Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALC (1st Visit)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALC arriving on Rwy.23 on its 1st visit to Adelaide) 

Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALC arrived ex. Doha at 16.40hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.40hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALC's 1st visit to Adelaide. With ALC's visit, this means all current 8 A350's in the Qatar fleet have made at least 1 visit to Adelaide.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALF (1st Visit)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALF arriving on Rwy.05 on its 2nd visit to Adelaide on 29/5/16) 

Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALF arrived ex. Doha at 16.50hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.30hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALF's 1st visit to Adelaide. This leaves just A7-ALC to make its 1st visit to Adelaide, until more A350's arrive into the Qatar fleet.

Cathay Pacific A330-300 B-LAK (1st Visit New Livery)

(Cathay Pacific Airways A330-300 B-LAK on pushback as 'CX174' wearing the revised Cathay livery) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Cathay Pacific Airways A330-300 B-LAK arrived from Hong Kong at 05.05hrs as 'CX173'. The aircraft then departed back to Hong Kong as 'CX174' at 06.40hrs.

This was LAK's 1st visit to Adelaide wearing the revised Cathay livery, it was also the 1st visit of the revised livery to Adelaide.

Iron Maiden B747 'Ed Force 1' Rocks into Adelaide

(Ed Force 1 with Iron Maiden on board arriving on Rwy.23)

(Ed Force 1 parked at Adelaide Airport on a gloomy day)

(The tour list for the Ed Force 1 and Iron Maiden 'Book of Souls Tour' is currently on )

Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016) 

Air Atlanta Icelandic B747-400 TF-AAK which is on lease to Legendary Rock Band 'Iron Maiden' jetted into Adelaide arriving from Melbourne at 14.45hrs as 'Atlanta 666'. The aircraft is scheduled to continue on to Perth on 13/5/16

As seen in the pictures above, the aircraft is painted in the livery of the legendary bands tour scheme 'The Book of Souls. Adelaide is the 34th stop on their tour around the world. This is not the 1st time Iron Maiden have painted up a n aircraft, back in 2011 they painted up B757 G-STRX which visited Adelaide on 10/2/11.

This is TF-AAK's 1st visit to Adelaide, it is also the 3rd ever TF- registered aircraft to visit Adelaide (certainly not a common Prefix in this neck of the woods.)

Hi Fly A340-300 CS-TQZ (1st Visit)

(ADA Gold (Royal Australian Air Force) A340-300 CS-TQZ taxiing for departure bound for Darwin) Photo by Stefan P(Copyright 2016)

Hifly (operated by ADA Gold) operating on behalf of Royal Australian Air Force A340-300 CS-TQZ arrived from Sydney as 'Aussie 21' at 18.35hrs. The aircraft departed from Darwin and Al Minhad in the Middle East at 20.05hrs using the same callsign.

This was TQZ's 1st visit to Adelaide and it was the 1st time the ADA gold aircraft has visited Adelaide in 2016.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALA (1st visit)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALA arriving on Rwy..05 on its 1st visit to Adelaide)
Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

 Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALA arrived ex. Doha at 16.15hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.20hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALA's 1st visit to Adelaide. It is also the 6th A350 to ever visit Adelaide.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALB (1st visit)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALB arriving on Rwy.05 on its 1st visit to Adelaide)
Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALB arrived ex. Doha at 16.00hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.30hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALb's 1st visit to Adelaide. It is also the 5th A350 to ever visit Adelaide.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALE (1st visit)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALE on pushback ready for its flight back to Doha) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALE arrived ex. Doha at 16.30hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.35hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALE's 1st visit to Adelaide. It is also the 4th A350 to ever visit Adelaide.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALD (1st visit)

 (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALD arriving on Rwy.05)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALD rolling through on Rwy.05 as 'QR914')

Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALD arrived ex. Doha at 16.30hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.35hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALD's 1st visit to Adelaide. It is also the 3rd A350 to ever visit Adelaide.

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALG (1st visit)

 (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALG arriving on Rwy.23 as 'QR914')

 (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALG taxiing to the bay as 'QR914')

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALG on pushback ready for its flight back to Doha as 'QR915')

Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALG arrived ex. Doha at 16.40hrs as 'QR914'. The aircraft returned back to Doha departing at 21.35hrs as 'QR915'.

This was ALG's 1st visit to Adelaide. It is also the 2nd A350 to ever visit Adelaide.

Adelaide Airport welcomes Qatar Airways and the A350

  (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH touching down on Rwy.23 for the 1st time as 'Qatari 914')

  (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH taxiing tot he bay after arriving as 'QR914')

 (Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH receiving the traditional Water Cannon Salute)

(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH on pushback ready for its flight back to Doha as 'QR915')

Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 A7-ALH arrived from Doha at 15.55hrs as the inaugural 'QR914'. The aircraft departed back to Doha at 21.40hrs as 'QR915'.

This was an historic event for Adelaide and Australia. Qatar become the 7th airline currently flying to Adelaide, it is currently the longest flight out of Adelaide, it was also the 1st visit of an Airbus A350 to Adelaide as well as the 1st commercial service of an A350 to Australia.

Qatar will fly daily flight to Adelaide arriving at 1700 and departing at 2125 back to Doha using their flagship Airbus 350-900 aircraft which is configured to carry 293 passengers.

Welcome to Adelaide Qatar!!!