Remarks:Pacific Pearl arriving from Auckland as Velocity 79 luckily still flying around in the Pacific Blue livery as I hadn't got a decent shot of it yet.
Remarks:Cathay 8153 arriving from Hong Kong on the final Cathay charter for Chinese New Year. To our luck these fights were operated by the A330s in the short-haul configuration meaning that some different regos were seen to the ones frequenting capital city ports around Australia.
Remarks: A very nice Thai G5 parked outside Platinum after arriving the previous afternoon from Gladstone. She would then depart later that day to U-tapao Airport in Thailand.
Remarks:New Zealand 937 completing the 3 hour flight from Auckland today operated by one of two A320s previously leased out by Air New Zealand. Unfortunately, the other one, OJL, crashed on a training flight in Europe. This one came back to the fleet in May 2012 after serving with TAM in Brazil.
Remarks:Cathay 8159 being the first of three charters from Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year Period. Amazingly the first service happened to be operated by the oneworld A333 which is very rare in Australia. This also made it the first oneworld scheme to visit OOL. A great day for international operations out of the Gold Coast as we had flights from KIX, NRT, AKL, KUL, SIN and HKG all within three hours.
Remarks:On decent into Brisbane from Sydney on VH-YFE we caught a great view of the Gold Coast and the airport which is conveniently situated about a 5 minute walk from the beach. [Canon 50D]
Remarks:Barry arriving from Singapore as Scooter 006 flaring for touchdown on RWY14 on a beautiful morning in the new year. The southern Gold Coast/Tweed hinterland can be seen behind. [1400px]
