Recently in Airport Category

Gorgeous photograph this one, featuring a Boeing 747 operated by Thai Airways International at Phuket airport in Thailand. The picture was taken by AirSpace contributor ApisitiJ. Flightglobal's Ascend database records the airline as operating 16 of the passenger jets, with a further two converted to freighters.

Nice picture - and indeed, sentiment - on our AirSpace forum from regular Hounddogone of British Airways' "Firefly" a specially liveried Airbus A319 which was used to transport the Olympic torch to London prior to the games last year.

Another great picture from AirSpace regular Hounddogone, this time of an Emirates Airbus A380 on a damp take-off roll at London Heathrow.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the iconic Airbus narrowbody, here's a picture of the very first A320, taken at Düsseldorf after it completed its first revenue service from Paris.

I found this cracking image on the AirTeamImages website while looking for a shot to illustrate the merger between American Airlines and US Airways. Showing a pair of Boeing 757-200s it's just about perfect for the task.

Turboprops are never going to get as much love as other aircraft types. They lack the scale of an A380, the excitement of a jet fighter or the potential for battery-induced blazes of a 787. Nonetheless, this picture from ATR of the first delivery of an ATR 72-600 to Myanmar's Air KBZ may go someway to redressing that balance.

Another from the fine pages of our AirSpace gallery, this picture of an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-76 comes from the camera of regular contributor flyvertosset.

To commemorate the closure of Bristol's Filton airport - a location that has played a key role in the UK aerospace industry - on 21 December, here's a shot of one of the last "heavy" movements in, an Airbus A380 visiting to take company employees on a short flight. Pic by Michael Buckle.

To accompany this lovely picture posted on our AirSpace gallery, here's the accompanying caption from contributor EnoAeroPics: "The sun finally broke through in the late afternoon of 7 November 2012 when Boeing 747-406BC c/n 30455 (l/n 1302) PH-BFY "City of Johannesburg" of KLM lifted off runway 06-24 at Schiphol Amsterdam airport. The aircraft first flew on 30 March 2002 as N6005C and  was delivered to KLM on 10 April 2002." More of their images here.

EnoAeroPics

Much as the title suggests, this shot, posted by user hounddogone on our AirSpace forum, shows an Airbus A380 operated by Singapore Airlines on approach to London Heathrow. The carrier is celebrating five years of A380 service this year.

Hounddogone on flightglobal/AirSpace