Lynden Air Cargo P2-LAC (1st Visit)

(Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 P2-LAC sitting at Adelaide Airport on a gloomy winters morning) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 P2-LAC arrived at 22.15hrs direct from Port Moresby as 'LYB 5026'. After night stopping in Adelaide, the aircraft departed to Cairns the following morning at 11.50hrs using the same flight number.

This was Lynden Air 's and the P2-LAC 1st visit to Adelaide. 

Singapore Airlines A330-300 9V-SSG (1st Visit)

Singapore Airlines A330-300 9V-SSG arrived from Singapore at 07.00hrs as 'SQ279'. The aircraft departed at 09.25hrs back to Singapore as 'SQ278'.

This was SSG's 1st visit to Adelaide since it entered service on 30/6/15. This was also SSG's 1st visit to Australia as well.

China Southern B787-8 B2732 diverts to Adelaide

(China Southern B787-8 B-2732 taxiing to the bay after arriving as 'CZ319' from Perth)

(China Southern B787-8 B-2732 taxiing for departure back to Perth as 'CZ319')

(China Southern B787-8 B-2732 rotating off Rwy.05 bound for Perth after diverting to Adelaide)

(China Southern B787-8 B-2732 departing Adelaide after its quick diversion enroute Guangzhou-Perth)

All photos taken by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

China Southern B787-8 B-2732 operating 'CZ319' from Guangzhou- Perth arrived into Adelaide at 10.00hrs due to thick fog blanketing Perth. After spending a little bit of time in Adelaide and a quick refuel the aircraft departed back to Perth at 11.45hrs.

This was the 1st visit of B-2732 to Adelaide, it was alost the 1st visit of B787-8 to Adelaide. However it was the 2nd visit by a B787 to Adelaide, the 1st was Air New Zealand B787-9 ZK-NZE back in November 2014.

SAAB Global 6000 SE-RMT (1st Visit)

(SAAB Global 6000 SE-RMT taxiing to its parking bay) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

SAAB operated Global 6000 SE-RMT arrived from Singapore, Changi at 16.55hrs. After a 1.5 day stay in Adelaide the aircraft departed to Canberra on 13/7/15 at 07.00hrs.

Thsi was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide.

A trio of Emirates B777-300ER's grace the tarmac of Adelaide Airport

A rare sight at Adelaide Airport today with 3 B777-300ER's on the ground at once  which is 1st for Adelaide.

B777-300ER A6-ECO arrived on Tuesday 2/6/15 at 19.35hrs as 'EK440'. The aircraft failed to deprt as the scheduled 'EK441' flight at 21.50hrs due to mechanical reasons. The aircraft is still onm the ground in Adelaide.

(Emirates B777-300ER A6-ENV pulling into bay 20R on its 1st visit to Adelaide) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Emirates sent in a replacement aircraft to take out the passengers from ECO. B777-300ER A6-ENV arrived at 18.14hrs on a ferry flight from Perth as 'EK9923'. The aircraft departed at 20.18hrs as 'EK441D'.

This was ENV's 1st visit to Adelaide, it is also the 1st visit of a EN* block B777-300ER into Adelaide.

The 3rd B777-300ER to make an appearnace was A6-EGH which arrived at 19.52hrs from Dubai as 'EK440'. The aircraft departed as scheduled at 21.50hrs back to Dubai as 'EK441'

Cobham RJ85 G-CIKF arrives

(Cobham Aviation RJ85 G-CIKF sitting utside the Cobham terminal just on sunrise) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Cobham Aviation RJ85 G-CIKF arrived from Darwin at 14.10hrs using its registration as its callsign. The aircraft had a long journey to end up in Adelaide. The delivery flight begun in Tirana, Albania then moved onto Luxor. After a few more stops it flew Jakarta, Halim- Denpsarsar- Darwin on 25/5/15 where it overnight before departing to Adelaide.

A few days later the G- registration was peeled away and re-registered VH-NJU. This is the 2nd RJ85 to join the Cobham fleet joing VH-NJW.

Regional Express SAAB 340b VH-VNA (1st visit)

(Regional Express SAAB 340B VH-VNA arriving on Rwy23 on 31/5/15) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Regional Express SAAB 340B VH-VNA arrived at 08.10hrs from Mount Gambier as 'ZL4612'. After operating numerous flights over a 3 day period to various cities in South Australia. The aircraft departed back to the Eastern states via Mount Gambier on 15/5/15.

This was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide. The aircraft had recently joined the REX fleet after the demise of Vincent Aviation where it was registered ZK-VAA. Prior to that the aircraft was based in Australia operating for MacAir as VH-UYA.

Silkway West Airlines B747-400F 4K-SW888 makes a visit to Adelaide

(Silkway West Airlines B747-400F 4K-SW888 Pulling into the bay after its 14hr flight from Baku) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Silkway West Airlines B747-400F 4K-SW888 arrived direct from Baku (Heyder Alieyv Intl.), Azerbaijan at 10.00hrs as 'Silk West 6016'. After originally planed for a 3hr stopover in Adelaide, it turned into a 12hr stopover with the aircraft departing to Dubai World Central (Al Maktoum Intl.) at 22.10hrs as 'Silk West 6017'.

Ths aircraft creadted a few records upon touch down at Adelaide Airport. This was the 1st ever Azerbaijan registered aircraft to ever visit Adelaide. This the 1st visit of Silkway West Airlines to Australia and lastly it was the longest direct flight to Adelaide.