A few hours at Brisbane airport

On Thursday afternoon, I spent a few hours at Brisbane airport. The main reason was that Air Canada, which usually arrives at 7 a.m. and departs at 10:10 a.m., was scheduled to leave at 2:30 p.m. I assume the significant delay was due to this: on Wednesday, Air Canada arrived at 6:30 p.m. (not a.m.) and departed at 8:30 p.m. The crew that flew in at 6:30 p.m. likely needed about 18 hours of rest, leading to the 2:30 p.m. departure.

Another reason I went out was to catch the Qatar 777 flying for Virgin Australia, along with flights from Cathay and Singapore Airlines.  

ASIANA AIRLINES BOEING 777-28E HL-7755 (MSN 30861)
OZ602 SYDNEY (SYD) TO SEOUL (ICN) 18 YEARS

PIPER ARCHER III VH-JRP (MSN 2843569)
FLYING FROM ARCHERFIELD (QBA) TO KINGAROY (KGY) 22 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGR (MSN 4257)

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-LQF (MSN 4375)
QF2405 ARRIVING FROM EMERALD (EMD) 14 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYN (MSN 19000095)
QF1873 ARRIVING FROM CAIRNS (CNS) 18 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NBV (MSN 39446)
VA950 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 14 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LQF (MSN 413)
CX150 OFF TO HONG KONG (HKG) 5 YEARS

ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS BEECH KING AIR 360CER VH-FDB (MSN FM-105) 3 YEARS

REX SAAB 340B VH-ZRH (MSN 340B-392) 
ZL5732 OFF TO ROMA (RMA) 29 YEARS

SOCATA TBM-700B VH-PGA (MSN 262)
BRISBANE (BNE) TO LONGREACH (LRE) 22 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VYF (MSN 33994)
QF529 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 20 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 100 VH-UQB (MSN 11483)
QQ880 OFF TO TREPELL (TQP) 31 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-YXW (MSN 5796)
JQ485 OFF TO NEWCASTLE (NTL) 11 YEARS

AERLINK ATR72-500 VH-FVI (MSN 955)
AL869 ARRIVING FROM ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 14 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FGDX (MSN 35269)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 9 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4C (MSN 55288)
QF1256 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS BEECH KING AIR 350C VH-FDN (MSN FM-58) 11 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHC (MSN 276)
SQ236 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEA (MSN 340B-406)  

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-QQX (MSN 11571)

LIFEFLIGHT BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 604 VH-URR (MSN 5439)
AM604 OFF TO ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 26 YEARS

GLOBAL JET INTERNATIONAL BOMBARDIER 6000 VH-8MR (MSN 9792)

NATIONAL JET EXPRESS DASH 8 400 VH-IYV (MSN 4231)
WO509 ARRIVING FROM CAIRNS (CNS) 17 YEARS

QATAR BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BEU (MSN 65302)
VA15 OFF TO DOHA (DOH) 7 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-XZJ (MSN 39365)
QF539 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 11 YEARS

QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE BEECH KING AIR 360 VH-8TT (MSN FL-1293) 3 YEARS

BEECH KING AIR 250 VH-VEW (MSN BY-204)