February was quite a month for plane spotting here at Long Beach.
We said farewell to American Airlines (American Eagle/Mesa Airlines) as this airline stopped all service to Long Beach on February 28, 2023. Though it is always sad to lose service at Long Beach Airport, it wasn’t as emotional to me as when JetBlue left in October 2020.
Speaking of JetBlue, they made a very rare appearance at Long Beach. It was the first time a JetBlue plane was in Long Beach since they left in October 2020. The reason was an incredible storm hitting Southern California and causing this plane to divert. Seeing JetBlue back in Long Beach brought back so many good memories of my flights up and down the coast to and from Seattle. It makes me long for the days when we could fly to places like San Francisco, Seattle or Boston and New York. I miss those days.
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JetBlue’s last flight in Long Beach (2020): https://youtu.be/Ey6b9DaqDeU
American Eagle Trip Report to Phoenix (2019): https://youtu.be/1KdobkAERC4
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Today Is The Sad Day Of American Airlines In Long Beach
Wonderful catches my friend β€
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Nice to see reverse operations at LGB- good shots overhead- see you next week
Aviation with Jeff have you ever seen a Piaggio P.180 Avanti at LGB?
Great footage of reverse ops, and amazing Southwest catches, I look forward for more videos soon
How do you do plane spotting in the rain? More specifically, how do you keep your gears dry while shooting?
Lovely and nice plane spotting video. Have a good day!
Welcome back to Long Beach JetBlue.
Well it's a good thing another airline upped their service….Southwest Airlines.
Great video Jeff! And I agree that it was sad to see JetBlue leave Long Beach. It was nice seeing that JetBlue parked at the ramp on the opposite side of the airport. I thought maybe it has been a charter flight. Thanks for the info on that.