Location: Zurich Kloten Airport, Switzerland
Date: 30 January, 2010
Switzerland in the middle of winter can only mean one thing - snow! Fortunately, it held off for the best part of the day, but eventually arrived as the sunset ihn sokme style after threatening at various points throughtout the afternoon. The visit itself was to see the aircraft gathered for the annual World Economic Forum at nearby Davos. Unfortunately, many had departed by the time we started our tour, but ramp access at any airport is not to be sniffed at under any circumstances, really. As for what we saw, the smaller European stuff such as the Dash 8s from Bosnia and Croatia looked nice in the morning sun and the Edelweiss scheme is a cracker. The WEF aircraft are on the second page.
Skywork Airlines Dash 8-400 HB-JGA climbing out
One of Privitair's B737-800s, HB-IIR
Our mount for the inbound flight, easyJet A319 G-EZAX, heads back to London
RJ100 HB-IXO of Swiss International
Singapore 'Big Triple' 9V-SWI ready to roll
9V-SWI
A first - one of two ATR72s operated by B&H Airways into Sarajevo, E7-AAD
Gulfstream G550 N585A owned by Saudi ARAMCO
Air Berlin A320 HB-IOW still in the airline's old colours
Croatia Airlines Dash 8 -400 departing for Zagreb
Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVF
Another Fokker 100 - D-AGPH of Contact AIr
Iberia A319 EC-JEI adding a splash of colour
A third Fokker 100! Montenegro Airlines' 4O-AOP arrving from Podgorica
United AIrlines B767-300 N656UA taking off
My first view of the fantastic Edelweiss scheme - A320 HB-IHY
HB-IOX Air Berlin A319 ready to go..
..while sister B737-700 D-ABAB climbs out
Emirates B777-300ER A6-ECW kicks up a fuss on landing
A6-ECW
Swiss A320 HB-IJF taking off
TC-IZA A320 of Turkish airline Izair
Swiss A330-200 HB-IQH starting up
TunisAir B737-500 TS-IOI taxies in
Swissair A330 HB-IQH heads for the runway while another is de-iced
A330-200 HB-IQI rotating off the runway...
...followed by HB-JHC
HB-JHC
