With its wheels firmly held in place, a Mercedes-Benz prepares for transport aboard a cargo plane. In similar fashion, supercars ranging from Ferraris to Lamborghinis take to the skies each year as rich Arab playboys bring their vehicles from the Middle East to London, usually for just a few weeks over summer. The car owners, many of them from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait, will happily pay a small fortune - in excess of £20,000 for a return journey - for their metal marvels to be flown around 3,000 miles, and often leave them parked up on the streets of Knightsbridge.
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Cars are flown distances of around 3,000 miles in planes such as the Qatar Airways Airbus A330
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Lamborghinis, Ferraris and McLarens among vehicles spotted recently in Knightsbridge area
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Owners - many from Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - usually only here for several weeks
Once secured to the floor of their @placeholder, Qatar Airways' precious cargo can either be accommodated in a single row or in a side-by-side configuration