Polar Cargo in YSSY

[Nigel C]

It's been a while, but Polar was seen in Sydney tonight with B744F N416MC.
It has already departed as Polar 981.

[Tim Bowrey]

It's been a while, but Polar was seen in Sydney tonight with B744F N416MC.
It has already departed as Polar 981.

Do you know if it was in Polar Air livery or Atlas? Photos on net are all in Atlas Air livery but is leased to Polar. Any idea what it was here for and where it came from? A.net shows Atlas yet JP.net shows both Atlas and (Polar - most recent)

[Blake Riley]

Arrived from Honolulu as Polar Air 981 at 6.22pm according to flightstats.net
and left to Seoul as Polar Air Cargo 981

[Grahame Hutchison]

From www.16Right.com (http://www.16Right.com) ACARS .....

N416MC 5Y0981 02/11/2008 18:07 Atlas Air B747-47UF(SCD) - Honolulu-Sydney

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .N416MC
Message label: H1 Block id: 2 Msg. no: D03A
Flight id: 5Y0981
Message content:-
#DFBCEC.416MCPAC981PHNLYSSY021108061303
34404ER1613BKA01-010.081
39999-27.3-58.00.843257239314
OFFCLSOFFOFFOPNOPN
ON-ON-ON-NO-NO-NO-
707000706466707000707000
103.7103.7103.8103.7
90.5 90.4 90.4 90.4

-------------------------------------[02/11/2008 18:19]

No ACARS pick up on the departure transmissions.

[Nigel C]

Evening Tim,

It was in full Polar Air Cargo colours.

Regards,
Nigel

[Tim Bowrey]

Evening Tim,

It was in full Polar Air Cargo colours.

Regards,
Nigel

Cheers Nigel that would have been a cracker to see! Thanks for the post.

Tim

[Nigel C]

You're welcome.

I have been told it's possibly going to be a semi-regular flight, but that isn't confirmed.

[lloyd fox]

It will be a weekly flight.

Cheers Lloyd

[Tim Bowrey]

It will be a weekly flight.

Cheers Lloyd

So it is due next Sunday at about 6pm arriving from HNL? Dam I wont be here but im sure HKG will provide enough cargos;)

[David Knight]

Scheduled times on Sundays are:
PO 981 ILN/HNL/SYD 1855 2055 HKG/NRT (ILN is Clinton Field, Wilmington)

[phil.l]

FlightAware has PAC981 arriving about 6pm.

[Nigel C]

Latest info to hand says an 1815 arrival and going to Bay 3.

[David Ramsay]

I remember a while back taxiing past a Polar 74F (can't even remember where it was) and overhearing a very knowledgeable passenger explaining to the person next to her that "those are the planes that fly to the South Pole" :eek:

[lloyd fox]

Sydney will also get Emirates Sky Cargo early next year as well.

Cheers Lloyd

[phil.l]

N416MC B747-47UF same as last week.

[James Smith]

Does anyone have the scheduled arrival and departure times for the Fed Ex and UPS freight services to/from Sydney? Both Flight Stats and 16R ACARS don't record any departure information.

Many thanks.

[Grahame Hutchison]

James, have a look under YSSY Spotting then Cargo on the www.16Right.com (http://www.16Right.com) CDU menu as I have listed the cargo movements from the ACARS data I receive. This was done over a couple of weeks however I would not be surprised if some of the times vary.

[lloyd fox]

James Hi

UPS arr 1725 dep at 2100 hrs DLY ex Mon,Tues.

[Brian Wilkes]

UPS Should be changing over to 744F's in the new year!

[Blake Riley]

Will UPS still send the MD11 or will all of the flights be used by the 744F

[Tim Bowrey]

Will UPS still send the MD11 or will all of the flights be used by the 744F

I hope we still keep the MD-11 for a little variety. I saw my 1st UPS 744F(N576UP) last night at HKG, very impressive.

[Stefan Perkas]

Afternon all,

Tonights was N450PA

[andrew evans]

Does anyone know if this Polar Cargo flight is still operating on Sunday's.Thanks

[Gerard M]

This may be a stupid question but, 16right.com has Atlas Air as being N416mc this afternoon but thats registered to Polar cargo 747, and when i saw it just now it was a polar cargo plane? so is Polar doing Atlas flights now? or can someone explain?

Cheers Gerard

[phil.l]

Gerard it came in as PAC981 which ia a polar call sign,N416MC is an Atlas aircraft but i did a search and it said active with polar.

[phil.l]

Any of you SBS out there have any idea what tonights Polar is?

[Nigel C]

PO981 N416MC on chocks Bay 3 at 1916 from HNL.

SBS not required.

[phil.l]

Cheers eyeball MK11 ,didn`t know you are working.

[Nigel C]

On my last night shift. Back on Boxing Day.

[phil.l]

Have a great christmas then.

[Nigel C]

Cheers, you too.