Today’s News

Sunday 18th January 2026

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Discounted tickets available for TAS members, please call Reception on 0161 489 3932 quoting your membership number for more details

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Guidelines for Submitting Photographs to TAS

Please follow the guideline below when you submit photographs.

As previous, we ask that your images :

  • Do not exceed 4mb in size

  • Are in focus and have a level horizon and

  • Are renamed as per the following example: 20-03-24 Fred Bloggs A6-EEY

The rationale behind this request is that we collate every photograph that is submitted not only for the Facebook page but also for potential use in Winged Words, the TAS website and other Society publications. By submitting your images renamed with the date first this allows us to search by date of submission (and therefore aircraft arrival) which makes the task of collating the images so much easier for us as a team.

In addition, given that we are likely to see an increase in submissions as the weather improves and the days become longer, can we please ask that unless the image has an element of the unusual, submissions featuring our regular visitors are kept to a minimum. As we are sure everyone will appreciate, as attractive as some of our 'regulars' are, posting the same aircraft over several consecutive days from several different photographers does reduce the impact somewhat.

Please send your photos to:- tasmanchesterphotos@gmail.com

On behalf of the Team, a sincere thanks to all those of you who support our Facebook page etc by submitting your images as well as reading and commenting on our posts, please continue to do so and here's hoping for some great 'numbers' and a really good rest of the year.

The Facebook Admin Team

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recent photos…

16th January 2026 - It is nice to see Buzz in their own livery - the B737 MAX 8-200 SP-RZF is currently based in Dublin. Photo: Paul Rowland

7th January 2025 - a great shot from Claire Cavanagh - Virgin Atlantic A330-300 G-VSXY departing to New York JFK whilst Challenge Airlines B747-4F taxies in form Tel Aviv. The aircraft later departed to Liege

30th December 2025 - Cathay Pacific B787-9 B-LRS. Photo: Paul Rowland

28th December 2025 - Debbie Riley was on commentary duty at the RVP today and photographed VistaJet Embraer Legacy 650 D-AHOI departing to Aswan

25th December 2025 - Gulf Air B787-9 Dreamliner A9C-FE on approach over the village of Mobberley today. Photo: Greg Mape

23rd December 2025 - Emirates A380 A6-EUE (Skywards 25th Anniversary Livery). Photo: Rob Mulligan

22nd December 2025 - Egyptair used the B787-9 Dreamliner SU-GEU (another first visit) on their Cairo route - they will be reverting to the A321 tomorrow. A great shot of Egyptair on Terminal 2 with KLM, EasyJet, Jet2 and Emirates A380 in the background. Photo: Paul Rowland

21st December 2025 - Luminair Cessna Citation XLS D-CRIE was photographed by Debbie Riley taxiing out for a departure to Linz. The aircraft had arrived earlier in the day from Dublin

20th December 2025 - Egyptair used the B787-9 Dreamliner on their route today; they will be operating Dreamliners tomorrow (Sunday) and Monday then reverting back to the A321. So we were treated to a first visit today by SU-GFY. Photo: Paul Rowland

20th December 2025 - Agusta Westland AW139 G-MCFC photographed by Debbie Riley. She had taken off from Barton, circled over Sale Water Park before coming to Manchester

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*** Todays Highlights ***

Sunday 18th January 2026


RUNWAY 23L & 23R IN USE

05.29 QR21 A7-BHT B787-9

05.58 HU753 B1020 A330-300

06.00 EY77 A6-ETQ B777-300

06.07 HO1661 B-20EQ B787-9 Colourful Petals Livery

06.30 EK21 A6-EOY A380

06.56 TS206 C-GOKC A321NX

07.00 QR25 A7-BHF B787-9

07.15 CX219 B-LQC A350-900

07.53 GF5 A9C-FH B787-9

08.05 SQ302 9V-SMR A350-900

08.20 LX390 HB-IOF A321

08.20 ET728 ET-ATY A350-900

08.45 EJU1977 EI-DTN A320 ITA

08.46 LJC9 G-PAMH Pilatus PC 24

D09.00 N267WA Gulfstream GV

09.10 AY1361 OH-LZL A321

09.38 6E31 LN-FNL B787-9 Norse

D10.05 SXN560 G-VJTA Cessna 560

10.45 FI440 TF-IAC A321NX

11.09 EK17 A6-EUG A380

12.03 SV123 HZ-ARB B787-9 2024 National Day Livery

12.20 QR27 A7-AOE A350-1000

12.28 EY73 A6-BLY B787-9

12.30 MS781 SU-GFU A321NX

16.15 AT818 CN-ROL B737-800

17.55 LX380 HB-IOF A321

17.55 EY75 A6-BLZ B787-9

18.00 BG207 S2-AJS B787-8

18.35 EK19 A6-EUZ A380

19.40 QR23 A7-BHI B787-9

*** PLEASE NOTE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***