Comment / Seen departing runway 05 on another British Airways World Cargo sortie, who incidentally have recently recommitted themselves to Stansted for the foreseeable future. A move to Manston was reportedly under serious consideration.

Comment / This Boeing 747 freighter was previously a passenger model with Singapore Airlines as 9V-SMM. It was converted into a freighter during 2007.

Comment / VP-BQC operated a series of supporter shuttles between St Petersburg and Manchester for the UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester stadium. She is no stranger to UK shores having previously flown with Virgin Atlantic as G-VPUF, and before that as ZK-NZY with Air New Zealand.

Comment / Transaero operates a fleet of half a dozen Boeing 747-200s, including this example, VP-BQC, seen here touching down on runway 05R on UEFA Cup Final day at Manchester.

Comment / Taken from a cracking location for departures off Heathrow's runway 27L. From a photo editing perspective, though, it's tough work getting rid of those jaggies - especially on this scheme!

Comment / The new Thai livery is certainly a nice one, but the classic colours still hold their worth. Great to see HS-TGK climbing away from Heathrow's runway 27L, still in the old scheme.