Trip Report: Tiger Airways BNE-SYD-BNE (Photos)

[Brandon Giacomin]

Introduction:

Back in September Tiger Airways had a really good sale. It was $19.95 one-way to Sydney. Since it was so cheap I decided to do a daytrip to Sydney. I booked TT724 to Sydney and TT807 back to Brisbane for Saturday 2 February. All up with fees and seat selection it cost me just under $70 return!

Brisbane Airport:

I left home just before 6:30am and got to BNE at around 7am. Tiger Airways currently do not have online check in so I had to check in at the airport which was quick and easy. Passed through security and went up to the boarding gates. Had a look around at what was there before taking a seat at my gate.

VH-EBN after operating the redeye from Perth
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VH-VQQ has just arrived from NTL and would then fly BNE-MKY-BNE-NTL-MEL-LST-MEL
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It was just the normal stuff for BNE. Saw OEH taxiing out to RWY19 for the quick hop down to SYD after flying in from DFW. Just before 8am, my Tiger arrived and it was VH-VNF which is a first for me. It was a very quick turnaround and boarding commenced on time for the trip down to Sydney.

February 2, 2013
Tiger Airways Australia
TT724
BNE-SYD
VH-VNF A320
Seat 8F

Boarding VNF
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The flight was full. We taxied out to RWY19 and took off down south. We seemed to level off quite low near Archerfield and then a Qantas Boeing 737-800 whizzed over the top of us :D so then we continued the climb.

Cruising down to Sydney
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After a quick cruise we began our descent into Sydney. We were told that Sydney was experiencing bad weather and that it was quite windy! We went into clouds and didn’t come out until about 20 minutes later! I could tell we were going to land on 16L or R, as we got closer I could see we were going for RWY16L.

Finals for RWY16L over the Qantas jetbase, T3 and T2
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Landing on RWY16L
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We taxied to the terminal and parked about 10 minutes ahead of schedule.

Sydney Airport

VNF would be flying SYD-BNE return three times today!
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Virgin B738 VH-YVD
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Virgin and two Tiger’s
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Jetstar and QantasLink
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I caught the train across to the international and went up to the observation deck for some spotting!

Here are the photos I took whilst there.
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After about 3 hours at the observation I caught the train back to the domestic. I checked in for the return flight without any issues, went through security, grabbed something to eat and then found a good spot to watch the action.

Air China 777 and Singapore Cargo
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Qantas and BA
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Q400 VH-QOE and DHL B757
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DHL B757
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United off to LAX
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Pinkie arrives from Canberra
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Virgin Atlantic about to head home to London via Hong Kong
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Cathay off to Hong Kong
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VNF arrives back in to Sydney
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YIB getting towed away
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VH-OGT just arrived from Noumea
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TQK just arrived from Port Macquarie and getting ready to ferry up to Brisbane
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At about 4pm I headed to my gate for the flight home.

VNF again!
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February 2, 2013
Tiger Airways Australia
TT807
SYD-BNE
VH-VNF A320
Seat 8F

Boarding commenced on time. I took seat 8F on VNF for the second time that day. The load on this flight I would estimate was about 75%, the two seats next to me were free. We taxied out to RWY16L and took off on time.

Climbing out after departure
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Cruising up to BNE
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Descending into Brisbane
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Passing the Gold Coast
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On base for RWY19
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Passing the closed RWY14/32
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We were getting blown around a fair bit on finals. And as we neared touchdown we were hit by a wind gust and had a nice hard touchdown on one wheel! The cabin on the A320 really shakes when full thrust and braking is applied! We taxied to the gate and disembarked.

At the gate
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VNF ready to head back to Sydney
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Walked to the pickup area just as my mum pulled in and I went home!

Conclusion:

It was another enjoyable daytrip. The flights were good and spotting in Sydney was great. Saw some new aircraft like the Air China 777, Air Niugini 737-800, special China Eastern A330...

My next trip is down to Melbourne later this month and early next month for 4 nights to go to the Avalon Airshow :D

Thanks for reading!

[Paul f.]

Great shots,too bad about the standard Syd weather:p