2004 Airbus A340-642, c/n 566, D-AIHH, Wiesbaden, Lufthansa

2004 Airbus A340-642, c/n 566, D-AIHH, Wiesbaden, Lufthansa arriving at Gate D55, Concourse D, International Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 14:17 PDT

At 14:18 PDT

Lufthansa flight LH 493, non-stop from Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) to Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (FRA/EDDF), scheduled to depart on Friday, June 29 at 16:00 PDT and arrive on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 11:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time). At 14:53 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time).

Lufthansa flight LH 493 docked at Gate C13, Concourse C, Terminal 1, Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (FRA/EDDF), Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 11:08 CEST

2004 Airbus A340-642, c/n 566, D-AIHH, Wiesbaden, Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG dba/Member of STAR ALLIANCE), Köln-Deutz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, based at Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (FRA/EDDF), Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland

• powered by four 56,000-lbs thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 556-61 high-bypass turbofan engines
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration F8C60Y238, long-range wide-body airliner
• winglets
• built by Airbus Industrie, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at Colomiers, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées for final assembly, adjacent to Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO), Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées
• first flight on January 20, 2004, test registration F-WWCJ
• delivered to Lufthansa on March 12, 2004
• active

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 2012

2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines

2005 Boeing 777-206ER, c/n 29399/499, PH-BQK, Mount Kilimanjaro, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at Gate D68, Concourse D and 2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines at Gate D70, Concourse D, International Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 13:36 PDT

2005 Boeing 777-206ER, c/n 29399/499, PH-BQK, Mount Kilimanjaro, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV dba/Member of Air France KLM Group & SKYTEAM), Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Luchthaven Schiphol) (AMS/EHAM), Haarlemmermeer, North Holland

• powered by two 93,700-lbs thrust General Electric GE90-94B high-bypass turbofan engines
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration C35PY34Y249, extended-range wide-body airliner
• built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington at Everett, Washington
• first flight on January 6, 2005
• delivered to KLM on January 24, 2005, leased from ILFC (International Lease Finance Corporation), Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
• flights to Taiwan operate as KLM asia
• active

2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines (China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited/Member of China Eastern Air Holding Co.), Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA/ZSSS), Changning District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, based at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA/ZSSS)

• powered by two 71,100-lbs thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 high-bypass turbofan engines
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration C24Y240, long-range wide-body airliner
• winglets
• built by Airbus Industrie, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at Colomiers, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées for final assembly, adjacent to Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO), Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées
• first flight on January 17, 2006, test registration F-WWKQ
• delivered to China Eastern Airlines on February 28, 2006, leased from AWAS (Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
• active

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 2012

1968 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-233 Series 2A, c/n 1661, C-FYDY, Air North, Yukon’s Airline

1968 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-233 Series 2A, c/n 1661, C-FYDY, Air North, Yukon’s Airline at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 11:32 PDT

1968 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-233 Series 2A, c/n 1661, C-FYDY, Air North, Yukon’s Airline (Air North Charter and Training Ltd.), Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, based at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (YXY/CYXY), Whitehorse, Yukon

• powered by two 2,190-shp Rolls-Royce Dart 7 Mk. 534-2 turboprop engines with variable-pitch four-blade Dowty Rotol propellers
• crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, passenger attendant), between 4 and 40 passengers or up to 12,000 lbs of cargo depending on configuration, or configured as bulk fuel hauler with up to 10,000 lbs of fuel per trip, medium-range mid-size Combi passenger/freight conversion
• built by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, London, England at Manchester Woodford Aerodrome (XXB/EGCD), Woodford, Greater Manchester, England
• first flight on November 27, 1968
• VQ-FBH, Fiji Airways (Fiji Airways Limited), Nausori Airport (SUV/NFNA), Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji from 1968 to 1970
• change of airline name and headquarters to Air Pacific (Air Pacific Limited), Nadi International Airport (NAN/NFFN), Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji in 1970
• re-registered as DQ-FBH from 1970 to 1979
• ZK-MCJ, Rotorua, Mount Cook Airline (Mount Cook Group), Christchurch, New Zealand in 1979
• Mount Cook Airline owned by Air New Zealand Limited after 1989
• registration cancelled in 1996
• imported in 1996
• registered to Air North, Yukon’s Airline on August 29, 1996
• active

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© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 2012

1970 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-273 Series 2A, c/n 1694, C-FYDU, Air North, Yukon’s Airline

1970 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-273 Series 2A, c/n 1694, C-FYDU, Air North, Yukon’s Airline and 2005 Airbus A319-115(CJ), c/n 2592, 9H-MCE, Comlux Malta at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 11:32 PDT

1970 Hawker Siddeley HS 748-273 Series 2A, c/n 1694, C-FYDU, Air North, Yukon’s Airline (Air North Charter and Training Ltd.), Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, based at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (YXY/CYXY), Whitehorse, Yukon

• powered by two 2,190-shp Rolls-Royce Dart 7 Mk. 534-2 turboprop engines with variable-pitch four-blade Dowty Rotol propellers
• crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, passenger attendant), seating configuration Y40, medium-range mid-size regional airliner
• built by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, London, England at Manchester Woodford Aerodrome (XXB/EGCD), Woodford, Greater Manchester, England
• first flight on November 4, 1970
• AMDB-110, Royal Brunei Air Force, Royal Brunei Malay Regiment on January 20, 1971
• VIP military transport
• converted to civil configuration by Singapore General Aviation Services Pte Ltd., Singapore
• VR-UEH, Royal Brunei Airlines (Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd), Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on August 26, 1981
• stored on August 11, 1982
• re-registered as VS-UEH and returned to service sometime in 1983
• re-registered as V8-UEH and returned to service on January 1, 1984
• ZK-MCP, Tutoko, Mount Cook Airline (Mount Cook Group), Christchurch, New Zealand on April 30, 1984
• leased to Air Pacific (Air Pacific Limited), Nadi International Airport (NAN/NFFN), Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji on December 4, 1985
• returned to Mount Cook Airline on January 29, 1986
• Mount Cook Airline owned by Air New Zealand Limited after 1989
• registration cancelled on February 12, 1996
• stored at Christchurch, New Zealand, later at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in June 1996
• imported in 1996
• registered to Air North, Yukon’s Airline on August 29, 1996
• active

2005 Airbus A319-115(CJ), c/n 2592, 9H-MCE, Comlux Malta (Comlux Malta Ltd./Comlux—The Aviation Group), Malta

• powered by two 27,000-lbs thrust CFM International CFM56-5B7/3 high-bypass turbofan engines
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), VIP configuration, long-range narrow-body corporate jet
• removable extra fuel tanks in cargo compartment, corporate cabin interior, and wingtip fences
• built by Airbus Industrie, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at Flugplatz Hamburg-Finkenwerder (XFW/EDHI), Finkenwerder, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Deutschland for final assembly
• first flight on November 10, 2005, test registration D-AVXK
• re-registered as D-AIMM on November 22, 2005
• ferried for cabin outfitting from Flugplatz Hamburg-Finkenwerder (XFW/EDHI) to Dallas Love Field (DAL/KDAL), Dallas, Texas, USA on December 1, 2005
• HB-IPO, Comlux Aviation (Comlux—The Aviation Group), Zürich, Schweiz on June 21, 2006
• leased as UN-A1901 to Government of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan on January 15, 2007
• operated by Berkut Air (State Air Company Berkut), Astana, Kazakhstan
• returned as HB-IPO to Comlux Aviation on June 10, 2008
• leased from Air Luther AG, Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Schweiz on June 18, 2008
• transferred as 9H-AFK to Comlux Malta on September 12, 2008
• leased from Air Luther AG
• re-registered as 9H-MCE in July 2012
• active

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© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 2012