Airbus A340

[CJPalmer]

Lufthansa A340 back when they were still flying into Sky Harbor.

[Dave S.]

Quite the surprise arrival at Sky Harbor this afternoon..  Not something often seen at Sky Harbor, that includes the type of aircraft and this particular paint scheme.

[redsox223]

Wow, great catch, I wonder what it was doing here, I doubt it will be a regular although it would be pretty sweet.

[Rob Silliman]

Wow, great catch, I wonder what it was doing here, I doubt it will be a regular although it would be pretty sweet.

My bet - some Sultan or Emir is at Mayo.....

Did it show up on FlightAware?  Or was it a completely unlisted flight?

[redsox223]

It was not on flightaware whatsoever.

[Dave S.]

It was not on flightaware.  There was a ton of security around the plane, and a fair amount escorting the entourage as it left the airport.

No idea on its planned, or unplanned, departure date.  Would be great to catch it leaving too!

[redsox223]

I just got reminded in the paper that the Arabian Horseshow is on going from the 13-21st, I dont know someone would have be dropped off for that, but thats I can think of.

[Joe Copalman]

I think it's the same sheik/emir that comes for cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic out here, the one that usually brings the 747SP.  The Sultan of Oman used to come to PHX a lot for the same reason - he came in an SP as well.

[redsox223]

Interesting.

[redsox223]

Air France leaving Boston,
Feel The Burn by redsox223, on Flickr

[Bubak]

...nice!!

[redsox223]

...nice!!

Thanks, it would have been nice to get more of the Air France logo, but then it wouldnt have been as head on, tradeoffs.

[jslugman]

Etihad Airways Airbus A340-642 A6-EHI taxi LHR by James O'Rear acc0403 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[mrblujet]

This is a photo I took of an Iberia A340-300 taxing after arrival into LAX back in September of last year.

[Tower Guy]

YC5A1350 by Tower Guy, on Flickr