Today saw the much anticipated arrival of China Eastern into Brisbane for the first time; and even though today was the inaugural for now; their time here is only for a few months. The flights between Brisbane and Shanghai it will only operate throughout January and February and then permanently return from November on three days each week.
China Eastern Airlines was established on 25 June 1988 under the CAAC Huadong Administration. In 1997, China Eastern took over unprofitable China General Aviation. In 1998 it founded China Cargo Airlines in a joint venture with COSCO. In March 2001, it completed the takeover of Great Wall Airlines. China Yunnan Airlines and China Northwest Airlines merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2003. When we arrived at the airport I dropped my wife and my eldest daughter off at one of our high rise carparks on the west side of the airport and my other daughter and I went around to the fire station on the east side of the airport.
China Eastern 715 touched down on Brisbane's runway 19 at 9.26am (23.26 UTC) 20 mins ahead of schedule and was treated to a water canon salute.
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| CHINA EASTERN A330-243 B-5968 (CN 1603) # # |
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China Eastern had a departure time of 11.45am (01.45 UTC) but for some reason the return flight was delayed by just over an hour and it didn't depart until 12.55pm (02.55 UTC)
As we were driving into the airport we noticed a large red tail at the International and we realised we have had a diversion in the form of a Qantas A380. It was QF12 doing Los Angeles to Sydney but diverted to Brisbane due to fuel issues caused by very strong head winds.
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| KOREAN AIR A330-323 HL-8003 (CN 1590) # # |
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| A RARE SITE IN BRISBANE... TWO A380'S |
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| EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EET (CN 142) |
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| QANTAS (JET CONNECT) B737-838 ZK-ZQD (CN 34203) # # |
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| AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-319ER ZK-OKP (CN 39041) |
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| CHINA SOUTHERN A330-323 B-5970 (CN 1645) |
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| JETSTAR A321-231 VH-VWT (CN 3717) # # |
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| PHILIPPINES A321-231 RP-C9918 (CN 6493) |
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| CHINA AIRLINES B747409 B-18205 (CN 28712) |
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| CATHAY PACIFIC A330-342 B-LAH (CN 0915) |
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| QANTAS B747-438 VH-OEE (CN 32909) |
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| FIJI AIRWAYS B737-808 DQ-FJN (CN 34969) |
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| THAI INTERNATIONAL B787-8 HS-TQE (CN 38757) |
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| JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VFV (CN 5859) |
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RACQ CAREFLIGHT AGUSTAWESTLAND AW 139
VH-XIJ (CN 41405)
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FRONT: ALLIANCE FOKKER 28 MK 70 VH-JFB (CN 11521)
REAR: ALLIANCE FOKKER 28 MK 70 VH-QQY (CN 11575)
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Thanks once again goes to my children for their patience but also my wife Judy for her help today and her contribution; photos marked # # are hers.
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