Friday, 3 April 2026

Long awaited special livery comes to Brisbane

Thursdays and Saturdays are usually slow and uneventful at Brisbane Airport, but yesterday my wife and I went there for several reasons.

Not only was Philippine Airlines bringing in an A330 instead of the usual A321, and Fiji bringing in their A330 instead of the usual 737 Max 8, but we also had the Terra Avia 747 arriving from Auckland. The main highlight, though, was China Southern bringing in their A350 with a stunning livery. This aircraft has visited Brisbane 5 times, but usually around 9:10 p.m., making this it's very first daylight arrival.
It was great to see this aircraft here during the day.

The weather was wild yesterday. We arrived too patchy blue skies and no wind, then the wind picked up and the rain came, only to stop again. This cycle happened three times while we were there.

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

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYZ (MSN 19000222)
QLK1841 ARRIVING FROM ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 18 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKB (MSN 36228)
JQ9 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 12 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFX (MSN 41013)
VA775 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 8 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3B (MSN 4772)
JQ834 OFF TO PESSERPINE (PPP) 14 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-QOB (MSN 4116)
QLK404D OFF TO EMERALD (EMD) 20 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-NKU (MSN 11555)
QQ2835 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 30 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737 MAX 8 VH-8IA (MSN 65045)
VA175 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 2 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS FAIRCHILD METRO 23 VH-VEK (MSN DC-845B)
SW4 ARRIVING FROM BUNDABERG (BDB) 32 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHV (MSN 475)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 5 YEARS

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-308T (MSN 318)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 6 YEARS




SMARTLYNX AUSTRALIA AIRBUS A319-112 VH-L7A (MSN 1779)
QN963 OFF TO KENS BORE (KYB) 23 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS AIRBUS A330-243 DQ-FJT (MSN 1394)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 13 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FRSA (MSN 37175)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 9 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OFE (MSN 9540) 3 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VXF (MSN 29553)
QF621 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 24 YEARS


CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRM (MSN 075)
CX165 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 9 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18908 (MSN 121)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 8 YEARS

QUEENSLAND POLICE BEECH KING AIR VH-8TT (MSN FL-1293) 4 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEP (MSN 340B-377)
SF34 OFF TO COBAR (CAZ) 30 YEARS

AERLINK ATR 72-500 VH-FVY (MSN 840) 
AT75 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 17 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPG (MSN 603)
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 21 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4F (MSN 55340)
QLK1547 ARRIVING FROM TOWNSVILLE (TSV) 1 YEAR

TEXEL AIR BOEING 737-86N ZK-TXF (MSN 36804)
TFX92 ARRIVING FROM NORFOLK ISLAND (NLK) 15 YEARS

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 767-341 P2-PXV (MSN 30341)
PX4 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 26 YEARS

QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBC (MSN 506)
QF516 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 23 YEARS

QUEENSLAND POLICE BEECH KING AIR 360 VH-8PH (MSN FM-117) 1 YEAR

TERRA AVIA BOEING 747-409 ER-BAS (MSN 24311)
T84713 OFF TO HONG KONG (HKG) 34 YEARS



PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-343 RP-C8789 (MSN 1504)
PR222 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 12 YEARS




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