Preparations for the departure of this Boeing 747-400 from Thai Airways, with registration HS-TGG, took longer than planned, but it eventually departed from Stockholm Arlanda’s gate 17 for flight TG961 to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.

An Airbus A330-200 with registration HB-IQO, from Swiss International Air Lines, is taking to the skies from Zurich Airport. I had a very pleasant flight on this airplane back in 2001, a few weeks before Swissair went bankrupt, when this airplane actually belonged to Swissair.

Fridtjof Viking, SE-CFP, which is flying in SAS colors but which actually belongs to Flygande Veteraner (“Flying Veterans”), is basking in the sunlight at Stockholm Arlanda airport. This is of course a Douglas DC-3, a really classic airplane.

This is a scan of a slide I took in the Stone Age (at least it feels like it was that long ago), of a Boeing 757-200 from El Al, with registration 4X-EBU, at Vienna airport.

A Fokker 50 from Skyways, SE-LED, is taking off from Stockholm Arlanda’s runway 19R.

A Boeing 747-400M from KLM looks good, no matter whether the weather is good or bad. This shot is of PH-BFU at Amsterdam.

A Canadair CRJ-200 from Lufthansa Regional, with registration D-ACHA, is taking off from Stockholm Arlanda’s runway 19R.

This Ukraine International Boeing 737-500, UR-GAT, is departing from Zurich for a flight to Kiev. After the picture was taken, blended winglets were installed on this airplane.

The pilots of this Boeing 737-300 from Norwegian, with registration LN-KHC, are busy preparing the airplane for departure from Oslo’s Gardermoen airport early in the morning.

A Maple Leaf decorated Air Canada Boeing 767-300, C-GSCA, is taking off from Zurich for flight AC879 to Toronto.