Comment / Note the white trail streaming from the auxiliary power unit, perhaps indicating that the APU has been left on for the flight ahead. Although an APU is typically shut down prior to take-off, it can be used in-flight as a back-up source of electrical power should an engine driven generator be unserviceable.

Comment / The first time I've seen a Brit Air/Air France CRJ-100 at Newcastle. Normally they send in the larger CRJ-700s on services from Paris Charles de Gaulle.

Comment / Air Contractors appear to have taken over the FedEx Feeder service between Glasgow, Newcastle and Paris. EI-FXA is seen here leaving Newcastle for Glasgow after a trip across the Channel.

Comment / Climbing away for Amsterdam Schiphol following a frosty overnight stay in the North East.

Comment / The first easyJet departure of the day from Newcastle jets away from runway 07 for Nice.

Comment / Departing on the first of four daily flights by Flybe from Newcastle to London Gatwick.

Comment / After stopping at Newcastle overnight, G-EUUO heads south back to London Heathrow.

Comment / G-EZAE leaves the North East for a journey to Bristol, Alicante and back to Newcastle.

Comment / Named John Lennon, G-BYAP was the 600th Boeing 757 built and delivered to Britannia Airways in February 1994. It is seen here departing Newcastle as the TOM1332 to Ibiza.

Comment / G-JMCG is one of three Thomas Cook Boeing 757s currently based at Newcastle. As her registration gives away, G-JMCG once served with JMC Air, though was originally delivered to LTU Sud as D-AMUQ in April 1995. She is seen here climbing away from Newcastle's runway 07 for Ibiza.

Comment / G-EZKE climbs away from Newcastle into the low morning sun bound for Nice.

Comment / Departing Newcastle's runway 07 for a short trip to Belfast and back.

Comment / After operating a night rotation to Heraklion, and arriving back an Newcastle only an hour previous, G-JMCD is in the air again, this time enroute to Larnaca as the Kestrel 973K.

Comment / As a result of their most recent spat with Dublin Airport, Ryanair recently cut its Dublin to Newcastle schedule down to a mostly once-daily service.

Comment / Having operated the early morning flight up to Newcastle from London Stansted, G-EZDI's next destination is Malaga. From there, she will then return to Stansted.