Snowbound giants and festive departures at Manchester – Four Minutes of Flight #3

Welcome to Four Minutes of Flight — our brand-new weekly aviation highlights series!

This Christmas Eve special takes you back to a true winter wonderland at Manchester Airport, where snow-covered aprons, reduced runway operations and some standout visitors combined to create unforgettable scenes.

This week includes:

✈️ Manchester Airport blanketed in snow, operating on a single runway during challenging winter conditions
✈️ Rare visitor: Wamos Air Airbus A330-300 EC-ODR making an uncommon appearance
✈️ Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER A6-ETI powering out through the snowy airport
✈️ A festive splash of colour as a red-nosed Swiss Airbus A320neo departs into the whiteout
✈️ A surprise cameo from Manchester’s local Southside Robin, perfectly at home in the winter scene
✈️ Double Airbus A380 arrivals in snowy conditions: A6-EUO followed by the Dubai Expo ‘Smarties’ A6-EES — which one wins?

If you enjoy live aviation, real-time ATC moments, engine power, big jets and dramatic weather — you’ll love this series.

⏱ New episodes every Wednesday at 5:00 PM UK Time
🎥 Live streams every Monday & Thursday evening, plus Saturday morning
🔔 Subscribe to never miss the next big moment!

⸻

Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome to Four Minutes of Flight
00:07 - Airport covered in snow
00:18 - Rare vistor arrives
00:53 - A beautiful Boeing 777 departure
01:27 - A red-nosed plane
02:18 - A special airport guest
02:41 - A380 vs A380 - Part 1
03:26 - A380 vs A380 - Part 2
04:06 - Watch us live

⸻

About flght

We stream aviation from Manchester Airport in all weather — storms, low-visibility ops, crosswinds, early mornings and nighttime departures.

aviation, planespotting, manchester airport, Four Minutes of Flight, winter operations, snow airport, Airbus A380, Etihad Airways 777, Wamos Air A330, Swiss A320neo, widebody aircraft, runway operations, airport snow, aircraft departures, aircraft arrivals

© 2023–2025 flght LTD. All rights reserved.