Plane spotting from 4 different locations -part one

Yesterday, my family and I took our usual walk along the waterfront at New Farm Park, where I snapped a few photos of departing aircraft. We were expecting a special livery from Alliance Airlines to arrive in Brisbane around 1:15 pm, so we headed to the airport to catch it. By 3:00 pm, we found out it had been cancelled. Since we were already there, we decided to stick around for the 5:30 pm arrival of Qatar in a special livery, along with the chartered Air Caledonia A330 in Wamos livery. To our surprise, we also learned that two United States Navy C-40A Clippers would be arriving around 6:30 pm, so we stayed to see those as well.

Due to the large number of photos taken I have to split them over two posts (the computer won't let me load the whole lot in one hit 😂😂)

FROM NEW FARM PARK - LOCATION 1

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VXO (MSN 33485)
QF824 OFF TO DARWIN (DRW) 24 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYE 9MSN 19000034)
QLK1918 OFF TO GLADSTONE (GLT) 20 YEARS

MALAYSIA AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-941 9M-MNJ (MSN 2092)
MH134 OFF TO KUALA LUMPUR (KUL) 1 YEAR

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-VUK (MSN 36602)
VA775 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 19 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3J (MSN 5433)
JQ930 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 13 YEARS

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 737-860 P2-PXA (MSN 40966)
PX6 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 13 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPH (MSN 695) 
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 20 YEARS

FELLOWSHIP PLACE - LOCATION 2

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPJ (MSN 712) 
QF51 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 20 YEARS

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A321-271N RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)
PR222 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 7 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532) 
TEST FLIGHT BRISBANE - BRISBANE

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-MAX 8 VH-8VA (MSN 67034)
VA324 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAD (MSN 64308)
FJ920 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 7 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYQ (MSN 12020)
JQ633 OFF TO AVALON (AVV) 2 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZF (MSN 34335)
NZ290 OVERFLYING BRISBANE FROM AUCKLAND TO DENPASAR

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271N ZK-NHF (MSN 10589)
NZ268 OFF TO QUEENSTOWN (ZQN) 4 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-84E (MSN 4453)
QLF302D OFF TO MILES (WLE) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4I (MSN 55402)
QF1280 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 10 MONTHS

JETSTAR AAAIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3E (MSN 4914)
JQ908 OFF TO TOWNSVILLE (TSV) 14 YEARS

ALLIANCE EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYC (MSN 19000016)
QF1948 ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 21 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRK (MSN 070)
CX150 OFF TO HONG KONG (HGK) 9 YEARS

ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS BEECH KING AIR B200 VH-FDG (MSN BB-2012)

PEARL AVIATION BEECH KING AIR 350 VH-FIY (MSN FL-760) 

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZC (MSN 41988)
NZ146 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 12 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKE (MSN 36230)
JQ23 OFF TO OSAKA (KIX) 12 YEARS

British Airways is returning to Melbourne

British Airways has now confirmed that it will return to Melbourne Airport from January 2027, restoring a BA-operated link between Melbourne and London for the first time in more than 20 years.

The new service will begin on the 11th of January 2027, operating daily, year-round between London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) and Melbourne (MEL/YMML), with a stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KUL/WMKK). BA will use its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Interesting fact, BA will use its existing London–Kuala Lumpur service, with passengers continuing on to Melbourne. The individual Kuala Lumpur–Melbourne sector will also be available for booking.

British Airways last operated its own flights to Melbourne in March 2006. Its service was London Heathrow–Singapore–Melbourne, operated daily. BA subsequently withdrew the Melbourne sector and transferred it to Qantas under the airlines' Joint Services Agreement.

Here is also another interesting fact: this isn't the first time BA had withdrawn from Melbourne. BA had operated Melbourne previously, withdrew the route in 1998, and brought it back in 2001, before withdrawing again in 2006.

The planned schedule is:

• Flight BA33 will depart London Heathrow at approximately 9:10pm, arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 6:05pm the following day.
• The aircraft will then continue to Melbourne, arriving at approximately 6:40am, two days after leaving London.
• Flight BA34, will depart Melbourne at 4:35pm, arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 9:35pm. After a short stop, the aircraft will continue to London Heathrow, arriving at around 5:20am the following morning.

BA says the route is being introduced in response to renewed demand between Australia and the UK, and it will become the airline's second Australian destination after Sydney. The timing has also been planned extremely well, the service starts just ahead of the Australian Open, which begins on the 17th of January 2027, and it will be operating in time for Melbourne's major international events calendar.

Montreal airport worker dies after being hit by aircraft

An airport worker who was seriously hurt in an accident in Montréal has since died from his injuries. The incident happened Monday night at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport when he was hit by a plane pushing back from the gate after tripping and falling on the tarmac.

According to a media release, the aircraft was a French Bee Airbus A350 bound for Paris.  The man, later identified by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) was 39-year-old Oscar Robayo.

Robayo worked for a ground-handling company Samsic. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has deployed investigators to gather information and assess the occurrence. 

Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), the airport operator, said emergency measures were deployed at around 19:30 local time following what it called an accident involving an aircraft and a member of the airport community. ADM said the employee was taken to a hospital, that airport operations continued, and that passengers should were asked to confirm schedules with their airlines.

The accident occurred as French bee Airbus A350-900 F-HREY was preparing to operate flight BF5761 from Montréal (YUL/CYUL) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY/LPFO). The service was scheduled to depart at 18:00 local time on the 24th of August 2026 but did not leave following the accident.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the man's family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.

Plane spotting from Singapore

Yesterday, my daughter came home after a week exploring Singapore, which also included a brief visit to Kuala Lumpur. She got to the Singapore airport a little early so she could do some plane spotting for me before her flight.

The first set of photos were taken on her phone as she left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur.

VISTARA (AIR INDIA) AIRBUS A321-251NX VT-TVE (MSN 10660) 4 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 737 MAX 8 9V-MBC (MSN 44244) 8 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 737 MAX 8 9V-MBV (MSN 44260) 8 MONTHS

NOW IN KUALA LUMPUR

AIRASIA AIRBUS A320-216 9M-RAN (MSN 8797) 7 YEARS
SPORTING 'THE TASTY MALAYSIA TREAT LIVERY'

AIRASIA AIRBUS A320-214 9M-AHY (MSN 4293) 16 YEARS
SPORTING 'THE BIG DUTY-FREE LIVERY'

AIRASIA AIRBUS A320-251N 9M-RAQ (MSN 8991) 7 YEARS
SPORTING THE 'STILL WINNING, STILL GOLD LIVERY'

AIRASIA AIRBUS A320-216 9M-AJZ (MSN 7136) 10 YEARS
SPORTING THE 'HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON' LIVERY

NOW IN SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A380-841 9V-SKS (MSN 085) 14 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 787-10 9V-SCQ (MSN 60270) 5 YEARS

SCOOT AIRBUS A320-271N 9V-TNJ (MSN 12729) 1 YEAR

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE FOKKER 50 716 (MSN 20311)
ASSIGNED TO THE 121 SQUADRON 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 787-10 9V-SDA (MSN 67157) 1 YEAR

SCOOT AIRBUS A321-271NX 9V-NCM (MSN 12821) 8 MONTHS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 777-312 9V-SWK (MSN 34576) 19 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SMR (MSN 140) 8 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 787-9 VH-ZNJ (MSN 66074) 6 YEARS

SCOOT BOEING 787-9 9V-OJE (MSN 37116) 11 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 737 MAX 8 9V-MBV (MSN 44260) 6 MONTHS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 777-312 9V-SWQ (MSN 34582) 18 YEARS

SRI LANKAN AIRLINES AIRBUS A320-251N 4R-ANA (MSN 7486) 9 YEARS

BANGKOK AIRWAYS AIRBUS A319-132 HS-PPS (MSN 2383) 21 YEARS

Big thanks to my beautiful daughter for taking the time to capture these incredible photos.