23 December 2024

2019

Click on headings below to go to photos page

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All photographs and videos displayed on this website are copyright protected and may not be used, sold, copied or reproduced without express written permission of the individual photographers. If you wish to obtain or use a photo, please email AviationWA@gmail.com. 

January 2019

A6-GGP Boeing 747-412GSCD (MSN 28032) of Dubai Air Wing at Perth Airport – 23 January 2019.

February 2019

G-POWH Boeing 757-256 (MSN 29308) of Titan Airways at Perth Airport - 3 Feb 2019.

March 2019

N767A Boeing 767-2AX ER (MSN 33685) of Saudia Aramco at Perth Airport – 29 March 2019.

April 2019

M-ETAL Piaggio-P180 Avanti II (MSN 1194) of GFG Aviation at Perth Airport – 2 April 2019.

May 2019

M-SNER Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy (MSN 95) owned by Wincor Aviation Establishment (Blue Cloud Ltd), at Perth Airport - 17 May 2019. Arriving from Mauritius at 7:48am. It departed to Sydney at 8:22am. Built in 2006, ex M-ROWL, N887CE, N168CE, F-WWGJ. Photo © David Eyre.

June 2019

9V-SKG Airbus A380-841 (MSN 019) of Singapore Airlines, at Perth Airport – 23 June 2019. SQ217 from Singapore to Melbourne, landing on Perth's runway 03 at 3:55pm, due to a medical diversion, the second time 9V-SKG has diverted to Perth. It diverted when approximately 350 kilometres east of Carnarvon. The flight continued on to Melbourne after offloading the ill passenger, taking off at 5:41pm. Photo © David Eyre.

RA-76503 Ilyushin Il-76TD-90VD Volga-Dnepr Airlines – Perth Airport: 3 June 2019

RA-76503 Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD (MSN 2113422748) of Volga-Dnepr Airlines at Perth Airport – 3 June 2019. Delivered new to Volga-Dnepr in December 2011, this aircraft arrived in Perth on 24 May 2019, bringing oversized mining equipment to Perth. This is an Il-76TD with Aviadvigatel PS-90 engines and a partial glass cockpit. It was developed specially for Volga-Dnepr cargo company. Of note is the modified chin cowling, different to the standard IL-76. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 starts regular Perth services: 3 June 2019

9V-SHG Airbus A350-941 (MSN 309) of Singapore Airlines, at Perth Airport – 3 June 2019. *First visit to Perth* First regularly-scheduled Singapore Airlines A350 flight from Perth. SQ226 to Singapore, lining up on runway 03 at 2:17pm. This is a new aircraft, delivered on 18 May 2019, only a couple of weeks prior to this photo. Photo © David Eyre.

July 2019

OE-IIP DHC Dash 8-402 (MSN 4539) of Cobham Aviation at Perth Airport – 30 July 2019. First visit to Perth, seen arriving after a delivery flight from Germany. This is Cobham’s first Dash Q400. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

Flights on Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800s
Perth – Kalgoorlie – Perth: 1 & 2 July 2019

Terminals 3 and 4 at Perth Airport - seen from aboard VH-YFV Boeing 737-8FE (MSN 41030/5641) of Virgin Australia, named 'Princess Charlotte Bay', on flight VA1849 Perth to Kalgoorlie, at Perth Airport - 1 July 2019. Seen after take-off from runway 03, at 7:46am. The darker grey L-shaped roof structure in the centre of the terminals is what remains of the original 1962 terminal. The skyscrapers of the city of Perth are visible at upper left. Photo © David Eyre.

First A330neo visit to Australia, by Air Mauritius: 24 July 2019

3B-NBV Airbus A330-941neo (MSN 1890) of Air Mauritius, named 'Chagos Archipelago' at Perth Airport – 24 July 2019. First visit by an Airbus A330neo to Australia. Flight MK441 to Mauritius, lining up on runway 03 at 1:18pm. Photo © David Eyre

August 2019

Malindo 9M-LNK B737-900ER (MSN 38737) of Malindo at Perth Airport – 2 August 2019. Wearing a special scheme promoting “Visit Truly Asia Malaysia 2020” taxying onto runway 03 for departure at 3:18 pm. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

RA-82079 Antonov An-124 of Volga-Dnepr at Perth Airport: 10 August 2019

RA-82079 Antonov An-124-100 (MSN 9773052062157) of Volga-Dnepr Airlines, at Perth Airport - 10 August 2019. Flight VI2200 from Kuala Lumpur, landing on runway 03 at 8:05am. Photo © David Eyre.

September 2019

HB-JVF Fokker 100 (MSN 11466) of Alliance Airlines at Perth Airport – 8 September 2019. On a delivery flight to Alliance Airlines, still wearing its original Helvetic Airlines scheme, on short final for runway 21 at 3:17 pm. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

All Nippon Airways (ANA) commences Tokyo – Perth services: 1 September 2019

JA814A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (MSN 34493/69) of All Nippon Airways (ANA), at Perth Airport - 1 September 2019. *First ANA scheduled service to Perth*. Flight NH881 on approach to runway 21 at 8:03pm, arriving direct from Tokyo-Narita, after a flypast over Perth city. Photo © Gordon Innes.

October 2019

PK-RJP Embraer EMB-135 (EJ) Legacy 650 (MSN 14501172) of Premiair at Perth Airport – 10 October 2019. Photographed on short final for runway 21 at 3:15 pm. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

Airside visit: RA-82046 Antonov An-124-100 of Volga-Dnepr Airlines at Perth Airport: 25 October 2019

RA-82046 Antonov An-124-100 (MSN 9773052255117/06-10) of Volga Dnepr Airlines, at Perth Airport – 25 October 2019. Arrived 23 October 2019 as VI2086 from Melbourne. It stayed for 20 days, waiting for its next cargo load, then departed on 12 November 2019 back to Melbourne as VI2087. Built in 1992 as CCCP-82067, later RA-82046, for Volga-Dnepr. Photo © David Eyre.

Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield: 27 October 2019

VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield - 27 October 2019. Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia. From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the 'VariJet' with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport. Photo © David Eyre.

First visit to Perth by Airbus A350-1000 as Cathay Pacific upgrades CX171/CX170: 27 – 28 October 2019

B-LXA Airbus A350-1041 (MSN 118) of Cathay Pacific, at Perth Airport - 27 October 2019. *First visit by an Airbus A350-1000 to Perth* Flight CX171 taxying in to park at bay 151 at Terminal 1 International at 11:48pm. Photo © Dylan Thomas.

November 2019

ZM415 Airbus A400M Atlas (MSN 052) of Royal Air Force at Perth Airport – 7 November 2019. First visit to Perth, seen here about to touch down on runway 21 at 6:20 pm. The aircraft was transiting Perth on the way to RAAF Edinburgh in South Australia to take part in an air show. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

Citilink first service to Perth, from Denpasar; first visit by A320neo: 8 November 2019

PK-GTI Airbus A320-251N (MSN 8303) of Citilink at Perth Airport – 8 November 2019. First Citilink service to visit Australia, first A320neo to visit Perth. Flight QG543 to Denpasar, taking off from runway 06 at 9:54am. Photo © David Eyre.

Firefighting helicopters at Landsdale – 9 November 2019

VH-SMI / HELITACK 674 Bell 214B1 BigLifter (MSN 28011) of McDermott Aviation, at Warradale Park, Landsdale – 9 November 2019. Refilling its 2,700-litre Isolair 'Tsunami' belly tank, while fighting a bush fire at Joyce Road, Gnangara. Built in 1976, ex LN-OSW, P2-OSW, LN-OSW, C-GTWI. Photo © David Eyre.

Sikorsky S-92A Helibus of PHI at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre: 28 November 2019

December 2019

UR-CNN Antonov AN-12BK (MSN 7345004) of Cavok Air at Perth Airport – 26 Dec 2019. First visit to Perth, push back and start ready to depart. Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)

Basler BT-67 Turbo (converted Douglas DC-3) C-GGSU visits Jandakot: December 2019

You may have missed

Cathay Pacific switches Perth – Hong Kong services to Boeing 777-300ER from Airbus A350 B-KQU Boeing 777-367ER of Cathay Pacific Airways at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 31 October 2023. **Change of type - Boeing 777-300ER replacing Airbus A350-900/1000 on Hong Kong - Perth services** Flight CX171 from Hong Kong on approach to runway 21 at 10:37pm. The Boeing 777-300ER replaces the Airbus A350 previously used on this service. Photo © Nick Stubbs-Ross

Cathay Pacific switches Perth – Hong Kong services to Boeing 777-300ER from Airbus A350

31 October 2023
Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330 ZK-NZE Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air New Zealand in special all black livery, at Perth Airport - 29 October 2023. Air New Zealand resumed operating Auckland services using its own aircraft from today. ZK-NZE is seen departing as NZ176 to Auckland on 29 October. To enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing other stored aircraft back online after the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline had wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) Airbus A330-243 aircraft from Spanish airline Wamos Air from 15 November 2022 to 28 October 2023. Wamos Air A330-200 EC-NCK was flown to New Zealand on 10 November 2022 and entered service on the Perth route from 15 November 2022, operating daily as NZ173 from Auckland and departing as NZ174. It operated its final Perth-Auckland service on 27 April 2023 and was replaced by EC-NBN until 28 October 2023. Photo © John Slabbert

Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330

29 October 2023
ANA resumes Tokyo – Perth services JA893A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of ANA, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 29 October 2023. **Resumption of passenger services to Perth by ANA today** Flight NH881 at bay 153, Terminal 1, after arriving from Tokyo-Narita at 7:49pm. It departed as NH882 at 10:31pm. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, ANA suspended Perth services, with their final passenger service on 30 March 2020 (they operated some freight services in January 2021). They have now resumed daily services. Photo © John Slabbert

ANA resumes Tokyo – Perth services

29 October 2023
Firefighting aircraft in Western Australia: October 2023 – April 2024 N1073W/HELITAK 671 Bell 214B-1 BigLifter of McDermott Aviation, at Warradale Park, Landsdale, Western Australia - 29 January 2022. Drawing water from the lake, while fighting a bushfire to the west of Tonkin Highway in Bullsbrook. Operated on firefighting duties in the summer fire season, for the Western Australian Government under the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Fitted with a 2,700-Litre Isolair 'Tsunami' belly tank. Photo © David Eyre.

Firefighting aircraft in Western Australia: October 2023 – April 2024

15 October 2023