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. 

Royal Air Force C130J ZH865 makes a visit

(Royal Air Force C130J-30 C.4 Hercules ZH865 parked at Adelaide Airport just prior to its departure) Photo By Stefan P (Copyright 2015) 

Royal Air Force C130J-30 C.4 Hercules ZH865 arrived at 15.25hrs from Wellington, New Zealand as 'Ascot 5880/ RRR5880'. After spending the weekend in Adelaide, the aircraft departed on 27/4/15 bound for Perth at 10.00hrs as 'Ascot 5881/ RRR5881'.

This was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide, it was the 1st C130J to visit Adelaide. It was also the 1st RAF aircraft to visit Adelaide since 30/7/07. 

Thomson Airways (TCS Expeditions) B757-200(WL) G-OOBF makes a visit

(Thomson Airways B757-200(WL) G-OOBF resting at its parking bay for its stay in Adelaide) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Thomson Airways B757-200(WL) G-OOBF arrived ex. Tonga at 12.55hrs. After a 4 day stay in Adelaide the aircraft departed to Jakarta on 22/4/15 to Jakarta, Indonesia.

The aircraft is decked out in a all business class configuration operated by TCS expeditions. Adelaide was the 3rd stop in a 8 leg around the world flight.

This was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide. This was the 2nd year in a row that this Around the World Charter has been to Adelaide 

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

Singapore Airlines A330-300 9V-SSF arrived at 07.45hrs from Singapore as 'SQ279'. The aircraft departed back to Singapore as 'SQ278' at 09.30hrs.

This was SSF's 1st visit to Adelaide since the aircraft was delivered on 1/4/15 and entered servic on 3/4/15.

Gulfstream 550 N989AR (1st Visit)

(Wells Fargo Bank owned Gulfstream 550 N989AR parked up for the night at Adelaide Airport) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Wells Fargo Bank owned Gulfstream 550 N989AR arrived at 17.30hrs from Scone, NSW. The aircraft's will night stop in Adelaide.

This is the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide.