Brisbane Airport Photos - May 7

Yesterday I went out to the loop to do some spotting, also went into the terminal and up to the multi-storey carpark for a little while. The main reason was to see VH-VBY departing Australia after being retired from the Virgin Australia, however she never ended up departing. Special movements whilst I was there include: Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFB, which came up to Brisbane for ground handling training before Virgin commence using the Airbus A330 on the Perth to Brisbane route on May 15. Private Embraer EMB-135 Legacy VH-VLT departed for Gladstone, new Qantas Boeing 737-800s VH-XZD and VH-XZE were in Brisbane, new Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 B-LBA visited and Skytraders Airbus A319 VH-VCJ also visited. Anyway here are a few photos from the day.

 

Qantas Boeing 747-400ER VH-OEJ arrives from Los Angeles.

 

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECL departs for Auckland.

 

China Southern Airbus A330-200 arrives from Guangzhou.

 

Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 ZK-PBL arrives from Christchurch.

 

Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFB arrives from Melbourne. She will be used for ground handling training in the lead up to Airbus A330-200s on the Perth to Brisbane route.

 

Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-VXG "Bring it on" livery bound for Canberra.

 

Korean Air Airbus A330-300 HL7587 bound for Seoul.

 

Qantas Boeing 767-300ER VH-OGJ bound for Perth as QF589. The aircraft flew for about 45 minutes and then had to return to Brisbane due to a technical issue. Passengers switched to VH-OGQ which operated the flight about 3 hours behind schedule. I saw her at the domestic terminal later, engineers were looking around the landing gear. The aircraft then operated a later flight to Perth (QF651) which was also 3 hours late.

 

Private Embraer EMB-135 Legacy bound for Gladstone.

 

Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200 A6-EYD arrives from Abu Dhabi via Singapore.

 

New Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-XZD bound for Townsville.

 

New Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-XZE bound for Melbourne.

 

Air Niugini Boeing 767-300ER P2-PXV bound for Port Moresby.

 

Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 VH-VOX arrives from Sydney.

 

Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 B-LBA arrives from Hong Kong via Cairns.

 

Air New Zealand Airbus A320 ZK-OJE arrives from Christchurch.

 

Alliance Fokker 70 VH-JFE bound for The Granites.

 

China Southern Airbus A330-200 departs for Guangzhou.

 

China Airlines Airbus A330-300 B-18358 arrives from Taipei.

 

Toll Priority Boeing 737-400F ZK-TLF arrives from Honiara.

 

 

Qantas Boeing 747-400ER VH-OEJ bound for Singapore.

 

Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFB with some ground training in process.

 

Virgin Australia Boeing 737-700 VH-VBY awaiting her departure from Australia.

 

Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700 VH-VBV being prepare for a flight to Townsville.

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Skytraders Airbus A319 VH-VCJ arrives from Darwin.

 

China Airlines Airbus A330-300 B-18358 departs for Auckland.

 

Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700VH-VBV bound for Townsville.

 

Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200ER ZK-OKH bound for Auckland.

 

Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-VXG "Bring it on" livery arrives from Canberra.

 

Qantaslink Boeing 717 VH-NXR bound for Gladstone.

 

Adagold Airbus A340-300 CS-TQM bound for Sydney.

 

Air Niugini Boeing 767-300ER P2-PXW arrives from Port Moresby.