Boeing's 737 series has been very successful for several decades and although the competition in the shape of the Airbus A320 family seems to have the edge now, the little Boeing is still a common sight at airports all around the world. That's why I need a good reason for publishing a video featuring this type of aircraft. And in the case of this video, the reason is the airline. Pobeda (DP/PBD) are a Russian low cost carrier and are 100% owned by former state airline Aeroflot (SU/AFL). But what I find most interesting about them, is their name: Pobeda (Победа) means victory in Russian and reminds me much more of Soviet times, when a car, a brand of watches and several other things bore that name, than of a modern airline. But don't get me wrong! I don't think that's a bad thing, because that gives the company a certain "Russianness" and sets it apart from all the Ryanairs and Easy Jets around.

The plane featured in the video is VPBQQ, a Boeing 737800, which first flew in March 2019, which means that by the time I shot this video, it was less than one year old! It's young age is also symbolized by it's winglets, called split scimitar winglets by Boeing. Of course those can be retrofitted, but that's not the case with VPBQQ.
The aircraft can be seen here, being pushed back from its parking position and taxiing to runway 26R at Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ/EDDP) for takeoff, crossing the airports famous bridges over a motorway and a railroad track.

0:00 VPBQQ being prepared for pushback
0:05 Pushback in progress
0:10 VPBQQ being pushed into position
0:56 Pushback tug departing
1:04 Airport equipment being swaying in the wind
1:09 VPBQQ taxiing
1:43 TFAMR
1:48 VPBQQ taxiing over bridge
2:02 VPBQQ taxiing towards runway
2:31 An124 with detached engines
2:38 VPBQQ taking off
3:31 VPBQQ departing
3:55 Outro


Recorded on 20200229


similar videos on my channel:
► Boeing: http://tinyurl.com/hk3upsq
► Leipzig/Halle airport: https://tinyurl.com/jqtzqsj
► shot in 2020: https://tinyurl.com/yxoobn24