VH-VUY and Heavylift today at BNE

BNE movements today

Lynden Air Cargo N402LC operated BNE-NOU today after arriving from PNG the night before.
G550 N933H arrived tonight from Macau.
Beech 36 N336W arrived this arvo from NOU.
Virgin Blue logojet VH-VUY was in and out of BNE a few times today.Skytraders A319 VH-VHD arrived from DRW this arvo and continued to Sydney.

Heavylift 734F VH-JWL arrived BNE today

HVY001 from INU,HNL,MIA arrived BNE this afternoon.This is the first 734F in Australia.

Photo (Mick Raftery)

Malaysia new 333'S to BNE from MAY 15

Airbus as announced that Malaysia Airlines has placed an order for 17 new Airbus A330 aircraft, the order is made up of 15 Wide body A330-300 Wide body aircraft for use for passenger operations as well as 2 A330-200F to be used for freighter operations.

The aircraft will be configured in a two class configuration, will seat 283 passengers and will begin to be delivered from the first half of 2011.

Malaysia Airlines has placed a firm order with Airbus for 17 A330 widebody aircraft. The contract firms up a previously announced Memorandum of Understanding for 15 A330-300 passenger aircraft, plus an additional order for two A330-200F Freighters for operation by the carrier's subsidiary MASkargo. Deliveries of the passenger aircraft will begin in the first half of 2011, with the first freighter joining the MASkargo fleet later the same year.

Seating 283 passengers in a high comfort two class layout, the A330-300 will become the mainstay of the carrier's medium haul passenger fleet and will be used on services to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to the Middle East. In the freight market, MASkargo will fly the aircraft on sectors of up to 3,200 nautical miles, with the capability to carry payloads of almost 70 tonnes.

Malaysia Airlines is a long-standing customer of Airbus and currently operates 14 A330s, comprising 11 A330-300s and three long range A330-200s. In addition to the latest A330 order, the carrier also has six A380s on firm order for future operation on its busiest long haul routes.

The twin engine A330 is one of the most widely used widebody aircraft in service today. To date, Airbus has won more than 1,000 orders for the various versions of the aircraft. More than 650 A330s have already been delivered and the aircraft is currently flying with over 80 operators worldwide. The new A330-200F freighter variant is currently at an advanced stage of its certification process and is set to enter commercial service later this year.

MALAYSIAN will commence these new aircraft on the 5 times weekly KUL-BNE route from 15 may 2011.

Air New Zealand 77W at BNE today

ZK-OKM landing RWY 19 at BNE

BNE today special movements

THAI brought in a old coloured 773 in today from Bangkok.

Virgin( Blue boy) in town today

Pacific Blue VH-VUM carrying new titles .

Cobham Perth based 146-300 VH-NJL at BNE today carrying relief workers to help out cleaning up after the Brisbane floods.

VP-CBH returning home after maintenance in Asia.

ATI 762F operated AKL-BNE-SYD today.Seen at BNE today.

Aeropelican to start BNE flights next month

Schedule below
http://www.aeropelican.com.au/australia-travel-flights-news/aeropelican-air-services-announces-two-new-services-from-narrabri-starting-february-28th-2011-1691191.html

It will be a J32 which will take 18 pax .This is great news for BNE and Narrabri.
2 new carriers so far.

19.77 million pax in 2010

BNE airport recorded this amount of pax in 2010 a 4.65% increase.The past 6 months of the year showed a growth rate of 7.2%.2010 was made up of 4,246,542 international pax and 15,512,765 domestic.Looking very much like the 20 million mark will be passed in the 2010-2011 financial year.

Sharp Airlines to Brisbane

Starting Monday 31 jan Sharp Airlines will start a weekly Essendon-Orange-Brisbane closed mining charter flight.Aircraft will be a Metroliner arriving BNE at 0900 hrs out at 10am.
Sharp will be a new airline for Brisbane.
Airlines that now operate mining charters through BNE airport include Alliance,Rex,Pelair,Skytrans,Hardy Aviation,Sharp,GAM,GWA,Central and Wagners.

Timor saab at BNE today

ZK-VAA formerly VH-UYN of Macair at BNE today bound for Timor.