Pictured pushing back prior to her long trans-Pacific flight home.

This gorgeous retrojet is pictured taxying for departure (presumably back to Naha).

Photographed after completing her last service of the day and as final preparations are being made to push her back and tow her to a remote stand for overnight parking. 'Kobukuro' are a Japanese pop group.

Pictured being loaded with a 767 fuselage section for transport across the Pacific to either Everett or Charleston. Has small "Operated by Atlans Air Inc" titles on the forward fuselage. This 747 was previously B-2464 with Air China.

NH875 lifts off rw36 at the start of its flight down to Hong Kong.

ANA latest special scheme plane was photographed taxying out as ANA303 to rw36 for Naha. The sticker has pictures of the actors from a new show on Japanese TV 'Saka no ue no kumo', which is based on a famous story by Ryotaro Shiba.

Nagoya's new airport, known as Chubu Centrair, was opened on an artificial island 35kms south of the city in 2005 and has an excellent roof terrace covering the whole of the huge single pier which extends out from the terminal