Saturday 13 November 2021

Rainy day at Brisbane Airport

Having the day off yesterday, and suffering from aviation withdrawal symptoms, I thought I would head out to the airport early and spend a few hours out there. Leaving home at 5.40am the weather was fine. I dropped my daughter at work and made way for the airport, unfortunately the closer I got to the airport the worse the weather got. As soon as I got there the heavens opened up and it bucketed down, apart from the occasional 15 minute breaks, the rain didn't give up for the four hours I was there.

BRISBANE CITY
QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOP (MSN 4238)
QF 2402 OFF TO EMERALD

JETSTAR A320-323 VH-VQL (MSN 2642)
JQ 759 OFF TO HOBART

SKYTRANS DASH 8 Q100 VH-QQI (MSN 117)
QN 755 OFF TO MILES

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-VUQ (MSN 36606)
VA 1113 OFF TO PROSERPINE


NAURU AIRLINES B737-36N VH-PNI (MSN 28555)
ON 345 OFF TO SYDNEY


QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZNB (MSN 39039)
QF 16 ARRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES



QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOI (MSN 4189)
QLK 2319 ARRIVING FROM BUNDABERG

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VXS (MSN 33725)
QF 751 ARRIVING FROM TOWNSVILLE

CATHAY PACIFIC A350-941 B-LRC (MSN 034)
CX 155 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG





LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEM (MSN 340B-364)
FC 2210 OFF TO WOLLONGONG


LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEP (MSN 340B-377)
FC 9130 OFF TO DUBBO

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VYL (MSN 34184)
QF 1023 OFF TO HOBART
USUALLY SERVICED BY A 717-200

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE (MSN 38716)
VA 1493 OFF TO HAMILTON ISLAND
1 HOUR 15 LATE

QANTASLINK B717-231 VH-NXL (MSN 55093)
QF 1795 ARRIVING FROM ROCKHAMPTON

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-JFB (MSN 11521)
VA 1710 ARRIVING FROM GLADSTONE
FLYING ON BEHALF OF VIRGIN AUSTRALIA 



ALLIANCE EMBRAER E190LR VH-XFL (MSN 19000354)

SOLOMONS A320-232 H4-SIB (MSN 2445)
IE 615 ARRIVING FROM HONIARA



QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZNE (MSN 63391)
QF 7703 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY




AIR NEW ZEALAND B787-9 ZK-NZQ (MSN 39296)
NZ 1141 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND




SINGAPORE AIRLINES A350-941 9V-SHS (MSN 447)
SQ 255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE



 BOMBARDIER GLOBAL 6000 VH-YAI (MSN 9817)


TOLL AVIATION B737-476 ZK-TLK (MSN 24474)
TFX 91 OFF TO NORFOLK ISLAND

Nauru Airlines, heading for Nauru, taxied out from the international terminal, got as far up as the domestic terminal there turned back and headed back to the gate. Not sure why they went back, but an hour later it departed successfully.

NAURU AIRLINES B737-319 VH-XNU (MSN 25609




Monday 1 November 2021

Time for a break, so goodbye for now.

During the last 12 -18 months since Covid hit I have tried in vain to keep this blog interesting. 
Since I wasn't traveling for work and most of the internationals had stopped coming in, well during the day anyway, i haven't had the opportunity to post many pictures. I have been out to the airport on many occasions hoping for something special or unusual to come in, as I'm sure you don't want to see the same three major airlines we have over and over.

This blog has gone global with the USA being my biggest audience followed closely by Australia.  Then in % order

Russia
Ukraine
Germany
Turkmenistan
France
Sweden
United Kingdom
New Zealand
South Korea
Canada
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Netherlands
Singapore
China
Romania

I have noticed for the last few weeks now the global viewing numbers per day have been dropping and are now down to single digits per story. 
This is heart breaking to see.
I had considered closing the blog completely but I have, disappointingly, for now anyway decided to just park it and re look at it again over Christmas.

If you are reading this I want to say "Thank You" so much for your support. 
Hopefully when the world's travel picks up, I'll be back.

Regards
Brendan