Another rare visitor for Brisbane

Yesterday I shared a post about a rare visitor arriving in Brisbane, mentioning that we usually only see one 747 jumbo here each week. Seeing the Western Global Express 747 was definitely a special treat.

But last night I found myself back at the airport for the third time in two days because Brisbane had another first-time visitor — a Boeing 747-400 from Aero Trans Cargo (ATC). There was no way I was going to miss that one!

Tonight is a little disappointing. Tuesday is usually the night the Cathay Pacific Jumbo arrives, but tonight’s flight has been cancelled. It would have been the Boeing 747 in the special 80th Anniversary retro green-stripe livery, and this would have been its first visit in that scheme. The last time B-LJE visited Brisbane was the 29th of June 2025.

The good news is that we are still expecting the Cathay A350, B-LRJ, also wearing the 80th Anniversary livery. 

Just imagine how incredible it would have been if Brisbane had welcomed both retro liveries on the same night.

AEROTRANSCARGO BOEING 747-4D7 ER-BAG (MSN 24459)
ATG7615 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 36 YEARS

EVA AIR BOEING 787-10 B-17805 (MSN 63515)
BR315 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (PTPE) 6 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYE (MSN 19000034)
QLK1916 OFF TO GLADSTONE (GLT) 20 YEARS

LIFEFLIGHT LEONARDO AW139 VH-XIJ (MSN 41405) 11 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 787-9 VH-ZNA (MSN 39038)
QF15 OFF TO LOS ANGELES (LAX) 8 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4B (MSN 55269)
QLK1279 OFF MELBOURNE (MEL) 2 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3H (MSN 5390) 13 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-MAX 8 VH-8IE (MSN 66644)
VA469 ARRIVING FROM PERTH (PER) 2 YEARS