Comment / Etihad Airways' A330-200 A6-EYF arrives just over the threshold for Manchester's runway 06R on the daily service from the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi.

Comment / Qatar Airways now fly into Manchester daily with a mixture of A330 series -200s and -300s. A7-ACD was an early delivery back in March 2003, with their A330 fleet now totalling 28 frames.

Comment / A regular sight at Manchester, bmi A330 G-WWBB lands on runway 06R from Chicago O'Hare. Sadly, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the pending EU/US Open Skies agreement lures bmi to transfer its A330s to Heathrow - it's no secret that that's what they bought them for!

Comment / G-OMYT on tiptoes having just touched down on runway 06R, with the early morning sunlight really bringing out the orange in the MyTravel scheme. How long 'till Thomas Cook titles start to appear?

Comment / D-ALPH is the youngest A330 in the LTU fleet, delivered from Toulouse on 12th April 2006.

Comment / Having missed the Star Airlines A330 operating for easyJet out of Stansted a few weeks ago, it was good to catch F-GRSQ filling in for an Excel Airways charter up at Manchester.

Comment / Those LTU Airbus A330s could certainly do with a new coat of red paint! Here a series -200, D-ALPC, makes her way to the threshold of runway 23L, as Air France A318 F-GUGJ arrives on 23R.

Comment / On short finals for runway 27R at Heathrow inbound from Beirut as MEA201.

Comment / The highlight of the day at Heathrow - delivered to Turkish just over a month ago, and one of the first aircraft to wear the carrier's new colours.