Brisbane airport stuff

[lloyd fox]

EVA Air Boosts Brisbane Flights from Oct 2016

Posted: 31 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT

EVA Air starting October 2016 is expanding operational frequencies on Taipei Taoyuan – Brisbane route, opened for reservation today (01JUN16). From 06OCT16, overall service will increase from 2 to 5 weekly, on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

BR315 TPE2300 – 0950+1BNE 332 x37
BR316 BNE1145 – 1845TPE 332 x14

They will now go back out in the mornings rather than the night.I believe they have recently signed a agreement with Virgin to feed into these flights.

[lloyd fox]

Ukraine Air Alliance AN-12F UR-CAK just landed at BNE.

[lloyd fox]

The past week has brought quite a few special aircraft to BNE as well as new liveries.

3July ..ZK-OKQ 77W Air New Zealand new livery

3 July B-LAL Cathay Pacific 333 New livery

4 July N545PA Lear 36

4 JULY Qantas Freight now base a 733F in BNE.

6 July OE-LVN F100

6 JULY USAF C17..02-1106

9JULY VH-SIF Pionair Bae 146-200QT

9July N11TR C680

10 JULY C-GHPX Air Canada 788 First visit(7 different registrations at BNE so far)

[lloyd fox]

Great AN12 freighter in BNE yesterday

https://www.flickr.com/photos/794876...posted-public/

[David Knudsen]

Interesting rego on that one Lloyd...

[Bob C]

I thought the same thing David. Good job the painter was on his game !

[lloyd fox]

2 new International Airlines planning BNE flights.D7 and QR.

Also speaking on the Australia international aviation outlook panel, AirAsia X head of commercial Arik De said that China is one of its core source markets for Australia. AirAsia X’s Australia traffic now consists of more inbound passengers than outbound, due to rapid growth from China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

“People in places like Delhi and Ho Chi Minh City see Australia and New Zealand as aspirational so we see great appetite,” Mr De said. “There’s people growing up with an aspiration to see Australia, and that’s exciting for us.”

Mr De said that AirAsia X plans to pursue further expansion in Australia, including launching service to Brisbane Airport. Mr De explained: “Brisbane is a cornerstone of our plans,” he said. “It’s on the list.”

Qatar launched services to Adelaide and Sydney in 1H2016 and also serves Melbourne and Perth. In a keynote address Qatar Airways senior VP aeropolitical and corporate affairs Fathi Atti said the airline will also launch to Brisbane if it can secure the traffic rights.

“One of the reasons why I’m here [in Brisbane] is my airline wants to be here and we will. That’s a promise”, he said.

Mr Atti said Qatar’s future in Australia is “fully dependent on how much we can grow here according to the bilateral.” He added that the only place Qatar Airways is not growing globally is Australia, “but not by lack of desire”.

Both announcements at the CPA summit in BNE last week.

[MarkR]

Noticed FKO on the International ramp this morning, didn't quite make it to AKL

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHFKO

[lloyd fox]

Work commences in the next 2 weeks on both the Northern International apron expansion as well as the northern concourse expansion.2 new MARS gates will be joined to this concourse whilst on the western side of the concourse 4 new stand off walk on Bays will be introduced.MARS gates can accommodate 2 CODE F or 4 CODE C aircraft.

So basically BAYS 69-71 will be introduced on the western side of the concourse catering for 1 CODE F and 2 CODE E or 2 CODE C and 2 CODE E.

Gates 74 b,74A and 73B,73A will be the MARS gates attached to the eastern side of the new concourse.These will be dual aerobridge gates.

The ITB will then be able to handle 19 CODE F and E wide bodied aircraft or up to 26 aircraft if no CODE F aircraft are on the deck at the time.

SOURCE BAC for the drawings and article below.

http://www.bne.com.au/sites/all/file...28WEB%29_1.pdf

[lloyd fox]

Another drawing of the ITB concourse development.

http://www.laingorourke.com/media/ne...-terminal.aspx