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Miguel

@philippine747

formerly @Philippine747 on the bird app He/him. Aviation account, part-time aviation historian and photographer, with a focus on retro and Asian aviation. Views are my own and not of my employer From somewhere in the RPHI FIR

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Ikarus 692 Airport Bus -- basically a bus with a front end that elevates to become an enclosed staircase to the plane

Ikarus 692 Airport Bus -- basically a bus with a front end that elevates to become an enclosed staircase to the plane

Ikarus 695, i think

Ikarus 695, i think

unsure what the model number is, but the entire front of the bus opens up and a staircase extends out of it.

unsure what the model number is, but the entire front of the bus opens up and a staircase extends out of it.

just learned about these (prototype?) airport buses from the 80s, i believe all from the Serbian (then Yugoslavian) company Ikarus

11.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 327 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 33

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

07.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 9565 πŸ” 1561 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 55

Big plans, their parent company has a lot of real estate/entertainment/tourism holdings all over Vietnam. Vertical integration it seems

19.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Airbus A330-200 photo by Marek HorΓ‘k TC-JNC | Turkish Airlines | Airbus | A330-200 | PRG / LKPR Prague - VΓ‘clav Havel, Czech Republic | Photo by Marek HorΓ‘k

#Airbus #A330-200, #Turkish Airlines (TC-JNC) by Marek HorΓ‘k (#Prague - VΓ‘clav Havel) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

14.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of a white widebody airliner fuselage with GO CANADA GO in gold letters. The airport terminal in the background

Close up of a white widebody airliner fuselage with GO CANADA GO in gold letters. The airport terminal in the background

Air Canada
GO CANADA GO Olympic livery
Boeing 777-300(ER)
Reg. C-FITW
Calgary International Airport (YYC)
November 14, 2024 πŸ›©οΈπŸ“Έ

13.02.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The latest Brussels Airlines Belgian Icon TinTin livery is a stunner.

A320 OO‑SNJ wears a moon and space theme, because β€œits connection to aviation through flight, altitude, and exploration made it a natural fit, while its clean aesthetic ensured a refined and balanced livery.”

12.02.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Boeing 747-400 photo by Richard Parkhouse G-BNLB | British Airways | Boeing | 747-400 | LHR / EGLL London - Heathrow, UK - England | Photo by Richard Parkhouse

#Boeing #747-400, #British Airways (G-BNLB) by Richard Parkhouse (#London - Heathrow) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

01.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Always kinda fun when I run into airplanes I've flown on before, this one in 2022 AMS-YYC. Saw it last weekend buttoning up for Paris CDG as WS10.

28.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver, 1984 (opened 1968), by Thompson, Berwick & Pratt. πŸ“· City of Vancouver Archives. #airportarchitecture @yvrairport.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/p/DUDwuYfEYnM/

28.01.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A mint blue twinjet airliner with a red maple leaf on the tail and Air Canada wordmark in red on the fuselage taxiing past the airport terminal. The nose is white and a black component on the right engine nacelle.

A mint blue twinjet airliner with a red maple leaf on the tail and Air Canada wordmark in red on the fuselage taxiing past the airport terminal. The nose is white and a black component on the right engine nacelle.

RETIRED
Air Canada
Airbus A320-211
Reg. C-GPWG
πŸ“CYYC
September 17, 2024 πŸ›©οΈπŸ“Έ

Tail 401 has been withdrawn from service. It was the first A320 delivered to Canadian Airlines pre-merger with Air Canada.

24.01.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boeing 747-8F photo by tyyy B-LJE | Cathay Pacific Cargo | Boeing | 747-8F | XMN / ZSAM Xiamen Gaoqi International, China | Photo by tyyy

#Boeing #747-8F, #Cathay Pacific Cargo (B-LJE) by tyyy (#Xiamen Gaoqi International) #Cargo #aviation #photography #avgeeks

22.01.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palette cleanser, Lufthansa retro A321 from 2016.

21.01.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The UA, NW, and BD liveries always gave a classy "business-like" feel, which IMO makes them some of my faves

18.01.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There's much less colour in the skies these days, white seems to be the de facto base livery for most airlines. It wasn't always like this however, British Midland at Heathrow, United Airlines at Los Angeles, Northwest Airlines at Phoenix and Pacific Blue at Sydney pictured here.

18.01.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄ Philippine Airlines is holding an event at Lufthansa Technik Manila to mark the start of its 85th anniversary celebrations and to unveil its first Airbus A350-1000. Attended by the President and First Lady of the Philippines,

18.01.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thai Airways International Route Map, Sep/Oct 1980 from inflight magazine "Sawasdee".

18.01.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twenty one years ago today, Thai Airways HS-TGG climbing out of Heathrow destined for Bangkok.

14.01.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*gestures around broadly*...everything is....not great.

Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma

09.01.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I usually do single track lines to transport goods. Can't make anything useful beyond a double track line lol

06.01.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Signals were (and are) one of the most frustrating and rewarding parts of OpenTTD. To this day I don't still fully grasp how to use em lol

06.01.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.

The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.

05.01.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fun fact: Alaska was first U.S. airline to sell tickets online - Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air This news release was originally issued on Dec. 27, 1995, and is reposted here in its entirety in honor ofΒ Internet DayΒ Oct. 29, which commemorates the day when computers at UCLA and Stanford first ma...

30 years ago this week, Alaska Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to sell tickets online.

On December 27, 1995, AS touted you could buy a ticket "within 3 to 10 minutes" on the web. Using Netscape.

1995 was quite the mirror image of AS' IT challenges in 2025. news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airli...

31.12.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

They also have an A330 in that scheme. Previously they had a 737-800 in that livery along with another one in the 1950s colors

03.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Digital painting of a retired Boeing 737-200 in a field at Villeneuve Airport, Sturgeon County, Alberta Canada 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Flying_Heritage_Museum

Digital painting of a retired Boeing 737-200 in a field at Villeneuve Airport, Sturgeon County, Alberta Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Flying_Heritage_Museum

I'm not old!! I still got flight left in me πŸ’ͺ

29.12.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Air Pacific advertisement in Dec 1993 edition of Japan’s β€œWorld Airways Guide” (now known as Fuji Airways Guide). At the time it was operating 2 weekly Nadi – Tokyo Narita with Boeing 747, while Air New Zealand operates 1 weekly

27.12.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄ Philippine Airlines (PAL) took delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft arrived in Manila at 4:30 PM today, making the flag carrier the first in Southeast Asia to operate the next-generation widebody aircraft. #Airways #News

20.12.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Airbus A330-300 photo by Yunjin Lee HL7746 | Asiana Airlines | Airbus | A330-300 | ICN / RKSI Seoul - Incheon, South Korea | Photo by Yunjin Lee

#Airbus #A330-300, #Asiana Airlines (HL7746) by Yunjin Lee (#Seoul - Incheon) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

20.12.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Emirates route map, centered on Dubai and just 17 cities listed. Each is marked by the large red symbol still used as an icon for the airline today.

Emirates route map, centered on Dubai and just 17 cities listed. Each is marked by the large red symbol still used as an icon for the airline today.

Seat maps for the 727 and A310 on Emirates, only showing the premium cabins.

Seat maps for the 727 and A310 on Emirates, only showing the premium cabins.

Two interesting bits of Emirates Airline history, as told in the Spring 1990 timetable.

The route map is very limited compared to what's become of the company 35 years later. 🌐

And it only published a seat map of the premium cabins. πŸ’…

#AvGeek #PaxEx

16.12.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Love the details, even PSA smiles on the 727s!

Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture

www.instagram.com/p/Bl5htH_HmXL/

14.12.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody:

Embraer's E175: \____(ツ)____/

12.12.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3