Etihad Airways A380 A6-APC diverts to Adelaide (1st Visit)

(Etihad Airways A380-861 A6-APC arriving on Rwy.05 as 'EY460 Super')

(Etihad Airways A380-861 A6-APC taxiing to its parking bay as 'EY460 Super')

(Etihad Airways A380-861 A6-APC departing off Rwy.05 bound for Melbourne 'EY460 Super')

     All photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Etihad Airways A380-861 A6-APC operating 'EY460 Super' encountered unexpected head winds whilst en route from Abu Dhabi-Melbourne diverted to Adelaide arriving at 17.50hrs. After a quick refuel the aircraft continued its trip to Melbourne departing Adelaide at 19.15hrs.

This was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide, it was the 1st Etihad A380 to visit Adelaide as well as the 1st Etihad aircraft in new livery to visit to Adelaide.

Emirates A380 A6-EDM diverts to Adelaide (1st Visit)

(Emirates A380 A6-EDM arriving on Rwy.23 as 'EK406' upon its diversion to Adelaide)

 (Emirates A380 A6-EDM taxiing to the bay after diverting to Adelaide)

(Emirates A380 A6-EDM taxiing for departure after diverting to Adelaide)

All photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)

Emirates A380 A6-EDM operating 'EK406' from Dubai-Melbourne diverted to Adelaide due to Poor weather. The aircraft arrived at 07.45hrs and after refueling and waiting for the weather to clear the aircraft continued to Melbourne departing at 09.45hrs.

This was EDM's 1st visit to Melbourne. This was the 3rd Emirates A380 to visit Adelaide with sister ships EDC and EEF both diverting.

Double A380's in Adelaide

A piece of history was witnessed in Adelaide this evening with not 1 but 2 A380's paying Adelaide a visit due to bad weather in Melbourne.

(Qantas A380 VH-OQD on pushback from Bay 28R ready for its short flight back to Melbourne)

(Qantas A380 VH-OQD taxiing for departure bound for Melbourne after diverting to Adelaide)
All Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Qantas A380 VH-OQD operating 'Qantas 10 Super' from (London)- Dubai- Melbourne arrived into Adelaide at 21.25hrs. After refueling the aircraft departed back to Melbourne at 22.30hrs using the same flight number.

This was OQD's 2nd visit to Adelaide in the space of 3 weeks, with the same aircraft diverting to Adelaide on 18/9/15 operating the same flight.

(Emirates A380 A6-EEH pulling into Bay 28R after sitting at the end of the Runway for almost 1hr waiting for a bay)

(Emirates A380 A6-EEH on pushback from Bay 28R ready for its short flight back to Melbourne)

(Emirates A380 A6-EEH lining up on Rwy.23 ready for takeoff bound for Melbourne)
All Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Emirates A380 A6-EEH operating 'Emirates 407 Super' from Auckland-Melbourne arrived into Adelaide at 21.40hrs. After sitting down the end of the runway for almost 1hr, the aircraft finally manged to get a bay and get refueled, 'Emirates 407 Super' departed at 23.40hrs back to Melbourne.

This was EEH's 1st visit to Adelaide, the 2nd Emirates A380 to visit Adelaide (A6-EDC visited back in 21/2/13), it was also the 1st A6-EE* block of aircraft in the Emirates fleet to visit Adelaide,

Qantas A380 VH-OQD diverts to Adelaide

(Qantas A380 VH-OQD on pushback ready for its short hop to Melbourne)

(Qantas A380 VH-OQD taxiing for departure for its short hop to Melbourne)

(Qantas A380 VH-OQD lining up for departure ready for its short flight to Melbourne) 

All photos taken by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Qantas Airways A380 VH-OQD operating 'QF10' from (London)-Dubai-Melbourne diverted to Adelaide this evening arriving at 19.25hrs due to a medical emergency. After the passenger was taken care of and removed from the aircraft as well as a quick refuel, the aircraft departed to Melbourne using the same callsign at 20.38hrs.

This was OQD's 1st visit to Adelaide, it was also the 7th Qantas A380 to visit Adelaide. 

Qantas A380-800 VH-OQI diverts to Adelaide (1st Visit)

Qantas Airways A380-800 VH-OQI operating 'QF10' from Dubai to Melbourne diverted to Adelaide due to bad fog blanketing and closing Melbourne Airport. The aircraft arrived into Adelaide at 05.05hrs, after a quick refuel the aircraft continued down to Melbourne at 06.35hrs.

This was OQI's 1st visit to Adelaide and only the 5th A380 to ever visit Adelaide.

Qantas A380 VH-OQA diverts to Adelaide

Qantas A380-800 VH-OQA operating 'QF10' From Dubai to Melbourne arrived into Adelaide at 04.30hrs. The aircraft departed to Melbourne at 06.25hrs.

This was OQA's 1st visit to Adelaide since 17th October 2008 when it completed its final training flights prior to it entering service with the airline.