I managed to drag myself away from all the excitement at Southend for a evening trip at London City. I had been planning to do this trip for several months, however things were complicated by the use of Runway 09 and some very annoying thin cloud making the light less striking.
It was still a very good evening, as I got every airline which flies into London City, so there was some nice variety. Here’s a selection of my photos and I hope these are of interest.
Departing to Edinburgh. Surprised to catch this, as I thought they had been all painted over.
G-BYMK Cityjet D328 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
The Alitalia E190 operating under the Volare callsign.
EI-RNA Alitalia E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
The most ‘interesting’ approach of the evening. Only at London City….
OO-VLM Cityjet F.50 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
As the light made its way round, unfortunately thin cloud almost took away the sunshine completely. A fantastic livery nonetheless on this Blue Island ATR.
G-ISLF Blue Isslands AT45 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
G-ISLF Blue Islands AT45 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
A Lufthansa Regional Embraer from Frankfurt.
D-AECE Lufthansa Regional E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
A smaller BA Cityflyer E170:
G-LCYE British Airways E170 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
The one of a kind British Airways Saab 2000 operated by Eastern Airways on the Isle of Man rotation.
G-CDEB British Airways S200 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Air France liveried CiyJet RJ85:
EI-RJE Air France by Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
As the light started to improve one of my favourites, the Skywork Dash 8 (in place of the scheduled Dornier).
HB-JGA Skywork DH8D at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
And the nice little British Airways (operated by Sunair) Dornier 328, the only prob version in the fleet.
OY-NCA British Airways D328 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
One of the many Fokker arrivals. Although they look smart, it;s certainly not a patch on the old VLM livery.
OO-VLL Cityjet F.50 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Standard Swiss RJ100:
HB-IYW Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Standard Cityjet RJ85
EI-RJM Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Very nice special liveried Swiss RJ100.
HB-IYS Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
HB-IYS Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Shortly followed by a Star Alliance one:
HB-IYV Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
Another nice Dash 8. this time Luxair:
LX-LGA Luxair DH8D at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
And finally the Lufthansa Regional Q400.
D-ADHR Lufthansa Regional DH8D at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr
I hope these were of some interest, and not too boring.
By: AeroPics - 10th July 2012 at 20:45
Thanks again for all of your comments, they are much appreciated. I agree with you Cloud_9 about the BA Saab, it does look great, and I wouldn’t have guessed such a thing would ever exist last year. Really appreciate your feedback. Many thanks.
By: Mr Creosote - 9th July 2012 at 20:16
Great photos. I have a special fondness for LCY, so thanks for sharing.
By: cloud_9 - 9th July 2012 at 19:39
I must say that has to be best bunch of photos from London City I have ever seen, well done and thanks for sharing!:)
Alitalia’s E190 certainly looks really smart…it would be nice to see at LHR instead of A320 family aircraft all the time!
I too agree the SkyWork livery is really nice on the Dash 8; but not so keen on their Dornier!;)
Nice to see a full on picture of BA’s new Saab 2000 a/c; I know it’s leased from T3, but the BA livery suits it!
By: heslop01 - 7th July 2012 at 22:01
I really like the Swiss – Star Alliance photo! 😀
Nice shots! 🙂
By: Bristol_Rob - 7th July 2012 at 21:52
Great set of photos!
Looks like a good airport!
Rob
🙂
By: AeroPics - 7th July 2012 at 20:55
Many thanks for all of your comments, I’m glad these were of interest. I have to say I am surprised by the response. The place certainly is good for both photography and traffic, and certainly would recommend visiting. If so do be mindful of the banks of departures, with the early mornings and evenings being by far the best time to go. Still nice to see otherwise unusual airlines and types.
By: Indiaecho - 7th July 2012 at 14:07
Some great photos their.
I always enjoy a trip to London City during the morningn or evening peak times – as the photos show so well, there is a wide variety of traffic that can often be difficult to see elsewhere.
IE
By: markyharky - 6th July 2012 at 20:14
Nice selection of shots there. As Culpano said above, maybe go there for a few hours on my annual exodus down south next year, looking for some variety now.
Cheers,
Mark
By: EGTC - 6th July 2012 at 20:04
Very good!
By: Newforest - 6th July 2012 at 20:02
And a good variety of international registrations there, a worthwhile trip! 🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th July 2012 at 19:32
Great shots! I really like SkyWork’s livery on the Q400!!
By: Culpano - 6th July 2012 at 19:31
They are not boring at all – they are excellent. I must pay that airport a visit instead of struggling with the less than ideal sun angle at Heathrow. Lots of variety there and some nice “doubles”. Good stuff.
By: alberto.restifo - 6th July 2012 at 19:31
I like the first picture, and the swiss specials! Lovely SWISS 😀
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