC-RBZ Pegasus Airbus A321Neo

    A really good good shame the weather wasnt always on my side