Planespotting 101: How To Identify Each Major Commercial Aircraft Type

Do you struggle to identify the different aircraft types? Some are easy, but many still confuse even experienced plane spotters. With a few tricks and pointers, and plenty of practice, identification gets easier. Let’s point out some ways to identify today’s main commercial aircraft. We can’t cover every possible way to ID aircraft, or indeed every aircraft model in the world, but this video should give you a solid start on the most common types. Article link: Our special thanks to Vincenzo Pace for his contribution to this week’s video. Video source links: A320 Alitalia A318 Air France A319neo ACJ A380 Emirates A350 China Eastern A320 Delta A321 Aeroflot A220 Swiss A220 Swiss A220 swiss A321neo WizzAir A319 Turkish 737 china eastern 777 SWISS Airbus Formation Flight 50yrs A350 formation flight A340 COTAM 001 A330-300 Delta 777 Delta 767 Amazon Prime Air 777 Alitalia 787 Oman Air A330neo delta A380 etihad 747 British Airways BA Landor A340 Finnair Santa 777 American Airlines 777-300ER American Airlines 777-200 United Airlines 787 Hawaiian 787 Etihad 747-8 Cathay 787-9 737 MAX Norwegian 737 MAX Ryanair 787 Hainan Airlines 787-9 WestJet 787-9 Dreamliner First class - British Airways 787 air can A380 ANA A380 British Airways 747 KLM Schiphol A330 Eurowings 737-800 American Airbus' A330neo a350 air france A320 Alaska A330 Eurowings A320 Brussels airlines A350 Asiana 747 klm 747-8 Lufthansa A340 Lufthansa Star Alliance Il96 A340 Virgin Atlantic 777-300er cathay pacific A350-1000 Virgin Atlantic Making A300 Historical Doc Airbus historical first flights A300 A310 A330 A340 Aircraft drawings: Simple Flying: Visit our website where we publish 150-200 news stories per week: Listen to our weekly podcast: Download our iOS & Android app: Daily email digest sign up: Check out our main YouTube channel: Follow us on social media: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Linkedin: #aviation #flight #avgeek #airlines #flying #Aviation #Flight #Avgeek #Flying