From the MIA/FLL based team: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Be sure to check back on us in the coming days; to view a image based retrospective of the 2011 aviation season at South Florida.

New 737 for Tiara Air

Today one of our local photographers was able to get the first shot of this new aircraft for Tiara Air. After about a week and a half trying to get a shot, today at least one of us was able to get a shot of it. Below is the shot exclusively for the blog.

Photo by: Roberto Collazo

DC-3 Day at Ft. Lauderdale?

Today some of our local photographers saw 3 different DC-3s at FLL International airport. One of them was a turboprop conversion and the others where regular piston pounders based here in South Florida. Here's a shot of the turboprop converted one.

The 747-8F Arrives at MIA for first Revenue Flight

Well the title says it all the 747-8F was in Miami today doing the first revenue flight. The plane was welcomed by a water cannon salute. Here's a shot of the departure.

KLM Leaves Miami AGAIN!

There had been some talk for the past week about KLM leaving Miami but it is now official. Here's a copy of the article. Followed by a small slide show of the different MD-11 registrations that came here to Miami.

 KLM is the only full one year on the direct route to Miami.The city in Florida in March of this year added to the schedule, but at the end March 2012, the direct flights stopped. The line is not profitable and the outlook is not good, as confirmed by KLM on Tuesday Luchtvaartnieuws.nl .

Miami is now four times a week were flown with KLM MD-11. KLM took the bus to Miami this year after an absence of seven years.

Not just Miami, but Milan Malpensa disappears from the schedule of KLM. Monday was already clear that at the end of March the KLM route to Liverpool lifted.

A spokesman for KLM applies to all three scheduled services to the clientele disappointing. In addition, the company assesses the routes sharper because of the dark economic clouds on the horizon.

KLM hoped to both Miami and sun worshipers to attract business travelers. Since June is ArkeFly on the active route, which is primarily aimed at holidaymakers. The airline does TUI Netherlands to Miami with Orlando.

Milan remains a destination of KLM. The airline also flies to Milan Linate, the second airport of the city in northern Italy.

Travelers a ticket to one of three destinations bought by KLM rebooked. Who in the summer would fly directly to Miami, can travel through Atlanta. Passengers who had planned to Liverpool and Milan Malpensa to fly, in its place, respectively, to Manchester and Milan Linate. KLM passengers can reclaim their money.

KLM also announced Tuesday at the end of March the number of flights to Houston to reduce from two to one per day.

Photos by Steven Marquez.

Aerolines Argentinas

Seen below is Aerolineas first A340-300 to get delivered in the new colors. The plane was photographed leaving Hong Kong.

http://airteamimages.com/big139026.html

Aerosur

Aerosur is currently the main attraction for both visitor from other countries and also for the local photographers. Ever since the addition of Sharko photographers have been working to get the best shot possible due to the very weird schedule it has. Below if a small slide show of the different colorful liveries we have received over the years.

Photos by: Roberto Collazo and Steven Marquez

Lufthansa/Air france scheduling

Lufthansa released an updated schdule for its Winter 2011 Long haul operations: The airline still operates daily  with 380s, but from December six through the twelfth, LH462 will be flown by a 340/600.

Air France's Winter operations show a reduction from seven to six weekly flights.
Effective 7/2/12; 747 service will be switched to a three-class  777-300ER..

Be sure to check back and see some nice photos! Especially Air France Sky team 777

Key west/ Cuba charters.

Key west has been granted the OK to start offering charter flights to Cuba. On Oct 4 Thomas Winkowski told
Key West International, that they reviewed the letter and checked that the airport meet at of its criteria. For now only 10 people are allowed to be on a flight to Cuba. But that will change once upgrades are made at the airport. The Keys are added to the ever increasing list of US-Cuba charters.

KLM MD-11

This months featured photo was captured by Luimer Cordero. Here is KLM's MD-11 turning into the active taxiway.

British/Laser Airlines.

British Airways is in the process of adding a third daily flight to its existing 2x daily MIA-LHR-MIA route.
The Third flight will be operated by their 772. Current scheduling shows BA205; arriving at 1929 into Miami and a 2230 departure back to London. BA205 is set to start sometime next year.

Laser airlines as applied for services to FLL with either MD-80/DC-9 equipment.

Be sure to check back to see some pictures captured by our photographers.

Follow the latest developments:http://wwww.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5277469/
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MD-80 LV-BIT

On Sunday, Miami  was visited by this Austral Lineas Aereas. The aircraft was on its way to GYR on a return to lessor. This is the second Austral MD-80 that has visited. Our Photographers: Jorge, Luimer, and Robert were at hand to bring us some images.

Lufthansa D-AIMG

LH 463 "Super" is seen here about to commence her journey back to Frankfurt. It never fails to amaze me how this big bird gets of the ground...

Airline News.

Miami is once again expanding. This time three new airlines are set to begin flights to MIA. Mexico's  VivaAerobus and Interjet, both low cost carriers; will be commencing flights this November. Sun Air International airline with also be starting flights, but between the islands of the Bahamas and Miami.

http://www.miami-airport.com/pdfdoc/clips_SFBJ-three-new-airlines.pdf

State of Kuwait A-319 visits Miami. 9K-GEA

This past week Miami was visited by a pretty rare visitor. This beautifully colored 319 is owned and operated by the State of Kuwait. The aircraft was most likely visiting as an active participant of the UN General Assembly at New York, and somehow found its way here to Miami. Thanks to Roberto Collazo for grabbing us a shot--and he sure got wet while doing so....