Comment / Arriving on runway 22 from Vilnius, Lithuania. LY-STG was previously D-AWOH and D-AHIB with Hamburg International Airlines.

Comment / D-ATUF was painted up into a Hapag-Lloyd retro scheme and fitted with 54 First Class seats in November 2008, for a series of round-the-world cruise flights. A couple of years on it's back in mainline service, visiting Stansted from time-to-time operating on behalf of Germwanwings.

Comment / One of the latest deliveries from Seattle to Ryanair - EI-EML was delivered on 25th May 2010.

Comment / TC-SGH arrives at Newcastle on the same day that its major client, tour operator Scottravel, ceased trading. It is not yet clear whether Saga's charter services to Newcastle will continue as planned for the rest of the summer. This particular flight was combined with a service from Glasgow, for example. TC-SGH is an early Next Generation 737, previously with Air Berlin as D-ABAN.

Comment / TUIfly's Boeing 737s visit Newcastle three times a week from Hanover, although photos of their evening arrivals are only possible during the summer months. Rumour has it that this service will cease in October, though with Air Berlin due to take over most of TUIfly's city services during the coming winter, one hopes the route's fate might not be sealed just yet.

Comment / It's not often you see two aircraft on the runway at the same time, though every evening Jet2's pair of Newcastle-based Boeing 737-300QCs are towed from the passenger terminal across the runway to the new south-side stands, where they are loaded with mail for flights to London Stansted and East Midlands. G-CELZ is seen here following G-CELA with some local livestock in the foreground.

Comment / Saga Airlines are regular visitors to Newcastle this summer, operating to Turkey on behalf of Scottravel with their Boeing 737-400s and -800s. TC-SGD is seen arriving here, wearing a basic Air Algerie scheme following a recent spell on lease to the African carrier.

Comment / Climbing away from Newcastle's runway 07 on another charter, this time to Salzburg.

Comment / Delivered on 27th March earlier this year, G-FDZR was the first aircraft to be painted up in the livery of the newly-formed Thomson Airways. The new carrier, the product of the amalgamation of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways on 1st November 2008, can trace its history back to 1961 and the formation of Euravia, the first trading name of Britannia Airways.

Comment / A shiny new Boeing 737 indeed - check out the reflections of the wing on the fuselage!

Comment / Although departing here for Malaga with holidaymakers on board, only a few hours previous, G-CELZ was in the air hauling up to 17 tonnes of post for Royal Mail between Newcastle and Stansted.

Comment / The Newcastle-based Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800, G-FDZP, roars away into the low early-morning sunshine, destination Palma de Majorca.