TAP Air Portugal A330 Madeira

Due to the increase of the passengers at Madeira, for the new year's fireworks and also students going back to Lisbon, TAP Air Portugal added some A330 service to Madeira. I was lucky enough to fly for the first time on an A330, CS-TOF, on the 3rd of January. Here's CS-TOK, departing from Madeira's airport runway 23 with the very last sunrays of that day.

Airbus A330-223, CS-TOK, TAP Air Portugal

Lufthansa 747-400

Due to hurricane Leslie, back on the 13th of October 2018, Lufthansa cancelled some flights. So, on the following day, Lisbon got a 747 as a gift.

Boeing 747-430, D-ABVU, Lufthansa

Welcome Home... And Goodbye

Today Lisbon welcomed the newest addition to TAP Air Portugal fleet, CS-TJK arriving from XFW. Saddly, we also said goodbye to the oldest A330-200, CS-TOH, which served as a prototype aircraft for Airbus Industries, flying with both the GE CF6-80 and RR Trent 700, and then, when it went to Austrian Airlines, converted to A330-223 with PW4000. While flying for Austrian, it had been painted with Star Alliance paint scheme, and with TAP it stayed always with the Star Alliance corporate livery. Today, it departed to Lleida-Alguaire Aiport, in Spain, for storage, and most likely, scrapping. CS-TOH was also the first A330 I photographed earlier in 2013.

Airbus A330-223, CS-TOH, TAP Air Portugal (Star Alliance c/s)

Airbus A321-251N, CS-TJK, TAP Air Portugal (Delivery Flight XFW-LIS)

Airbus A340 Air Belgium

Some weeks ago this gorgeous A340 arrived at Lisbon for maintenance at TAP M&E. Definitely, one of the best looking aircrafts out there. It's a shame that this company, which made its firs flight earlier this year, is already facing financial problems. Best hopes for them.

Airbus A340-313E, OO-ABB, Air Belgium

Aer Lingus Retro

I guess Aer Lingus read my last post on Sunday, because yesterday, Monday, they sent their retro to Lisbon, which I hadn't seen yet!

Airbus A320-214, EI-DVM, Aer Lingus (Retro c/s)