Perth Airport Spotter's Blog: March 2019

Mar 30, 2019

Jhonlin Air Transport Hawler 900XP PK-JBB arrives ex: Indonesia

Jhonlin Air Transport Hawker 900XP PK-JBB c/n HA-0188 arrived 12.42hrs landing RWY06 ex: El Tari Kupang Int Airport (WATT) Kupang, Indonesia as flight 'Papa Kilo-Juliette Bravo, Bravo' after a flight time of 3hrs.42mins. Hexcode: 8A0312 (1st visit to Perth)

Emirates last EK424/425 flights Dubai to Perth & return has operated (2006-2019)

Emirates B777-31H (ER) A6-ECT c/n 35591 departed Dubai Intl Airport (OMDB) UAE, at 12.28hrs (LT) operating as flight 'EK424' to Perth Airport (YPPH) arrived 02.29hrs landing RWY03 after a flight time of 10hrs.01mins.

Emirates B777-31H (ER) A6-ECT c/n 35591 departed Perth Airport (YPPH) at 05.56hrs from the gate & took off at 06.10hrs returning to Dubai Intl Airport (OMDB) as flight 'EK425' for the very last time departing from RWY03. Arrived into Dubai at 12.55hrs (LT) after a return flight time of: 10hrs.45mins. Hexcode: 89611B

A look back.

Emirates on 3rd March 2006, introduced its second daily service from Dubai to Perth (EK424/425) initially operated from (3rd March to 25th March 2006) on a trial period using Airbus A340-313X A6-ERS msn139 operating the inaugural service.

The first B777 aircraft of Emirates to fly this service on 2nd September 2006, when on that day B777-21H (LR) A6-EWI c/n 35589 operated the service/s.

Emirates announced on 10th July 2018, its intentions to drop its (EK424/425) service/s from its network, leaving just its daily flight to operated from Dubai to Perth (EK420/421) operated by Airbus A380 aircraft.

Thanks for the memories.

Mar 29, 2019

Saudia Aramco Associated Co B767-2AX N767A (NZCH-YPPH-OERK)

Saudia Aramco Associated B767-2AX N767A c/n 33685 departed Christchurch Intl Airport (NZCH) at 14.18hrs (NZDT) & arrived into Perth Intl Airport (YPPH) at 15.39hrs landing RWY03 after a flight time of 6hrs.21mins, on a refuelling tech stop en-route returning to Riyadh King Khaled Intl Airport (OERK) Saudia Arabia, departed at 17.28hrs off RWY03. Hexcode: AA5B89

Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 VH-FKD departs overseas for maintenance as 'SXI1902'

Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 VH-FKD c/n 11357 departed Perth Airport (YPPH) at 10.29hrs as flight 'SXI-1902' c/sign: 'Southern Cross International 1902' to Juanda Intl Airport (WARR) Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia the first leg on a multi stop journey to M.R Stefanik Intl Airport (LZIB) Slovakia for planned maintenance. Hexcode: 7C1ABB

Mar 28, 2019

Skytraders Pty Ltd A319-132 (LR) VH-VCJ 'SND2' (ADL-PER-MEL)

Skytraders Pty Ltd A319-132 (LR) VH-VCJ c/n 1880 arrived 18.05hrs ex: Adelaide Intl Airport (YPAD) South Australia as flight 'SND2' & departed at 19.41hrs to Melbourne 'Tullamarine' Airport (YMML) Victoria as same. Hexcode: 7C6AA1

Saudia Aramco Associated Co B767-2AX N767A (OERK-YPPH-NZCH)

Saudia Aramco Associated Company B767-2AX N767A c/n 33685 arrived 05.00hrs landing RWY21 ex: Riyadh King Khaled Intl Airport (OERK) Saudia Arabia as flight 'November - Seven Six Seven Alpha' on a refuelling tech stop en-route to Christchurch Intl Airport (NZCH) New Zealand, departed at 06.16hrs from RWY21as same. Hexcode: AA5B89 Note: This aircraft last prior visit to Perth was 7th & 12th September 2012. Nice to see her back again! Richard Kreider's landing photo can be see by visiting our facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WAAircraftSpotters/

Mar 26, 2019

Flame Success Gulfstream G-550 N881FS departs to Singapore Seletar Airport

Flame Success Ltd Gulfstream G-550 N881FS c/n 5425 departed Perth Airport (YPPH) at 07.16hrs to Singapore 'Seletar' Airport (WSSL) Singapore, arrived 12.12hrs (LT) after a flight time of 4hrs 56mins. Hexcode: AC221A

Mar 25, 2019

Royal Canadian Airforce CP-140 Aurora 140117 'FC611' (1st visit to Perth)

RCAF CP-140 AURORA 140117

FLIGHT 'FC611'

Photos: Richard Siudak

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 140117 msn 5723 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia (seen here above) landing RWY03 Perth Intl Airport (YPPH) ex: Brisbane Intl Airport (YBBN) Queensland & Pago Pago Intl Airport (NSTU) American Samoa as flight 'FC611' c/sign: Canforce 611to ITB 161R & departed at 13.44hrs 28/03 to NAS Diego Garcia (FJDG) British Indian Ocean Territory as same. Hexcode: C2B247

Air Affairs Learjet 35 VH-LFA 'Ajax 44' (1st visit to RAAF Pearce)

Air Affairs Australia Learjet 35A VH-LFA c/n 35-444 arrived 14.51hrs RAAF Base Pearce (YPEA) as flight 'Ajax 44' arriving ex: HMAS Albatross (YSNW) Nowra, NSW via Woomera Airport (YWPR) South Australia. Hexcode: 7C3864 (1st visit to RAAF Pearce)

Mar 23, 2019

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines A320-232 VH-VNB arrives ex: Singapore as flight 'TGG9002'

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) A320-232 VH-VNB c/n 2906 arrived 16.53hrs landing RWY24 ex: Singapore Seletar Airport (WSSL) Singapore as flight 'TGG9002' after undergoing maintenance & re-branding into Virgin Australia colours. The aircraft having formerly operated in Australia with Tiger Airways. Hexcode: 7C6C25

Mar 22, 2019

Emirates A380-861 A6-EOH 'ICC Mens Cricket World Cup 2019 'EK420/421'

A380-861 A6-EOH

UAE7M7 / UAE6AU

FRIDAY 22ND MARCH 2019

Photos: Mike Barlow

Emirates A380-861 A6-EOH c/n 174 seen here arriving into Perth Airport (YPPH) landing RWY21 at 17.09hrs after a flight time of 10hrs.34mins as flight 'UAE7MY'.

The outbound return flight 'UAE6AU' from Perth to Dubai departed at 22.33hrs & arrived at 05.21hrs (LT) after a flight time of 11hrs.05mins. Hexcode: 8963E5 (1st visit to Australia wearing this livery)

Photos: Emirates.com

Note: Emirates unveiled its latest logo jet A380-861 A6-EOH msn 174 at Emirates Engineering in Dubai (as seen here above) on Tuesday 19th March 2019.

The aircraft will fly across the Emirates network over six continents over the coming weeks. We here in Perth, were privileged to recieve the aircraft on its fourth flight wearing the new livery.

Qatar Amiri Flight A340-313X A7-AAH 'OTT Wannanup' en-route Qatar via Maldives to Christchurch, New Zealand

Qatar amiri Flight A340-313X A7-AAH c/n 528 was noted overflying Wannanup a (suburb south of Mandurah) at FL37,025ft at 08.55hrs (WST)+8 en-route from Hamad Intl Airport (OTHH) Doha, via a refuelling tech stop at Velana Intl Airport (VRMM) Male, Maldives to Christchurch Intl Airport (NZCH) New Zealand as flight 'A7-AAH'. Hexcode: 06A05A

Mar 21, 2019

Kuwait Government Gulfstream G-650 9K-GGD 'KUG059' tech stop en-route Kuwait via Perth to Christchurch, New Zealand

Kuwait Government Gulfstream G-650 (ER) 9K-GGD c/n 6189 arrived 11.27hrs Perth Intl Airport (YPPH) as flight 'KUG059' landing RWY06 ex: Kuwait Intl Airport (OKBK) Kuwait, after a flight time of 10hrs.48mins, on a refuelling stop en-route to Christchurch Intl Airport (NZCH) New Zealand, Departed 12.55hrs (WST) off RWY24 bound for Christchurch arrived at 22.57hrs (NZDT) after a flight time of 5hrs.02mins. Hexcode: 706055

Mar 20, 2019

Canadian Utilities FA7X C-GCUL arrives ex: Singapore & departed to Adelaide then to Kahului, Maui Hawaii USA

Canadian Utilities Falcon 7X C-GCUL c/n 057 arrived 19.10hrs ex: Singapore Changi Airport (WSSS) Singapore landing RWY24 & departed at 09.07hrs 21/03 to Adelaide Intl Airport (YPAD) South Australia. The aircraft departed Adelaide Intl Airport (YPAD) on Friday 22/03 to Kahului Intl Airport (PHOG) Maui, Hawaii USA. Hexcode: C04C04

Emirates A380-861 A6-EUE 'UAE7MY / UAE6AU 'Delta' delayed departure to Dubai.

Emirates A380-861 A6-EUE c/n 217 arrived 17.07hrs ex: Dubai Intl Airport (OMDB) as flight 'EK420/UAE7MY' & failed to depart on time returning to Dubai, operating as flight 'EK421/UAE6AU'. Reasons for the aircraft not departing on time was not disclosed. Hexcode: 89645A

Emirates A380-861 A6-EUE c/n 217 departed Perth Airport for Dubai at 16.34hrs 21/03 operating as flight 'EK421/UAE6AU'D'.

Mar 17, 2019

Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-412F (SCD) 9V-SFK 'SQC7293/7184' (YMML-YPPH-RJBB)

Photos: Mike Barlow

Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-412F (SCD) 9V-SFK c/n 28030 arrived 16.06hrs (assign here above) landing RWY21 ex: Melbourne 'Tullamarine' Airport (YMML) Victoria, operating as flight 'SQC7293' & departed at 19.47hrs off RWY21 to Kansai Intl Airport (RJBB) Osaka, Japan operating as flight 'SQC7184'. Hexcode: 76CCCB

Mar 15, 2019

Singapore Airlines B787-X Dreamliner 9V-SCI (1st visit to Australia) SQ215/216

B787-X 9V-SCI (1st visit to Perth)

SQ215/216

Photo: Greg Wood

Singapore Airlines ninth B787-X Dreamliner 9V-SCI c/n 60262 made her debut visit into Australia overnight operating flight/s SQ215 arrived 23.53hrs after a flight time of 4hrs.32mins & SQ216 departed at 01.23hrs returning to Singapore landed at 06.04hrs+1 after a flight time of 4hrs.41mins. Hexcode: 76CC69 (New aircraft, 1st visit to Australia & into Perth) Note: see Richard Kreider's landing photo on our Facebook 'West Australian Airport Spotters' page!

Volga Dnepr IL-76TD-90VD RA-76950 'VDA1589/VDA1792' arrives ex: South Korea via Kota Kinabalu Malaysia & departed to Bali.

IL-76TD-90VD RA-76950

VDA1589 / VDA1792

RKSI-WBKK-YPPH-WADD

Photos: Mike Barlow

Volga Dnepr Airlines Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD RA-76950 c/n 2053420697 arrived 16.18hrs (as seen here above) ex: Incheon Intl Airport (RKSI) South Korea & via Kota Kinabalu Intl Airport (WBKK) Malaysia as flight 'VDA1589' landing RWY24 after a flight time of 5hrs.28mins & departed at 07.14hrs 16/03 to Ngurah Rai Intl Airport (WADD) Denpasar, Bali Indonesia as flight 'VDA1792'. Hexcode: 152C96

Qantas A330-202 VH-EBP 'QF6155/QF566' (BNE-PER-SYD)

Qantas Airways A330-202 VH-EBP c/n 1174 arrived 14.07hrs ex: Brisbane Intl Airport (YBBN) Queensland, landing RWY24 operating as re-positioning flight 'QF6155' & departed at 15.38hrs to Sydney 'Kingsford Smith' Airport (YSSY) NSW as flight 'QF566'. Hexcode: 7C1473

Mar 14, 2019

Bombardier BD-700-2A12 Global 7500 C-FXAI (1st visit to Perth) (YSSY-YPPH-YMEB)

Photos: Mike Barlow

Bombardier Inc BD-700-2A12 Global 7500 C-FXAI c/n 70006 arrived 17.10hrs ex: Sydney 'Kingsford Smith' Airport (YSSY) NSW landing RWY24 (as seen here above) & departed at 11.29hrs to Melbourne's 'Essendon' Airport (YMEB) Victoria. Hexcode: C03CC5 (1st visit & new type to Perth Airport)

Air Asia Indonesia announces Perth to Lombok services commencing from 9th June 2019

New Perth to Lombok services to commence from 9th June 2019

Photo: Perth Airport

Photo: Air Asia.com

Air Asia Indonesia announced today its intentions to commence a four times weekly service between Lombok to Perth using Airbus A320 aircraft effective from Sunday 9th June 2019.

The airline is offering special introductory one-way fares starting from $99.00 until 24th March 2019 with travel between 9th June & 26th October 2019.

Australia's Jetstar.com was the last airline to operate twice weekly flights between Perth & Lombok, which operated from September 2013 to October 2014 before terminating the route.

Schedule:

QZ470 LOMBOK - PERTH (DEP) 14.45hrs (ARR) 18.40hrs

QZ471 PERTH - LOMBOK (DEP) 19.30hrs (ARR) 23.25hrs

DAYS OF OPERATION: 1, 3, 5, 7

Mar 13, 2019

Surveillance Australia Dash-8:202Q VH-LCL 'NVYSVY' (YBLN-YBLN)

Photo: Peter Watson

Surveillance Australia Dash-8:202Q VH-LCL c/n 492 operated by Royal Australian Navy (seen here above) landing into Busselton Regional Airport (YBLN) at 16.48hrs as flight 'NVYSVY' returning after a series of survey flights off the South West coastline lasting 5hrs.25mins. Hexcode: 7C3803

Mar 12, 2019

Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-412F 9V-SFO 'SQC7979' (VHHH-YPPH-WSSS)

Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-412F (SCD) 9V-SFO c/n 32900 arrived 20.05hrs ex: Chek Lap Kok Intl Airport (VHHH) Hong Kong China as flight 'SQC7979' to ITB 156 & departed at 01.13hrs+1 to Singapore 'Changi' Airport (WSSS) Singapore as same. Hexcode: 76CCCF

Mar 11, 2019

MASkargo A330-223F 9M-MUA 'MH6204/MH6214' (YSSY-YPPH-WMKK)

MASkargo A330-223F 9M-MUA c/n 1136 arrived 21.24hrs ex: Sydney 'Kingsford Smith' Airport (YSSY) NSW as flight 'MH6204' & departed at 23.49hrs to Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport (WMKK) Malaysia as flight 'MH6214'. Hexcode: 750263

Mar 10, 2019

Rizhao Steel Gulfstream G-650 (ER) B-602M (1st visit to Perth)

Photos: Mike Barlow

Rizhao Steel Gulfstream G-650 (ER) B-602M c/n 6253 (seen here above) landing RWY21 Perth Intl Airport (YPPH) at 14.46hrs ex: Singapore 'Seletar' Airport (WSSL) Singapore as flight '137'. Hexcode: 78153A (1st visit to Perth)

Tasman Cargo Airlines B767-3JF (F) (ER) VH-EXZ 'TMN85/86' (NZAA-YPPH-YMML) 1st visit to Perth of a B767F

B767-3JH F (ER) VH-EXZ

TMN85/TMN86

NZAA-YPPH-NZAA

Photos: Mike Barlow

Tasman Cargo Airlines B767-3JH (F) (ER) VH-EXZ c/n 37808 ex: G-DHLH (seen here above) landing RWY21 at 10.40hrs arriving ex: Auckland Intl Airport (NZAA) New Zealand as flight 'TMN85' after a flight time of 7hrs.23mins with cargo of race horses. The aircraft departed Perth Airport (YPPH) at 14.15hrs as flight 'TMN86' to Melbourne 'Tullamarine' Airport (YMML) Victoria. Hexcode: 7C1795 Note: First visit into Perth Airport of a B763F aircraft.