The busiest day at Edinburgh Airport that I can ever recall..!

The busiest day at Edinburgh Airport that I can ever recall..!

Perhaps the busiest day at Edinburgh I can ever remember for the number of plane enthusiasts.

On Friday 29th May 2020, Edinburgh Airport saw its biggest visitor it had had within the last few years. Many people left their homes to witness the rare bird at Edinburgh on a hot summers day.




This Air China 747-400 B-2445 came into Edinburgh from Beijing on a repatriation flight. A repatriation flight is when the government organises a special charter flight in order to bring its own citizens back to their own country before borders closed. This was popular at the peak of the pandemic during summer. Their where many repatriation flights across the world. Air China arrived into Edinburgh as a cargo flight delivering PPE to the NHS and others who needed it first. It then subsequently depart to Shenzhen with around 200 Chinese students onboard to take them home. 

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  1. Unknown10 November 2020 at 11:30

    Strange for me to see how much excitement this visiting Jumbo Jet caused - when I was younger we used to see these (admittedly not Chinese ones!) flying in and out of Prestwick quite frequently and we never took much notice...!

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    1. Jamie Nicolson11 November 2020 at 09:18

      Wow. Wish I could've seen Prestwick back in the good old days

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  2. shoveduff10 November 2020 at 13:12

    Smashing pictures and great weather , awesome to see a jumbo at EDI airport.

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