Operating for Airtours International. Departing from Manchester in October 1995.
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Operating for Airtours International. Departing from Manchester in October 1995.
G-SJMC Boeing 767-300 of Airtours International Airways at Manchester 10/6/01.
Converted to a freighter and still acive with Prime Air as N1373A.
Close up detail of MyTravel Airways Airbus A330-243 G-MDBD's Tail taken on Thursday 29th December 2005. Delivered new to Airtours International on 24th June 1999 becoming one of the first A330s registered in the UK, the aircraft loyally served the company through its rebranding to MyTravel and its later merger with Thomas Cook Airlines until Cook's demise in 2019 with the aircraft being stored at Manchester and subsequently scrapped in February 2021.
While I wasn't a fan of losing the Airtours livery I will admit that the MyTravel branding did brighten up those muggy days in Manchester :)
© Phil Cribbin 2005
MyTravel Airways Airbus A330-243 G-MDBD is seen passing the Aviation Viewing Park having just vacated Runway 24R at Manchester Airport on a foggy Thursday 29th December 2005. Delivered new to Airtours International on 24th June 1999 becoming one of the first A330s registered in the UK, the aircraft loyally served the company through its rebranding to MyTravel and its later merger with Thomas Cook Airlines until Cook's demise in 2019 with the aircraft being stored at Manchester and subsequently scrapped in February 2021.
While I wasn't a fan of losing the Airtours livery I will admit that the MyTravel branding did brighten up those muggy days in Manchester :)
© Phil Cribbin 2005
MyTravel Airways Airbus A330-243 G-MDBD is seen vacating Runway 24R at Manchester Airport on a foggy Thursday 29th December 2005. Delivered new to Airtours International on 24th June 1999 becoming one of the first A330s registered in the UK, the aircraft loyally served the company through its rebranding to MyTravel and its later merger with Thomas Cook Airlines until Cook's demise in 2019 with the aircraft being stored at Manchester and subsequently scrapped in February 2021.
While I wasn't a fan of losing the Airtours livery I will admit that the MyTravel branding did brighten up those muggy days in Manchester :)
© Phil Cribbin 2005
N144KW, a Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter, flies above Kauai, Hawaii, on February 23, 2024. The helicopter had a crash with fatalities on July 11, 2024.
Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330s G-MDBD and G-MLJL sit outside the Thomas Cook Airlines hangar at Manchester Airport awaiting their fate following the demise of the carrier several months previously. There were actually four A330s here at the time, G-OMYT was out of frame and parked on a stand to the right of the shot while a fourth was located inside the hangar, that one being from Thomas Cook Scandinavia and would eventually leave for the rescued and rebranded "Sunclass Airlines".
The future was not going to be bright for any of these three aircraft, they were the three oldest Airbus A330s on the British register having all been delivered in 1999 (fun fact - Monarch beat Airtours to the punch with their A330s coming in the spring with Airtours taking theirs in Summer and Autumn). The collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines was one thing but the massive downturn in the global aviation industry as a result of Covid meant there were younger airframes around for anyone in the market for an A330 or three...
Despite being touted for freighter conversion all three aircraft would unceremoniously be scrapped outside the Thomas Cook hangar over the course of February 2021 in full view of the passengers in Terminal 1, unlike in 2003 when Monarch's DC-10-30 G-DMCA was scrapped on the Manchester ramp the airport authorities didn't "loose their s***t" mainly because thanks to Covid there weren't actually that many passengers knocking around to see the spectacle...
G-MDBD was delivered to Airtours International Airways on 24th June 1999 and aside from two stints with Garuda Indonesia for Hajj charter purposes the aircraft remained with the company through its rebranding to the very clunky sounding MyTravel Airways and their subsequent merger into the just as clunky sounding Thomas Cook Airlines...
G-MLJL in the background has a similar history, it has the distinction of being the first A330 delivered to Airtours (on 15th June 1999) and also operating the last ever Thomas Cook Airlines flight following MT2643's arrival into Manchester from Orlando on 23rd September 2019.
© Phil Cribbin 2020
Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330s G-MDBD and G-MLJL sit outside the Thomas Cook Airlines hangar at Manchester Airport awaiting their fate following the demise of the carrier several months previously. There were actually four A330s here at the time, G-OMYT was out of frame and parked on a stand to the right of the shot while a fourth was located inside the hangar, that one being from Thomas Cook Scandinavia and would eventually leave for the rescued and rebranded "Sunclass Airlines".
The future was not going to be bright for any of these three aircraft, they were the three oldest Airbus A330s on the British register having all been delivered in 1999 (fun fact - Monarch beat Airtours to the punch with their A330s coming in the spring with Airtours taking theirs in Summer and Autumn). The collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines was one thing but the massive downturn in the global aviation industry as a result of Covid meant there were younger airframes around for anyone in the market for an A330 or three...
Despite being touted for freighter conversion all three aircraft would unceremoniously be scrapped outside the Thomas Cook hangar over the course of February 2021 in full view of the passengers in Terminal 1, unlike in 2003 when Monarch's DC-10-30 G-DMCA was scrapped on the Manchester ramp the airport authorities didn't "loose their s***t" mainly because thanks to Covid there weren't actually that many passengers knocking around to see the spectacle...
G-MDBD was delivered to Airtours International Airways on 24th June 1999 and aside from two stints with Garuda Indonesia for Hajj charter purposes the aircraft remained with the company through its rebranding to the very clunky sounding MyTravel Airways and their subsequent merger into the just as clunky sounding Thomas Cook Airlines...
G-MLJL in the background has a similar history, it has the distinction of being the first A330 delivered to Airtours (on 15th June 1999) and also operating the last ever Thomas Cook Airlines flight following MT2643's arrival into Manchester from Orlando on 23rd September 2019.
© Phil Cribbin 2020
Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330-243 G-OMYT sits forlorn on the ramp at Manchester Airport in July 2020, the aircraft like its two sisters (G-MLJL and G-MDBD out of frame to the left) had been sat stored for several months awaiting their fate following the collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines in September 2019.
The future was not going to be bright for any of these three aircraft, they were the three oldest Airbus A330s on the British register having all been delivered in 1999 (fun fact - Monarch beat Airtours to the punch with their A330s coming in the spring with Airtours taking theirs in Summer and Autumn). The collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines was one thing but the massive downturn in the global aviation industry as a result of Covid meant there were younger airframes around for anyone in the market for an A330 or three...
Despite being touted for freighter conversion all three aircraft would unceremoniously be scrapped outside the Thomas Cook hangar during February 2021 in full view of the passengers in Terminal 1, unlike in 2003 when Monarch's DC-10-30 G-DMCA was scrapped on the Manchester ramp the airport authorities didn't "loose their s***t" mainly because thanks to Covid there weren't actually that many passengers knocking around to see the spectacle...
Delivered to Airtours International Airways on 08th November 1999 as G-MOJO the aircraft spent brief time with Garuda Indonesia on Hajj charters as well as seasonal placements with sister airline, Premiair. Following the rebranding of Airtours International to MyTravel Airways the aircraft was re-registered as G-OMYT, a registration it retained until the end...
© Phil Cribbin 2020
Photo taken by Andreas Rink, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.
München-Riem
ca. February 1985
G-BBAJ „The Elizabeth Harkness Rose“
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
193N-1106
British Airtours
G-BBAJ is about to line-up on Riem’s runway 07. The B757 in the background is Air Europe’s G-BPGW. A BFS HS748 is parked at the edge of the field.
This TriStar had visited Riem several times with British Airways during the 1970s (first noted on 27 November 1976 on a fuel stop) and would be seen again here with Caledonian in 1990 and 1991.
First flight 18 February 1975. Delivered to British Airways as G-BBAJ on 19 March 1975. Leased to British Airtours from March 1982 to November 1986 and May 1987. To Caledonian Airways in 1988. Converted from L-1011-1 to L-1011-100 in December 1989. Ferried to Abu Dhabi from LGW for maintenance by GAMCO on 4 November 1999, bought by Ducor World Airlines in November 2001 for use as a freighter; apparently never went into service but remained stored at AHU and was broken up in September 2004. (Sources: scramble.nl, planelogger.com, rzjets.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BBAJ/754382
G-BBAJ with British Airways at DUS in June 1975:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/0/5/1655503.jpg
G-BBAJ with British Airways at ATH in August 1981 (large British titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/namcys11/23016972596
G-BBAJ with British Airtours ca. early 1980s (large British titles, still wearing British Airways name "The Elizabeth Harkins Rose"):
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/43480964015
G-BBAJ with British Airways at LHR in November 1986 (Landor colours):
www.jetphotos.com/photo/6022738
G-BBAJ with Caledonian at Riem in April 1990:
www.flickr.com/photos/gooneybird29/49957292038/in
Great shot of G-BBAJ with Caledonian at Riem in April 1990 - thanks to Klaus Brandmaier:
www.flickr.com/photos/gooneybird29/49957292038/in
One of G-BBAJ’s engines preserved at The Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester:
collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8412814/rb...
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
OY-VKF : Airbus A330-243 : Airtours International Airways.
On the Danish register with Premiair, but operating for Airtours during the summer of 2001.
G-TDTW : McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 : Airtours International Airways.
G-MDBD : Airbus A330-243 : Airtours International Airways.
Delivered in June 1999, and scrapped at Manchester in 2021. It kept the same registration for its entire life, also flying in the colours of MyTravel, and Thomas Cook.
Dublin Airport, 02/03/2024
G-VOLH - A-321 - Airtours - seen landing at Palma de Mallorca (PMI) on 4 May 2002, in partial livery as Airtours was just renamed to MyTravel Airways 4 days before
MSN 823 delivered on 15 May 1998 to Airtours International - left in March 2004 to Aigle Azur, then Atlasjet (Turkey) from 2013 to 2017 - then a few months with Small Planet Airlines Germany in 2018 - broken up Aug 2019 at PAD (Padernborn - DE)
Crew training in Shannon 1999
