Sunday spotting with a Christmas theme

Every weekend, Julia and Gavin from Julia Flights broadcast live from Brisbane Airport between 20:00 and 02:00 UTC. Yesterday, my wife and I went to the airport for the annual Julia Flights Christmas get-together, which also celebrated Julia’s birthday and a morning of plane spotting. It was a fantastic time catching up with fellow aviation enthusiasts like us, and even Santa and his elves joined in the fun.

If you haven't seen her live stream, you can watch it here.

live — Julia Flights

Oh, and although it was an extremely hot day with lots of heat haze, we did plane spotting as well.

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-222 N204UA (MSN 28713)
UA96 ARRIVING FROM SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 26 YEARS

KOREAN AIR BOEING 787-9 HL8392 (MSN 37390)
KE408 OFF TO SEOUL (ICN) 4 YEARS

MALAYSIA AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-323 9M-MTM (MSN 1431)
MH134 OFF TO KUALA LUMPUR (KUL) 12 YEARS

CHINE EASTERN AIRBUS A350-942 B-324W (MSN 470)
MU715 ARRIVING FROM SHANGHAI (PVG) 4 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHG (MSN 309)
SQ256 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZK (MSN 43217)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 9 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPG (MSN 603)
QF61 OFF TOTOKYO (NRT) 21 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYK (MSN 11960)
JQ150 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 1 YEAR

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYF (MSN 19000038)
QF1971 OFF TO ALBURY (ABX) 19 YEARS

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A321-271N RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)
PR221 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 6 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VFH (MSN 5211)
JQ812 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 13 YEARS

BATIK AIR BOEING 737-MAX 8 9M-LRJ (MSN 43018)
OD158 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 6 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YVD (MSN40998) 
VA447 OFF TO DARWIN (DRW) 14 YEARS

QANTAS PRIDE AIRCRAFT
NEWLY PAINTED BOEING 737-838 VH-VYK (MSN 34183)
OLD COLOUR SCHEME AIRBUS A330-2202 VH-EBL (MSN 976)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NHW (MSN 39257)
VA931 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 14 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHU (MSN 469)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 4 YEARS

VIRVIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8SA VH-IJU (MSN 44223)  
VA1495 OFF TO HAMILTON ISLAND (HTI) 11 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYR (MSN 19000100)
QF1904 ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 18 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A22-300 VH-X4C (MSN 55288)
QF1256 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 5 MONTHS

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-32EE (MSN 619)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 2 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737-MAX 8 DQ-FAF (MSN 64310)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 6 YEARS

AMERICAN BOEING 787-9 N844MC (MSN 66009)
AA8 OFF TO DALLAS (DFW) 9 MONTHS 

REX SAAB 340B VH-ZRM (MSN 340B-400)
ZL5724 OFF TO CHARLEVILLE (CTL) 29 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LQE (MSN 401)
CX153 ARRIVING FROM HONH KONG (HKG) 5 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKF (MSN 36231)
JQ9 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 11 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18910 (MSN 151)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 8 YEARS

DELTA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 N575DZ (MSN 282)
DL92 OFF TO LOS ANGELES (LAX) 6 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPA (MSN 553)
QF51 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 22 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FEGI (MSN 66993)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 9 MONTHS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VYK (MSN 34183) 
QF6124 COMPLETED A TEST FLIGHT 

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532)
VA1239 OFF TO ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 30 YEARS

AMERICAN AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 N822AN (MSN 40642)
AA43 OFF TO LOS ANGELES (LAX) 9 YEARS

QATAR AIRWAYS BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BEL (MSN 64063)

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOG (MSN 172)