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25.01.2022 Good to see Japan Airlines back in Brisbane tonight, even if it's for a few weeks as they operate freight charters once weekly for the next 12 weeks. ^Lance

25.01.2022 'Springbok 2982' passing over the threshold of RWY01R on a repatriation flight from Johannesburg earlier today. A huge thank you to the team at V2 Helicopters for taking us up! ^Emil

24.01.2022 Tonight, Wunala tucks into hangar 245 at the Qantas jetbase in Sydney for her last kip before heading to the US for retirement where her fate is yet to be determined. Tonight I share one of my favorite shots of her I have taken during the joy flight she operated here at Brisbane Airport last week... Rest easy Queen x ^Lance

24.01.2022 Great to see Garuda Indonesia return to Brisbane this morning with PK-GIC arriving as 'Indonesia 7280' from Jakarta on RWY19R. This is the first time we've seen Garuda in over five years since they axed their Bali service. ^Emil

24.01.2022 Today the United States Air Force retired their first KC-10 Extender from Travis (83-0077, pictured in Brisbane below) as the 60th Air Mobility Wing prepares for the first for 24 KC-46's to be delivered in 2023. Hope we have a few more Exercise Talisman Sabres with them in it yet. ^Lance.

23.01.2022 What lies ahead for the Air New Zealand 777 fleet? 777-200 and -300 flying isnt scheduled to resume for a while with some frames scheduled to go into deep storage at Alice Springs soon. ^Lance

23.01.2022 Qantas Boeing 747-438(ER) VH-OEJ Wunala taxiing past the loop and departing to Sydney in some gorgeous afternoon light. This marks the final departure of a Qantas Boeing 747 from Brisbane Airport with OEJ, the last Boeing 747 in Qantas fleet, set to retire next week. ^Mackenzie

23.01.2022 Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNJ departing Brisbane this afternoon, its first flight since April! It is heading down to Sydney for a special flight on Monday to celebrate Qantas' 100th anniversary. ^Brandon

23.01.2022 Two weeks to go.... ^Lance

23.01.2022 Fiji Airways Airbus A330-300 DQ-FJW departing this afternoon. ^Brandon

23.01.2022 'Antonov Bureau 3581' touching down on RWY19L a few days ago. ^Brandon

22.01.2022 Here is hoping with the vaccines rolling out around the world, we get to see some international visitors like these awesome airmen back in Brisbane sometime in the near future! ^Lance

21.01.2022 FlySAA Springbok 2983 rotating off runway 19L this afternoon! This might have been the final A340-600 to visit Brisbane. ^Kevin

21.01.2022 The calendars have arrived today, if you're chasing one, send me a PM. The ones ordered and paid for will be posted out Friday for those ordered!

20.01.2022 The sun is setting on Qantas 747-400 ops, but boy have they left travellers like me a world full of memories as you have flown me around the world. Enjoy your rest queen, you will be missed. :( x ^Lance

20.01.2022 If there is one person in Aviation who is true to their word, its Akbar Al Baker from Qatar Airways. He is deadset hell bent on serving Brisbane and adding it to his network. Me personally, I hope its sooner than later as their network serves a huge amount of places I wish to travel ^Lance

20.01.2022 Today Alliance Airlines took delivery of their first Embraer E190 expanding their operations. In these uncertain times in aviation, it's great to see an airline pushing forward with plans of expansion. ^Lance

19.01.2022 Fedex N588FE diverted to Brisbane this afternoon due to high winds in Sydney. Always great to see tri-jets in Brisbane! ^Kevin

19.01.2022 Onboard QF747 yesterday as we receive a water cannon salute prior to departure! ^Brandon

19.01.2022 Today Alliance Airlines took delivery of their second Embraer E190. We should see a rush of deliveries per their ASX with 5 due by years end. ^Lance

19.01.2022 Singapore Airlines A350-900 turning onto Bravo for the trip out to RWY 19R earlier in the year. ^Lance

19.01.2022 Virgin Australias 777-300ER named St Kilda Beach sitting pretty awaiting its next flight. VPH was bought to life just as I got there with the engineer kicking the APU over. ^Lance

19.01.2022 Tomorrow for the lovers of the 747-400, Qantas will send VH-OEJ up from SYD to operate a joy flight for one last hurrah. The flight details are as follows. Q6160: ARR BNE 0900 QF747: BNE 1015 BNE 1130 (Joy flight) QF6161: BNE DEP 1630 Winds are WSW so it will be off 19L/R. Take your pick ;) ^Lance

19.01.2022 UPS Boeing 747-8F 'N620UP' departing Brisbane this afternoon after diverting yesterday afternoon whilst en route from Honolulu to Sydney due to storms. ^Emil

18.01.2022 VH-OEJ climbing out of Brisbane for the final time. ^Brandon

18.01.2022 One of AIR CALEDONIE's ATR72-600s on logistics this morning after arriving from Nouméa-Magenta. Probably the best ATR livery out there! ^Kevin

16.01.2022 EVA Airways Corp. have upped their presence of late into BNE again operating at least 5x weekly the last two weeks. They have also started using the 787-9 allowing us to chase a new rego block, seen here on final for RW01R this morning. ^Lance

16.01.2022 FlySAA 'Springbok 2983' rotating off runway 19L this afternoon! This might have been the final A340-600 to visit Brisbane. ^Kevin

15.01.2022 Operating for Virgin Australia as VA9017 and what looks like one last time out of BNE, in a scheduled capacity (even if its moving freight) to LAX yesterday. A few days ago sadly they announced international ops would be paused and the widebody fleet removed. My best wishes go out to the VA family and I hope it's sunnier on the other side. Fuck COVID-19. x ^Lance

15.01.2022 Happy 100th Birthday to Qantas and cheers to the next 100! ^Lance

15.01.2022 A two-ship of Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers performing a missed approach earlier this afternoon. Great to see the RAAF taking full advantage of the empty airspace over Brisbane. ^Emil

15.01.2022 Virgin Australia's 777-300ER named 'St Kilda Beach' sitting pretty awaiting its next flight. VPH was bought to life just as I got there with the engineer kicking the APU over. ^Lance

15.01.2022 Its so sad seeing aircraft like this Qantas 787-9 taped up with nowhere to go. I am getting withdrawls from not travelling already, hope our borders are not closed till the end of 2021! ^Lance

14.01.2022 UR-82008 on the way back in from Williamtown this afternoon! ^Kevin

14.01.2022 Sad news but as suspected, the Qantas 747-400 fleets time is sadly up. I have spent plenty of time onboard the -400ER's and will miss them from an iconic and photographic point of view. But lets share our favorite 747 photos below for everyone to see! This is one of my favorite shots of Wunala, the last to go. ^Lance

13.01.2022 Just a reminder calendar's are available. $38ea plus postage. Down to the last few now! Send us a PM on how to order.

13.01.2022 Conair Aerial Firefighting Arvo RJ85 'Bomber 166' arriving into Brisbane earlier today on its way from Canada to Dubbo, New South Wales in preparation for the upcoming bushfire season. ^Emil

13.01.2022 "Antonov 3470" from ADL arriving onto RWY01L this afternoon ^Lance

12.01.2022 FlySAA A340-642 ZS-SNF heading back home this afternoon direct to Johannesburg as Springbok 2983 in some fantastic afternoon light. ^Emil

11.01.2022 Another COVID related movement with FlySAA bringing in an A340-600 to repatriate Aussies from Joberg ^Lance

11.01.2022 Qantas Boeing 747-438(ER) VH-OEJ 'Wunala' taxiing past the loop and departing to Sydney in some gorgeous afternoon light. This marks the final departure of a Qantas Boeing 747 from Brisbane Airport with OEJ, the last Boeing 747 in Qantas' fleet, set to retire next week. ^Mackenzie

11.01.2022 Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER B-KQN at YBBN last weekend. ^Brandon

09.01.2022 Springbok 2982 passing over the threshold of RWY01R on a repatriation flight from Johannesburg earlier today. A huge thank you to the team at V2 Helicopters for taking us up! ^Emil

08.01.2022 A smokey arrival into Brisbane this evening with Ukraine Alliance 5021 coming in from Pohnpei, Micronesia. This Antonov An-12 has been operating flights in and out of Pacific islands carrying COVID-19 relief supplies. ^Emil

08.01.2022 Thai Airways A350 HS-THK departing to Bangkok via Melbourne this morning as 'TG473'. This was a first visit for Thai's A350s to Brisbane. ^Kevin

08.01.2022 OEJ smoking the mains one last time into Brisbane a couple of weeks back now. ^Lance

08.01.2022 FlySAA A340-642 'ZS-SNF' heading back home this afternoon direct to Johannesburg as 'Springbok 2983' in some fantastic afternoon light. ^Emil

08.01.2022 Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 9M-MTJ making its first visit to Brisbane today since being repainted in the stunning Negaraku livery. Malaysian have continued operating a monthly flight to Brisbane, presumably carrying cargo and limited passengers. The airline recently announced that they will cut flights to Brisbane until at least March 2021. ^Brandon

07.01.2022 A preggers Q400 Air Tanker turned up at BNE today. This bird from Conair Aerial Firefighting will be in Australia for the fire season which kicked off this week and is capable of dropping 10,000L. Check out their page and see the video of the demo drops. Its a pretty capable aircraft. ^Lance

07.01.2022 What lies ahead for the Air New Zealand 777 fleet? 777-200 and -300 flying isn't scheduled to resume for a while with some frames scheduled to go into deep storage at Alice Springs soon. ^Lance

07.01.2022 A smokey arrival into Brisbane this evening with 'Ukraine Alliance 5021' coming in from Pohnpei, Micronesia. This Antonov An-12 has been operating flights in and out of Pacific islands carrying COVID-19 relief supplies. ^Emil

07.01.2022 It was great to be apart of the opening of the new runway at Brisbane Airport today with Virgin Australia 781 having the honors to christen the runway, with a ARFF monitor salute prior to departure! #runwaybegins ^Lance

07.01.2022 Air India Boeing 787-8 'VT-ANZ' taxiing to the international terminal last night on a repatriation flight. This is the first time we have seen Air India in Brisbane since the 2014 G20 summit. ^Emil

07.01.2022 Another COVID related movement with FlySAA bringing in an A340-600 to repatriate Aussies from Jo'berg ^Lance

06.01.2022 'Indonesia 8250' to Nadi, climbing out after taking off on RWY01R this afternoon. ^Brandon

06.01.2022 Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 JA826J touching down on RWY19L this afternoon. JAL have been operating a weekly freight flight to Brisbane since August. ^Brandon

06.01.2022 Certainly not something you see every day as two ex-RAAF F/A-18 Classic Hornets depart Australian soil for the final time, albeit in the back of an Antonov 124 bound for their new home in Canada! UR-82029 is seen here pushing back earlier this morning for Honolulu as 'ADB3581' after overnighting in Brisbane on arrival from Williamtown. ^Emil

06.01.2022 VH-VYB 'Cape Otway' parked outside hangar 3 last week. Hopefully it isn't too long until she is back up in the air. ^Brandon

05.01.2022 VH-VYB Cape Otway parked outside hangar 3 last week. Hopefully it isnt too long until she is back up in the air. ^Brandon

05.01.2022 Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-EPI taxiing out to RWY01L for departure this afternoon. ^Brandon

04.01.2022 Myanmar Airways International operated a repatriation flight into YBBN last night, seen here this afternoon returning to DPS. ^Lance

04.01.2022 On Saturday Brisbane Airport announced that the first departure off the new parallel runway will be a Virgin Australia 737-800, bound for Cairns as VA 781 at 10:50am on Sunday the 12th of July! ^Lance

04.01.2022 Thai Airways A350 HS-THK departing to Bangkok via Melbourne this morning as TG473. This was a first visit for Thais A350s to Brisbane. ^Kevin

04.01.2022 Singapore Airlines A350-900 sitting pretty on bay 76A a couple weeks back ^Lance

04.01.2022 Today Network Aviation operated a charter from Eliwana Mine into Brisbane before departing later back to Perth as "Netlink 1638." This is the first time we have seen one of the Network A320's operating around this part. ^Lance

04.01.2022 RAAF KC-30 A39-004 taxiing to the international terminal after landing on RWY19R. ^Brandon

03.01.2022 Aero Trans Cargo 747 operating as "MOLDCARGO 6605" back to KUL this afternoon after dropping off COVID-19 relief supplies. ^Lance

03.01.2022 VH-ZNG 'Jillaroo' departing Brisbane this afternoon, bound for Los Angeles. The aircraft will then continue to Victorville for storage. So sad to see so many aircraft flying to the desert for storage. ^Brandon

02.01.2022 'Antonov 382 Foxtrot' climbing out after taking off on RWY01R this morning. It was heading down to RAAF Williamtown to pick up more former RAAF classic hornets and take them to their new operator in Canada. It is scheduled to return to Brisbane at 1pm this afternoon for anybody chasing it. ^Brandon

02.01.2022 Today Singapore Airlines sent a 787-10 in, arriving in some of the last light of the day ^Lance

01.01.2022 Air North Embraer 170 VH-ANT taxiing to the GA apron after arrival a couple weeks ago. Air North have recently commenced a weekly charter flight out of Brisbane up to Gove via Cairns. ^Brandon

01.01.2022 Good to see Japan Airlines back in Brisbane tonight, even if its for a few weeks as they operate freight charters once weekly for the next 12 weeks. ^Lance