Brandon Giacomin
18th August 2013, 11:39 PM
Introduction:
In February Tiger Airways had $10 fares on certain routes; Brisbane to Sydney was one of them. I managed to pick up a $10 fare down to Sydney and back up to Brisbane. Local spotter Joel would be joining me; this would be his first time on a commercial flight. We would catch an early morning flight to Sydney and an evening flight back to Brisbane, giving us roughly 7-8 hours spotting time in Sydney.
We were meant to travel on Thursday, 25 July however the early morning flight was cancelled a couple months prior to the trip due to a schedule restructure. Tiger switched us to a late afternoon flight which would give us 30 minutes in Sydney!!! What good is 30 minutes? Off one plane and on to another :? I saw that there was a morning flight the following day, if we could switch to the Friday we would be able to get our original flights. So a 15 minute call to Tiger and it was all sorted. We would now be flying to and from Sydney on Friday, 26 July.
Also, a few weeks before the trip Tiger Airways rebranded becoming “Tigerair”.
Sorry guys but I will now be putting watermarks on all my photos I post on the internet just to be safe!!
Brisbane Airport:
We met up at the centre of the terminal at 7:30am and then checked in. Went through security and then had a quick random explosives test before having a wonder around the terminal. First aircraft to catch my eye was Skywest Airbus A320 VH-FNP which was parked at the Qantas end, she arrived from Derby the night before.
Skywest A320 VH-FNP
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/9527853507_52d3e9f3e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527853507/)
After having a look around we grabbed something to drink and waited at our gate. There were a few good movements.
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECO
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9527853173_895279f9a2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527853173/)
Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 VH-YIO
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/9530635566_dae59da619.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530635566/)
Cathay Pacific’s newest Airbus A330-300 B-LBB, on its second visit to BNE. This is the 1000th Airbus A330 and has some small titles at the front.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/9527850075_c3b560b05e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527850075/)
Korean Air Airbus A330-300 HL7587
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3825/9530632764_c97e8ba93c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530632764/)
An announcement was made that due to Brisbane ATC our aircraft departed Sydney 40 minutes late; it was then put into a holding pattern, taking the delay to 50 minutes.
Finally our aircraft arrived and it was VH-VND, second time on her! Flew on her from ROK-BNE in December 2010.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3806/9527848215_63c01194af.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527848215/)
Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFC
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9530630104_7281658745.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530630104/)
After a quick turnaround it was time to board.
July 26, 2013
Tigerair Australia
TT726
BNE-SYD
VH-VND A320
Seat 15A
Making our way out to the aircraft
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/9527845315_82068da12a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527845315/)
Tiger Tail!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9530627450_a755251344.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530627450/)
Onboard in Seat 15A
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3758/9527843579_a401a02450.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527843579/)
Passing the loop
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9527840835_918a562cf6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527840835/)
We were about 6th in queue for takeoff, it moved quite quickly and soon we were taking off on RWY19.
Takeoff
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/9527840253_ac7895ff1f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527840253/)
Nice big left turn over the Brisbane River
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/9527837885_95cbc5b2ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527837885/)
Brisbane Airport can be seen to the left
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/9527837191_57221de42c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527837191/)
Cruising at FL360
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9530619166_8154ba3cd1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530619166/)
In February Tiger Airways had $10 fares on certain routes; Brisbane to Sydney was one of them. I managed to pick up a $10 fare down to Sydney and back up to Brisbane. Local spotter Joel would be joining me; this would be his first time on a commercial flight. We would catch an early morning flight to Sydney and an evening flight back to Brisbane, giving us roughly 7-8 hours spotting time in Sydney.
We were meant to travel on Thursday, 25 July however the early morning flight was cancelled a couple months prior to the trip due to a schedule restructure. Tiger switched us to a late afternoon flight which would give us 30 minutes in Sydney!!! What good is 30 minutes? Off one plane and on to another :? I saw that there was a morning flight the following day, if we could switch to the Friday we would be able to get our original flights. So a 15 minute call to Tiger and it was all sorted. We would now be flying to and from Sydney on Friday, 26 July.
Also, a few weeks before the trip Tiger Airways rebranded becoming “Tigerair”.
Sorry guys but I will now be putting watermarks on all my photos I post on the internet just to be safe!!
Brisbane Airport:
We met up at the centre of the terminal at 7:30am and then checked in. Went through security and then had a quick random explosives test before having a wonder around the terminal. First aircraft to catch my eye was Skywest Airbus A320 VH-FNP which was parked at the Qantas end, she arrived from Derby the night before.
Skywest A320 VH-FNP
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/9527853507_52d3e9f3e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527853507/)
After having a look around we grabbed something to drink and waited at our gate. There were a few good movements.
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECO
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9527853173_895279f9a2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527853173/)
Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 VH-YIO
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/9530635566_dae59da619.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530635566/)
Cathay Pacific’s newest Airbus A330-300 B-LBB, on its second visit to BNE. This is the 1000th Airbus A330 and has some small titles at the front.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/9527850075_c3b560b05e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527850075/)
Korean Air Airbus A330-300 HL7587
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3825/9530632764_c97e8ba93c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530632764/)
An announcement was made that due to Brisbane ATC our aircraft departed Sydney 40 minutes late; it was then put into a holding pattern, taking the delay to 50 minutes.
Finally our aircraft arrived and it was VH-VND, second time on her! Flew on her from ROK-BNE in December 2010.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3806/9527848215_63c01194af.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527848215/)
Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 VH-XFC
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9530630104_7281658745.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530630104/)
After a quick turnaround it was time to board.
July 26, 2013
Tigerair Australia
TT726
BNE-SYD
VH-VND A320
Seat 15A
Making our way out to the aircraft
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/9527845315_82068da12a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527845315/)
Tiger Tail!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9530627450_a755251344.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530627450/)
Onboard in Seat 15A
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3758/9527843579_a401a02450.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527843579/)
Passing the loop
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9527840835_918a562cf6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527840835/)
We were about 6th in queue for takeoff, it moved quite quickly and soon we were taking off on RWY19.
Takeoff
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/9527840253_ac7895ff1f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527840253/)
Nice big left turn over the Brisbane River
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/9527837885_95cbc5b2ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527837885/)
Brisbane Airport can be seen to the left
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/9527837191_57221de42c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9527837191/)
Cruising at FL360
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9530619166_8154ba3cd1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon301095/9530619166/)