Qatari 777's depart Brisbane

Last night, we saw that the YouTube channel we follow, Only Plane Network, was live from Brisbane Airport as the Qatari 777s, which had arrived eight days ago, and were rumored to be staying for a while, were departing.

Flightradar24 had them down as departing between 10.15 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.

As it was 8:45 p.m., I was torn between staying in or heading out.

Knowing they would all be departing, the true avgeek in me took over, and so my daughter and I headed to the airport, arriving there around 9:40 p.m.

When we arrived, I learned that one wouldn’t be leaving until 4:30 a.m. Later, more news came in that another was delayed until the morning. Still holding out hope, I thought A7-BEG, the new Formula One livery, might depart at 11:15 p.m., but sadly it was confirmed that none of them would leave tonight. All were rescheduled to depart between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m.

Then, at 6:15 a.m. this morning, I woke to find all three still here on the ground, with one taxiing out.
I can't tell you how frustrated I was.

These are the days I wish I collected stamps instead. 🤣 🤣 🤣

A7-BEL departed at 6.21

QATAR AIRWAYS BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BEL (MSN 64063)
QR3165 OFF TO DOHA (DOH) 8 YEARS

A7-BEG departed at 6.41

QATAR AIRWAYS BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BEG (MSN 60333)
QR3039 OFF TO DOHA (DOH) 10 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LQF (MSN 413)
CX157 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 5 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4D (MSN 55298)
QLK1286 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 1 YEAR

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZU (MSN 34187) 14 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGR (MSN 4257) 16 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18905 (MSN 073)
CI54 OFF TO TAIPEI (TPE) 9 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-QQR (MSN 11564) 30 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3B (MSN 4772)
JQ151 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 14 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-8IH (MSN 66650)
VA50 ARRIVING FROM DENPASAR (DPS) 1 YEAR

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251 VH-OYK (MSN 11960) 1 YEAR

At the time of writing this, A7-BAQ was still on the ground