Remarks:The Hobbit making a grand entrance after arriving from Melbourne as New Zealand 124. A minute later this would rock up right outside my quiet gate lounge in the airport to later depart to LAX. Such a fitting aircraft for my 777th photo in the database!
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:Mount Cook 206 enroute NPE-AKL over the massive Lake Taupo with the township seen just behind the prop. You can see the reflection of the aircraft on the engine!
Remarks:Emirates 407 departing RWY23L to Melbourne and Dubai, one of two daily A380s to arrive and depart at AKL. This drew a huge crowd on the viewing deck!
Remarks:Island of Koro at bay 1 soon to depart back to Nadi in some overcast conditions. It was good to catch Air Pacific's only 737-700 in AKL, one I had been wanting to tick off my list.
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:Mount Cook 205 seen about to pull into the bay after the short 1 hour flight from Auckland. This would soon fly me back to AKL on my way home to Australia.
