Has anyone got photos of the landing of A380 (Dubai bound) at BIA today morning...

A 6-EDM. Landed due to a smoke in the cockpit. I'll post the pictures shortly.

A trip report from the inaugural flight: http://airlinersindia.s4.bizhat.com/...rsindia#145501

Emirates A380

Wow thanks !! It's nice to see A380 in Colombo. when did you take these pictures?

Yesterday morning

Hi all!
I just arrived back home after a 3 week holiday in Sri Lanka. Very nice country with very nice people! I think we saw the most important things the country has to offer. Some better than the other.

For planespotting my trip started in Istanbul, Turkey. We had to stay there for 1 day because of an error made by Turkish Airlines. I think I spotted there entire fleet there.
In Male I took some pics through the window of the aircraft.
In Sri Lanka, I went to Kandy to spot the Air Taxi Cessna Caravan on its daily flights.
I also spotted an Avro from the Air Force. It was stored somewhere on route nearby Galle.
After that I went to the museum. Very nice museum! Better than the one we have in Brussels.
Yesterday on my last day, I went spotting in Colombo.

Spotted following:
FlyDubai B738 A6-FEG FEQ
Sri Lankan A340 4R-ADF
Sri Lankan A321 4R-ABQ
Air India A321 VT-PPH PPM
Oman Air B738 A4O-BV BH
Sri Lanka Air Force AN-32 SCM-868
Emirates B773 A6-EGU EGY EGB
Sri Lankan A320 4R-ABN ABL ABK ABM ABO
Sri Lankan A332 4R-ALB ALG ALA
Saudi Arabian B744 HZ-AIY
Mihin Lanka A321 4R-MRC MRD
Cinnamon Air CNC 4R-CAE CAG
Malaysia Airlines B738 9M-MXN
Sri Lankan A333 4R-ALN
Spicejet DHC-8 VT-SUE
Private Beech AP-CAC
Turkish A333 TC-JNM
Private B1900 ZS-EAK (black Air New Zealand cs)
Deccan Aviation 4R-DLZ
Mihin Lanka A320 4R-MRE
Korean Air A333 HL7554


Nice list for me, just missing the IL-18

Also, Anybody with more info about that AN-8 stored? former registration would be helpful.

Pictures to follow later.

Kind regards,
Yves

You are the man yengels.

We are waiting to see those pictures.

Hi Yengels ! Hope you had a great time in Sri Lanka. Same here! Me too l,ooking forward to see your aviation pictures. Which airline did you use to fly Sri Lanka? How was the passenger load? Cabin service? on your flights.

I came in with Turkish Airlines. We had a 24hr delay in Istanbul because Turkish Airlines made a fault with our booking. First we flew the A321 to Istanbul. Good service but not a lot of space between the seats. The flight to Colombo was with a A330-200. You have more space there . It was via Male. The aircraft was full until Male. After Male more than 3/4'th of the pax got off leaving only a few to Colombo. Same on the way back, but than without the 24hrs delay .

Sri Lanka was worth visiting. We enjoyed our time and are thankful to all nice people who made our holiday complete. You just can't say anything bad about the Sri Lankan people .

Kind regards,
Yves

Nice to hear you had a good time in Sri Lanka !

Did you find out if we can take aviation pictures at Colombo Airport, Sri Lanka ?

I talked to some people from the air force and all told me that is was allowed to take pictures where there are no signs that it is forbidden. I think it is ok as long as there is no building on the picture.

Kind regards,
Yves

It's an AN 8 previously owned by Skycabs Cargo. Registration 4R-SKI. I think it had an accident when it's landing in Colombo.

Where did you take the pictures of the airlines at Colombo Airport? Did you find any best plane spotting location?

Hi Vihan , Wow! Can I know the location please?