Rare visitor to Brisbane airport

Yesterday, I ended up making two trips to Brisbane Airport. The first was at 1 p.m., when I heard about a rare sight on the tarmac—a Western Global Airlines Boeing 747. Brisbane usually only sees one 747-8 a week from Cathay Pacific, and Western Global never stops here, so I couldn’t pass up the chance to check it out.

DASSAULT FALCON 7X VH-CRW (MSN 292) 6 YEARS

LEARJET 60 VH-AVL (MSN 60-286) 21 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4F (MSN 55340)
QLF1592 OFF TO HAMILTON ISLAND (HTI) 1 YEAR

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18918 (MSN 239)
CI53 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) YEARS
SPORTING THE CARBON FIBRE LIVERY

EMBRAER PHENOM 330E VH-NJR (MSN 50500774)

FOKKER F28-1000 VH-XNG (MSN 11038)

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VYH (MSN 34180)
QF529 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 20 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKH (MSN 36233)
JQ65 OFF TO BANGKOK (BKK) 11 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 100 VH-UQC (MSN 11468)
VA1104 OFF TO NEWCASTLE (NTL) 32 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES BOEING 747-446 N344KD (MSN 26344)
KD8411 OFF TO HONOLULU (HNL) 33 YEARS

Our second trip was around 5:15 p.m., when my wife and I arrived to pick up our daughter, who was flying in from Melbourne at 8 p.m. We arrived early as I wanted to make the most of the golden hour and get in some night photography practice.

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZB (MSN 34196) 
QF540 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 17 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YIZ (MSN 40702)
VA344 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 11 YEARS

AIRCALAN AIRBUS A320-271N F-ONEA (MSN 11882)
SB150 ARRIVING FROM NOUMEA (NOU) 2 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGY (MSN 4177)
JQ634 ARRIVING FROM AVALON (AVV) 16 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYW (MSN 12183)
JQ820 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 1.4 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VYK (MSN 34183) 
QF624 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 20 YEARS
SPORTING THE 'PRIDE IS IN THE AIR' LIVERY

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGF (MSN 4497)
JQ825 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 15 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271N ZK-NHC (MSN 8833)
NZ204 OFF TO CHRISTCHURCH (CHC) 7 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHV (MSN 475)
SQ266 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 5 YEARS 

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-27ANX ZK-NNB (MSN 8542)
NZ148 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 7 YEARS 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHN (MSN 385)
SQ245 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS 

QANTAS BOEING 787-9 VH-ZNI (MSN 66073)
QF15 OFF TO LOS ANGELES (LAX) 6 YEARS