Just touched down on runway 14 in the very last rays of sunshine, completing flight BRQ1401 from Tripoli-Mitiga, operating for Buraq Air. Tiny registration marks below the cockpit windows.

Built as a DC-8-63CF and delivered to World Airways as N801WA in 1971. To N961R in 1985, then acquired by Cygnus Air in 2002 as EC-IGZ. Withdrawn from use in late 2009, and after two years of storage it was sold to Trans Air Cargo in Nov 2011, initially as 3X-GHH. Reregd to 9Q-CJO in Jul 2013, then to 9S-AJO on 6 Jan 2018.

The end of KLM's "The World is One Click Away" campaign: the promotional titles have been removed, but the swan is still there.

In Fly Air colours without titles, and with the Saga Airlines logo on the fin. This Airbus was acquired by Saga from JAL Domestic (ex JA8466) in May 2004, and then briefly leased to Fly Air.

Built as a DC-8-63CF and delivered to World Airways as N801WA in 1971. To N961R in 1985, then acquired by Corporación Cygnus Air in 2002 as EC-IGZ. Withdrawn from use in late 2009, and following two years of storage it was sold to Trans Air Cargo in Nov 2011, initially as 3X-GHH. Reregd to 9Q-CJO in Jul 2013, then to 9S-AJO on 6 Jan 2018.

Tristar Air and Jet Link Holland were airline subsidiaries of the Dutch company Jet Link, and both shared the same logo. Jet Link Holland went bankrupt in June 2000, but Tristar Air continued. The aircraft seen here only carries the company logo on the fin, and no titles, but in the late 2000s it adopted the full colour scheme previously worn by the Jet Link Holland aircraft. This particular aircraft SU-BMZ was destroyed in a forced landing near Mogadishu, Somalia on 12 Oct 2015. At that time the A300 was 34 years old and still operated by Tristar Air as their only aircraft. The accident meant the end of Tristar Air.

Made daily flights for Ethiopian Airlines into Amsterdam in late December 2004 and early January 2005. Very nice to see a "real" aircraft here! Previously flown with Zantop (N816ZA), Emery (N990CF) and United (N8967U)! This picture was in the Flight International of 4-10 April 2006 on page 33.