Brandon Giacomin
25th January 2012, 08:55 PM
Hi All,
Last Saturday I went down to Melbourne for the day to do some spotting and to try out to new airlines I have never flown on before, Air Australia and Jetstar.
Introduction
When Air Australia announced they would commence flights between Brisbane and Melbourne-Tullamarine I decided I would give them a go. I started looking at dates in January and decided I would do the trip on Saturday January 21. Air Australia only fly BNE-MEL once a day on weekends and the Saturday flight is a morning departure so I would fly with them to MEL. So I just had to choose my flight back, Tiger was the cheapest but I decided to go with Jetstar, as I had never flown with them before and it was only like $10 more.
So my flights were booked, I would be flying on Air Australia flight VC562 to Melbourne departing Brisbane at 0710 and arriving at 1040. And I would be on Jetstar flight JQ566 to Brisbane departing Melbourne at 1800 and arriving at 1915. I couldn’t wait to try out both airlines!
Brisbane Airport
4:30am wakeup call and left the house a bit after 5am. Got to the airport at about 5:30am, traffic was very light. Went to the Air Australia check in desks as they don’t have web check in yet. Only took a minute to check in and then I was going through security and up to the boarding gates.
First aircraft that caught my eye was Jetstar A320 VH-VGA, first time I’ve seen an A320 in the revised livery. Then Qantas B744ER VH-OEE arrived from Dallas, and then I saw my ride to Melbourne waiting at the gate, it was VH-YQC which is in the wonderful Air Australia livery.
VH-VGA
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6740747901_d8297741f9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740747901/)
My ride to Melbourne
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6740755757_cf41637024_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740755757/)
With still another hour and a half till my flight was scheduled to depart I decided to have a walk around the terminal. First I went to the Virgin end where I found VH-VUF, VH-YID, VH-ZPR and VH-FVL looking great in the Virgin Australia livery, also saw VH-VUJ, VH-VBO, VH-ZPD and a few other Virgin aircraft.
VH-FVL
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6740752085_731f8e7316_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740752085/)
Then over to the Qantas end where I found VH-OGO and parked next to her, the only Aboriginal painted aircraft in the fleet VH-VXB ‘Yananyi Dreaming’. Were also about 5 Dash 8’s and 5 B737’s.
Yananyi, unfortunately I couldn’t get an unobstructed view of her.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6740743853_132f8c3f48_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740743853/)
After having a look around the terminal I just sat down at my gate waiting for the flight to board. Looked like a light load but after 6:30am more people started to show up and when boarding started it looked like it would be a full flight!
January 21, 2012
Air Australia
VC562
BNE-MEL
VH-YQC A320
Seat 08A
Because Air Australia use the common user satellite at Brisbane Airport all passengers need to walk on the tarmac :D Managed to get some good shots while walking out.
Walking out to YQC
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6740799553_8efaa425e5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740799553/)
Up the stairs, just love there livery!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6740803197_d37dbc2f42_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740803197/)
Taxiing out to RWY19
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6740811817_4d390f9e85_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740811817/)
Taxiing past ‘The Loop’, with a few spotters out photographing us taxiing past
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6740807393_5347150a9a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740807393/)
Took off on RWY19 and climbed up to 36 000ft. Didn’t take any photos of the departure or on the way to MEL as I was facing the sun. Bought a chicken wrap which was very nice and entertained myself on the flight with my iPod. Was a pretty short flight, only 2 hours. Started taking photos again as we went under the clouds.
Finals for RWY16
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6740778231_21209aeb51_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740778231/)
Nearly down
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6740781457_c8430bcd0d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740781457/)
Slowing down with a Philippine Airlines B773 about to take off on RWY27
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6740787841_2fabc42a83_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740787841/)
Qantas A380 taxiing to the international
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6740784771_af3251e81c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740784771/)
Last Saturday I went down to Melbourne for the day to do some spotting and to try out to new airlines I have never flown on before, Air Australia and Jetstar.
Introduction
When Air Australia announced they would commence flights between Brisbane and Melbourne-Tullamarine I decided I would give them a go. I started looking at dates in January and decided I would do the trip on Saturday January 21. Air Australia only fly BNE-MEL once a day on weekends and the Saturday flight is a morning departure so I would fly with them to MEL. So I just had to choose my flight back, Tiger was the cheapest but I decided to go with Jetstar, as I had never flown with them before and it was only like $10 more.
So my flights were booked, I would be flying on Air Australia flight VC562 to Melbourne departing Brisbane at 0710 and arriving at 1040. And I would be on Jetstar flight JQ566 to Brisbane departing Melbourne at 1800 and arriving at 1915. I couldn’t wait to try out both airlines!
Brisbane Airport
4:30am wakeup call and left the house a bit after 5am. Got to the airport at about 5:30am, traffic was very light. Went to the Air Australia check in desks as they don’t have web check in yet. Only took a minute to check in and then I was going through security and up to the boarding gates.
First aircraft that caught my eye was Jetstar A320 VH-VGA, first time I’ve seen an A320 in the revised livery. Then Qantas B744ER VH-OEE arrived from Dallas, and then I saw my ride to Melbourne waiting at the gate, it was VH-YQC which is in the wonderful Air Australia livery.
VH-VGA
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6740747901_d8297741f9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740747901/)
My ride to Melbourne
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6740755757_cf41637024_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740755757/)
With still another hour and a half till my flight was scheduled to depart I decided to have a walk around the terminal. First I went to the Virgin end where I found VH-VUF, VH-YID, VH-ZPR and VH-FVL looking great in the Virgin Australia livery, also saw VH-VUJ, VH-VBO, VH-ZPD and a few other Virgin aircraft.
VH-FVL
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6740752085_731f8e7316_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740752085/)
Then over to the Qantas end where I found VH-OGO and parked next to her, the only Aboriginal painted aircraft in the fleet VH-VXB ‘Yananyi Dreaming’. Were also about 5 Dash 8’s and 5 B737’s.
Yananyi, unfortunately I couldn’t get an unobstructed view of her.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6740743853_132f8c3f48_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740743853/)
After having a look around the terminal I just sat down at my gate waiting for the flight to board. Looked like a light load but after 6:30am more people started to show up and when boarding started it looked like it would be a full flight!
January 21, 2012
Air Australia
VC562
BNE-MEL
VH-YQC A320
Seat 08A
Because Air Australia use the common user satellite at Brisbane Airport all passengers need to walk on the tarmac :D Managed to get some good shots while walking out.
Walking out to YQC
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6740799553_8efaa425e5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740799553/)
Up the stairs, just love there livery!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6740803197_d37dbc2f42_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740803197/)
Taxiing out to RWY19
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6740811817_4d390f9e85_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740811817/)
Taxiing past ‘The Loop’, with a few spotters out photographing us taxiing past
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6740807393_5347150a9a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740807393/)
Took off on RWY19 and climbed up to 36 000ft. Didn’t take any photos of the departure or on the way to MEL as I was facing the sun. Bought a chicken wrap which was very nice and entertained myself on the flight with my iPod. Was a pretty short flight, only 2 hours. Started taking photos again as we went under the clouds.
Finals for RWY16
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6740778231_21209aeb51_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740778231/)
Nearly down
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6740781457_c8430bcd0d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740781457/)
Slowing down with a Philippine Airlines B773 about to take off on RWY27
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6740787841_2fabc42a83_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740787841/)
Qantas A380 taxiing to the international
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6740784771_af3251e81c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/6740784771/)