Busy day at Cairns today

[Jarden S]

This morning
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Dash 8 capital of Australia with 7 at domestic terminal plus 2 over at international
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3 Qantas 767s at once at domestic terminal 1 each from SYD, MEL and BNE
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The 3rd had to wait till gate is free as only 2 767 gates available
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[Grant Smith]

Is this a regular occurance at YBCS?

[Jarden S]

Yes Grant on weekdays we now get 3 767 as Qantas has recently up sized the BNE flight from a 737-800. I not sure what happened with Cairns terminal upgrade as the 5th domestic aerobridge meant to be installed last April well that was the original plan when it was still government owned but now the new private owners may have postpone it as its definitely needed especially in the mornings too.

[Jarden S]

We had 2 Air Niugini's a F100 and a Q400, 9 aircraft at International terminal:
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3 Qantas 767s all together remarkable for a regional port:
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Nice collection of different tails at International terminal.
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[Kieran Wells]

Jarden,
Whats the yellow tailed one in the 3rd photo?

Thanks.

[Andi O]

Airfast Indonesia

[Kieran Wells]

Thanks Andi. Never seen that tail before..

[Jarden S]

Air fast is a regular visitor on monday's flying from Cairns to Timika in West Papua with connections there to Jakarta and Denpasar.

[Jarden S]

Today at Cairns there was a lot of Qantas aircraft together with 6 Dash 8s including one at international terminal.
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[Jarden S]

Two A320s at the International terminal I not sure why?
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8 Dash 8s various models in a row at domestic
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An Overview of both terminals
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A Uk biz jet.
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[Jarden S]

Had 9 aircraft at the Cairns International terminal (excluding the Belfast) always busy on Monday mornings and in 2 weeks Cathay will be squeezed in that lot as they start a new monday flight on the 29th. Qantas will have to shift the Q400 to one of the ends of the terminal to free up the last aerobridge. As 3 JQ 1 NZ 1 PX uses 5 with 1 spare.
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Domestic scene:
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Had a Embraer biz jet here Marcplan charters is operator
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