9M-MRD | Malaysia Airlines | Boeing 777-200/ER

Boeing 777-200/ER 9M-MRD was an absolute icon, having been repainted into the "Freedom of Space" livery in 2005. With MAS serving Zurich a few times every week back then, the chances were always high to catch this one on an early morning arrival or a lunchtime departure from & to Kuala Lumpur. It was seen rotating away from Rwy 16 at Zurich on 16 September 2007.

9M-MRD Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200/ER

TC-SOH | SunExpress | Boeing 737-800

Boeing 737-800 TC-SOH is wearing some nice decals promoting the German version of the Despicable Me 3 movie, containing the world favourite Minions. It was seen operating XQ210/211 from Antalya to Basel on 14 July 2017, with Rwy 33 in use for most of that day owing to northwesterly winds.

TC-SOH SunExpress Boeing 737-800 in Despicable Me 3 colours

HZ-HM1 | Saudi Arabian Royal Flight | Boeing 747-400

HZ-HM1 | Saudi Arabian Royal Flight | Boeing 747-400

Despite being painted in the old standard colour scheme of the national airline, this Boeing 747-400 is part of Saudi Arabia's royal fleet and spent long years getting its VVIP interior fitted at Basel-Mulhouse. It returned in October 2013 for a brief maintenance visit.

HZ-HM1 | Saudi Arabian Royal Flight | Boeing 747-400

9V-SKA | Singapore Airlines | A380-800

9V-SKA | Singapore Airlines | A380-800

The very first A380 of Singapore Airlines was seen approaching Rwy 09R at London Heathrow in May 2008. Back then, twin runway arrivals were only done during the very early morning hours due to the massive imbalance between arrival and departure movements. In more recent times, Rwy 09R tends to get assigned more often to flights that require less taxi time across the vast fields of Heathrow, namely all users of Terminal 4, SKYTEAM members and users of the southern pier at Terminal 3.

9V-SKA | Singapore Airlines | A380-800

ES-SAL | SmartLynx Estonia | A320

ES-SAL | SmartLynx Estonia | A320

Airbus A320 ES-SAL of SmartLynx Estonia was one of the last charter flights to arrive on 28 December 2013 at Salzburg. It was seen just about ready to depart again in the late evening. Salzburg's nice lighting is offering good opportunities for crisp night shots, without the downside of nasty colour casts.



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ZS-SLC | South African Airways | A340-200

ZS-SLC | South African Airways | A340-200

South African Airways' "Springbok 274" service was a regular in Zurich until 2007, using the carrier's six A340-200s in the last few years with only few exceptions. ZS-SLC was initially delivered to Lufthansa in 1993 and was eventually stored at Tarbes-Lourdes in 2012. It was seen arriving from Johannesburg, approaching Rwy 34 at ZRH on 26 June 2005.



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PZ-TCM | Surinam Airways | Boeing 747-300

PZ-TCM | Surinam Airways | Boeing 747-300

The sole longhaul aircraft in the fleet at the time, this Boeing 747-300 flew for Surinam Airways between 2004 and 2010. It has since been replaced by a couple of Airbus A340s, though they only ever had one at a time.