Cathay Pacific's 80 Year special livery calls into Brisbane

After spending five hours at the airport on Wednesday morning to see my family off on their holiday, I found out that night that the much-anticipated Cathay Pacific in its retro livery would be arriving in Brisbane the next day. So yesterday, I made the 40-minute drive back to the airport to catch a glimpse of this magnificent aircraft. 

A few highlights from the day apart from the Cathay Pacific, was the Fiji Airways A330, that's normally a 737 Max 8 and the Philippines Airbus A330, its usually an Airbus A321.

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPJ (MSN 712)
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 20 YEARS

AMERICAN AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 N852ML (MSN 66021)
AA8 OFF TO DALLAS (DFW) 2 MONTHS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 100 VH-FGB (MSN 11446)
VA604 ARRIVING FROM MACKAY (MKY) 32 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737 MAX 8 VH-8IE (MSN 66644)
VA175 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 1 YEAR

FIJI AIRWAYS AIRBUS A330-243 DQ-FJT (MSN 1394)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 12 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-QQR (MSN 11564)
QQ2835 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 30 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3N (5813)
JQ812 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4D (MSN 55298)
QF1261 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-319 ZK-OKS (MSN 44547)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 11 YEARS

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-32EW (MSN 625)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 2 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRJ (MSN 061)
CX153 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 9 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKD (MSN 36229)
JQ9 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 12 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHI (MSN 322)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-LQQ (MSN 4461)
QLK546D OFF TO BARCALDINE (BCI) 11 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18905 (MSN 073)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 9 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532)
VA1239 OFF TO ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 30 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

AERLINK ATR72-500 VH-FVY (MSN 840)
AL415 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 17 YEARS

CHINA EASTERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-324W (MSN 470)
MU716 OFF TO SHANGHAI (PVG) 4 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FRSR (MSN 37178)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 8 YEARS

RAAF DASSAULT FALCON 7X A56-003 (MSN 286)

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-224 N76021 (MSN 39776)
UA97 OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 15 YEARS

AMERICAN AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 N837AN (MSN 40658)
AA43 OFF TO LOS ANGELES (LAX) 7 YEARS

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-343 RP-C8780 (MSN 1456)
PR222 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 12 YEARS

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOG (MSN 172)

QATAR BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BEI (MSN 60335)

TEXEL AIR BOEING 737-86N ZK-TXF (MSN 36804)