Comment / XL Airways have their largest program yet at Stansted this summer. G-XLAA arrives from Kos.

Comment / G-XLAG's nose wheel just starts to lift away from the tarmac after quite a lengthy take off run.

Comment / Now painted up in the new XL Airways livery, it was this Boeing 737-800, G-XLAA, that kicked off the Excel Airways story six years ago, back on May 1st 2001. Excel itself grew out of what was Sabre Airways, with whom 'AA first flew as G-OKDN upon delivery 1998.

Comment / XL Airways flew three charter flights into Stansted from Lourdes today, with G-XLAK seen here completing the last. 'AK was delivered to the recently rebranded carrier in January earlier this year.

Comment / EI-DPN is one of the latest aircraft for Ryanair, delivered on the 8th March.

Comment / With the retro-fitting of its Boeing 737-800 fleet with winglets now complete, it seems that Ryanair is also plugging the eyebrow windows on older aircraft, as modelled by here EI-DAG.

Comment / Vacating runway 08 in the heat haze with flaps and spoilers still in landing configuration.

Comment / Pegasus is new airline for the schedules at Stansted this summer, flying in from Ercan and Istanbul three times a week with their Boeing 737-800s.

Comment / G-CDEG arrives on runway 05 from Liverpool, before flying on to Tenerife.

Comment / For photo #1000 I thought it would be great to dig out something a little more rare…