The end is near. They already start waving their Wings during this departure to PBM.

During, what might very well be, her last commercial departure for AMS.

Strange times, also in aviation. Three Boeing 777-300ER's, a type not normally seen here, were at AMS today to haul cargo to the USA. Also a Boeing 787-10 already showed up earlier this week.

An early morning arrival for runway 06. Delivered to China Airlines in December 1997. Stored at Victorville in November 2016 and eventually scrapped.

Named "Star" on the nose cone, and also carrying the airline's usual "Smile in the Sky" inscriptions. The all-white 747 parked at the KLM hangar was Eagle Aviation's F-GTIR.

One of several aircraft accompanying Russian President Medvedev, who arrived for the official opening of the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam (a branch of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia).

One of several aircraft accompanying Russian President Medvedev, who arrived the day before for the official opening of the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam (a branch of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia).

Russian President Medvedev arriving for the official opening of the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam (a branch of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia).

Delivered to Aéromaritime in February 1988 as G-OUTA. Reregistered F-GFUA in June 1988. Leased to Australian Airlines between september 1989 - February 1990. Leased to Air Afrique in October 1990 and Air France in September 1991. To FlyMe in February 2004. Leased to Tunisair between June - October 2005. To Aerolínea Principal in June 2007 as CC-CAL. Leased to Future between July - November 2007. LEased to Sky Airline in February 2008, leased to Future in April 2008. Wfu and stored at Tenerife GCTS in September 2008. To Ansett Worldwide in October 2008 as N635AN. To Our Airline in November 2008 as VH-NLK. Leased to Norfolk Air between April 2009 - February 2012. To Nauru Airlines in August 2014. Stored at Alice Springs in February 2016.

Delivered to KLM in November 1991. Withdrawn from use and stored at Amsterdam between October - December 2011. Stored at Norwich between December 2011 - July 2013. Converted to combi freighter and to First Air in September 2013 as C-FFNF. Operating for Air North between November 2019 - May 2021.

This 732 was delivered to Lufthansa in March 1981. It then went to Ryanair as EI-COB from January 1998 until Decemeber 2005. A whole new life followed in South America, firstly with LAN Airlines, then Regional Paraguaya and then Conviasa in October 2010. as YV475T. The frame is currently listed as stored (CCS?).

BTI619 from Riga touching down. Delivered to Deutsche BA in September 1999 as D-ADIB. To DBA in March 2002, to Air Berlin in November 2006. To Air Baltic in April 2008. Withdrawn from use and stored at Riga between March - December 2020. Stored at Ostrava in December 2020. To Cally Air in April 2021 as 5N-BYQ.