The Variety of Frankfurt Airport | Frankfurt, August 11-12, 2021

Hello once again for the third topic in a row!

During my trip some weeks ago, we not only stopped in Luxembourg and Ramstein, but also at Frankfurt Airport to catch a wide range of airlines and aircraft. After our arrival from Luxembourg, we started our spotting with the first wide body on a comparably short route from Beirut with the MEA A330.

Shortly after, another, yet smaller guest arrived from Paris on the way back to Bahrain with Gulf Air’s A321neo wearing their retro livery.

Quite a bit older was this arrival from Varna with European Air Charter’s (formerly known as Bulgarian Air Charter) MD-82.

Another rather rare guest arrived from Algiers when Air Algerie brought their A330.

Did you think the MD82 was old? Then here’s the big old lady from Georgia: Geo Sky’s Boeing 747-200

Rather normal but with some nice clouds in the background was this Boeing 777 of Emirates landing from Dubai.

Another cargo service that’s new to Frankfurt since the COVID-19 pandemic is MasAir’s 767 arriving from Miami in the late afternoon.

The last arrival of the first day at Frankfurt later on came just after sunset inbound from London - A FedEx MD-11F.

From an old work horse to a new airline: One of the A330s of Lufthansa’s new subsidiary Eurowings Discover about to land on runway 25C.

Something you would rather expect in London than Frankfurt since FRA isn’t quite a longhaul destionation from LHR - Virgin Atlantic sent one of their 787s to Frankfurt.

Let’s close this topic with another Queen of the Skies, this one operated by Atlas Air from Chicago.


My Equipment:

Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM (99% of pics)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM (for wide angle pics)

Backup / Old Lenses

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (for the 1% of the cases where I needed a wide angle lens, replaced by the 24-105 now)
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS STM (for the majority of my very old pics, bascially completely replaced by the 100-400 now)


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My spotting topics on the IFC (sorted by years since this is slowly getting endless)

2018

Spring Spotting 1
Spring Spotting 2 with Lorenzo
Spring Spotting 3 (feat. Hekla Aurora)
August spotting with some sunrise shots
September 30 with quite some special liveries and bizjets
Spotting in Zurich on the way to Cosford
Spotting Laura and more in Birmingham
Spotting in fog with a sunny end

2019

Special planes at Munich - Munich Security Conference feat. E-4B
Valentine’s Spotting 2019 - Civil Traffic around the Munich Security Conference
Retro Time - British Airways BEA A319
First weekend in Innsbruck - Charter Flights in the Alps
Second Innsbruck Spotting Weekend
Bringing Israeli soldiers to Munich - El Al 747
Another visit of ElAl’s queen - El Al 747
Spotting in the Morning Sun - South African Special Livery A340-300
A full day of Spotting
London Calling - Spotting at MUC and LCY on the way to London
London Heathrow Evening Spotting Before the Meetup
London Heathrow Meetup Spotting
Last Day at Heathrow: Landor, Negus and more
Government Jets and New Perspectives at Munich Airport
One Day Spotting Trip to Frankfurt Airport
Spotting Trip to Berlin
A lot of Specials at Munich
Quick after work spotting for a private A340
Another Sunny Spotting Day in Fall
Spotting with a Female closer than 5 miles, so definitely click even though she’s in none of the Pics!!!
Day and Night Shots at Munich
Deicing and more
Condor’s new colors and a big chopper
Stunning Condensations and a Royal 747
Azimuth Superjet and more for the last topic in a decade

2020

Birthday Spotting
The Final EXPO A380
Special Cargos in the Evening
Zurich’s Airline Traffic during the WEF Week
Air Force One Ramp Tour
Air Force One Arriving in Zurich
Heavy Contrasts for Air Malta’s Retro Jet
First Two Days of SiKo - Kuwait A340, Russia Il96
Amazing Security Conference Perspectives feat. Kuwait’s A340 and more
Etihad’s Choose China Livery
Security Conference Final
Trying A New Position for Condor‘s and United‘s New Liveries
Last Specials Prior to the Corona Break
First Spotting Trip After the Corona Restrictions With Some Cargo Specials
50 Years Special Livery on a Rescue Helicopter
Spotting AN-22 in Leipzig
Spotting the Last Departing A340s of Lufthansa
First Visit of Qatar’s OneWorld A350-1000
AN124 and Other Specials in Munich
Spotting in Frankfurt With Several Specials
Early Morning Cargo Movements
Government Flights at Munich
Military & Special Spotting at Ingolstadt and Neuburg AFB
DC3, Hekla Aurora and an EXPO livery at Munich
The First Visit of an Airbus Beluga XL
Summer Spotting Ending with Engine Light
IL76 Spotting in the Summer Heat
Two Weeks of Specials Summarized
Two More Days of Specials in Munich
Special Movements in September
Covid-19 Fall Spotting
P3, F18, A400M and more
Night Deicing, going to Frankfurt and more

2021

Not the Best Weather for Spotting, but at Least There Were Specials
Spotting in Spectacular Winter Light Part 1
Spotting in Spectacular Winter Light Part 2
German Air Force 1 and more specials
National 747, a Special Bizjet and a Rescue Heli
Departure of a C5 Super Galaxy in Munich
A little Eurofighter Air Show
747 Paradise in Luxembourg
Visiting Ramstein and Catching a Chinook next to the Autobahn

Honorable mentions, TLDRs and Reminders

TL;DR service for @dush19: Planes, Planes, Planes.
@MrMrMan: Look, something new to quote again!
@Nathan time to visit this place again
@Balloonchaser since you will come here anyway… you’re so amazing
@JulianB just want to be sure you don’t miss it
@CaptainHugh
@AndrewWu

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Ha! First!

This is quite a nice livery, great work as usual!

it wouldn’t let me quote the picture :(

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Ah yes, Air Algiere @AvioesEJogos,
@Butter_Boi


Cool pics as always @Moritz!

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The MD-82 is awesome, great photos @Moritz!


The Air Algiere meme lives on @Alex_Kraz.

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Good job on once again beating @Balloonchaser, but I’m a bit disappointed by your quoting game indeed haha

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I am too, lame Discourse

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Very nice photos Moritz! The Fedex one is awesome!

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Great photos as per usual Moritz

I expect your next spotting photos to be taken from above the aircraft. This is the new bar I have set. Meet or surpass or you will be sent to the Matrix.

jokes aside love the md-82 not many of those still around

Well, maybe I can get to the US at some point and do some air to air/ground spotting haha

until then I guess I won’t meet your expectations 👀😂

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from experience actually, it is quite interesting to do air-ground, but even with a jib, or just plainly taking photos through the window, the “oh lord is the camera going to fall out” sensation never leaves lol

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beautiful!

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Omg I was on that exact flight (ME217) on August 11! I was omw to SFO with a layover at FRA.

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Oh lol, that’s a cool coincidence! you don’t have a video of the landing by chance?

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No :/ I didn’t have a window seat but managed to get a picture after landing.

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More amazing photos from the IFC king of spotting 🔥

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I was at spotting at FRA 3 days earlier and it kind of bothers me that the GeoSky 742 came just a few days later… but well, I got the aircraft I wanted anyways. Nice pictures!

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Isn’t it a regular visitor by now? 🤔 i think I also saw some days where several Geo Sky flights arrived at FRA

Kinda interesting though I wasn’t the last person to finally spot this 742 since it really started to feel like that ^^

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