Evening Light at London City

[AeroPics]

I always like to pay a couple of visits to London City whilst the days are still long to get photos from the the Royal Albert Dock opposite the airport. It really is an excellent spot, with unobstructed views of the runway and the apron.

Here are a selection of shots from a couple of visits, one day when 09 was in use and another when 27 was in use.

With the cut-backs at Cityjet, British Airways is now clearly the dominant carrier with 6 E170s and 10 E190s. 2 Saab 2000s are currently wet leased from Eastern Airways and operate the Rotterdam and the Isle of Man routes.

G-LCYG British Airways E170 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-LCYO British Airways E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-CERZ British Airways SB20 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-LCYI British Airways E170 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-LCYP British Airways E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-CDEB British Airways SB20 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Swiss are also dominant with flights to Geneva, Zurich and Basel:

HB-IXV Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Luxair Dash 8s are always nice to see, with London City being their sole UK detsination.

LX-LGM Luxair DH8D at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

LX-LGF Luxair DH8D at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Cityjet are undergoing considerable change at the moment. The RJ85s are rapidly being repainted into an 'interim scheme' in preparation for a rebrand. Just when you thought that then CItyjet schemem couldn't get any worse...

EI-RJU Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr


EI-RJN Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

EI-RJI Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The special Leinster Rugby scheme remains...

EI-RJX Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The Fokker 50s are also still going strong...

OO-VLI Cityjet F.50 at London CIty EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

However a welcome change is the rebrand of a couple back into VLM colours on 2 aircraft initially. Cityjet's new owner, Intro Aviation seeks to resurrect the VLM brand:

OO-VLS VLM F.50 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Alitalia also has an increased presence, with flights to Rome and Milan:

EI-RNA Alitalia E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

And finally, my personal favourite, Blue Islands and their ATR42 from Jersey. Aurigny should shortly be commencing a Guernsey service from London CIty.

G-ISLF Blue Islands AT45 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Thanks for looking. Unfortunately not a complete set - with Skywork, Sun Air of Scandinavia and Lufthansa missing. I hope these are still of interest!

[flour power]

Very nice set in lovely light.

I really should get myself down there sometime.

[PorkScratching]

A fantastic set, enhanced by the evening light. I've not been for a while, can you still use the steps of the office block there on the northside of the Royal Albert Dock to get a useful extra bit of height?

[ajbc]

Nice set with great light.

[AeroPics]

Thanks all for the comments.

The light was everything in these shots, and just a shame there's only a couple of months of the year when the days are long enough to get photos of this from the dockside.