717'S slowly they start

Qantaslink commence their B717 flights from BNE on 15 March however the first week sees a slow start to their operations with more flights being added over progressive weeks.
The Qantas schedules for March as below.


Week commencing Monday 12 March show BNE-GLT QF 1712 on Thurs,Fri at 1435
BNE-ROK QF 1744 at 1805 on Thurs,Fri.
Only 4 flights for week 1 out of BNE.

WEEK 2 eff 19 March shows BNE-GLT going to 7 x 717 flights out of BNE.
New flights are QF1702 Mon,Tue,Weds at 0710 and QF 1706 Mon,Tue at 1055
BNE-ROK that week has a 3rd flight QF 1736 Wed at 1040am.

Week 3 commencing 26 March shows BNE-GLT with 10 flights a week ex BNE with new flights QF 1706 Thur,Fri at 1055 and a new Sunday flight at 1640.
BNE-ROK has a additional flight QF 1740 Saturday at 1740 .

BNE-MKY flights start Monday 26th March with 5 flights a week ex BNE.
QF 1768 Mon,Tue,Weds at 1425 and QF 1760 at 0625 Thurs,Fri.

SE-RDY at BNE today

SE-RDY a G550 arrived at 11am today from BKK.
S/N 5080

Is BNE on Hawaiian's radar now ???

Travel Today article yesterday

Hawaiian eyes second port.Hawaiian Airlines will explore the possibility of operating to a second Australian gateway should it's expanding Sydney operation perform well.


President and chief executive Mark Dunkerley told Travel Today that a new Australian route has previously appeared on a list of potential new route destinations without ever being on the verge of being launched.But it could be back on the radar,he said.

“We would certainly look at a new gateway but key to that is how well the new frequencies and larger aircraft are received in Sydney.

“Australia is an important destination for Hawaiian.I would hope to launch into a new Australian gateway.

In May – “possibly sooner”, said Dunkerley the carrier will then replace the 264 seater B767 with 294 seater A330'S.


A move that will increase capacity by a further 11%

US C130 at BNE today

US C130 165159 on Lima Taxyway today.

Air Australia sadly gone !

On Thursday evening the last aircraft arrived into various destinations.Sadly they have ceased operations.Personally i know of 3 contacts and friends who are now without a job.I am not going to go into reasons why they failed because we don't know.

Aircraft are parked at HKT- TC-ETK
HNL- VH-SSA
PER- VH-YQB and BNE- VH-YQA and YQC.

Air Australia will be sadly missed and wish to thank them for giving BNE and MEL a go .That is the Australian way.

Toll Express Metro incident photo

Here is a photo of the aircraft just after making it's emergency landing on RWY 19 at BNE the other night.
VH-UZA is the registration of the aircraft.
Thanks to Bert for passing this on.

Fokkers everywhere at BNE

Photos taken last Sunday.

Apologies for the standard of pics due to airport glass and heat haze

BNE past few days

Convair VH-PDW departed to Bankstown yesterday.
2 new first timers yesterday.
Emirates A6-EGM 77W
and China Airlines 333 B-18357.
B250 VH-FKB was in on Monday and B200 VH-EWG was in today.

BNE airport closed last night

Article below

From Wed.15.2.12 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' online at 8.14


Light plane belly-flops at Brisbane Airport, expect delays
Flights have been delayed at Brisbane Airport after a freight service landed without wheels on the runway overnight.
Brisbane Airport's main runway is closed and travellers are being urged to contact their airlines, after a light plane made a "wheels up" landing this morning.
The Toll Aviation turbo-prop freighter came to rest on its undercarriage about 2.30.
Incredibly neither of the two pilots was injured.
ATSB is investigating and the aircraft has been moved from the runway but it will remain closed until an inspection is complete.
Rebecca Masci from the Brisbane Airport Corporation said both the domestic and international airports were affected.
"The short cross runway has remained open and it is capable of taking aircraft up to Boeing 737 in size," said Ms Masci.
"A number of flights have been affected and we're urging passengers to contact their airline directly for information on delayed or diverted flights."
Qantas is advising passengers that flights will be suspended until at least 7.00.

I believe the airport main runway was reopened at 0600 am today.

TFX 141 was believed to have been the flight number.I don't have a registration.

E5-TAI at BNE today

What a nice surprise to see Air Raratonga EMB-110P1 Bandeirante E5-TAI today