Melbourne airport (Tullamarine) - *UPDATED 12 MAR 25*.

[GeorgeP]

G'day all, a few interesting arrivals gave me a good reason to head out to the airport. Interesting = some liveries that I had yet to photograph and United's 300-series triple from SFO which replaced a 787-9 service. All taken with a Canon 5D Mk IV and a Canon 100 - 400 L Mk II.

Thanks for viewing and I hope you like 'em. Best wishes for the festive season.

Capital Airlines A330-243 B-8982. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Vietnam Airlines A350-941 VN-A897. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


United 777-322 (ER) N2748U. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Air India 787-8 VT-ANP. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Xiamen Air 787-9 B-1356. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

[sylvancatharsis]

A fine selection, some nice schemes there and well-captured!

[RRconway]

Nice to see something different than the same old stuff I see at LHR.
Thanks for sharing them

Cheers,
Jeff

[GeorgeP]

Thanks for the comments. A few more to add to this thread, rather than start another one.

Qantas has put a couple of A220s (they will ultimately operate quite a few more) into service to replace their fleet of DC-9s (cannot call them 717s) which, from what one of my ex instructors tells me, are a fab 'plane to fly. I managed to catch a garden-variety livery and the indigenous artwork livery on the same day.
Qantas Link A220-371 VH-X4A. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Qantas Link A220-371 VH-X4B. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Bonza and Virgin are the only two domestic airlines with 737-8 MAX aircraft.
Bonza 737-8 MAX VH-UJT. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Air NZ have put what I believe is an ex-Cathay triple into service.
Air New Zealand 777-367 (ER) ZK-OKU. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Malaysia AL have replaced their A330s with A350s on the KL to Melbourne route.
Malaysia Airlines A350-941 9M-MAH. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


Another special livery on one of the two per day Air India flights into Melbourne.
Air India 787-8 VT-ANQ. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr


...and the last one is a Sichuan AL A350 special livery, two of which regularly visit our shores.
Sichuan Airlines A350-941 B-306N. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

[sylvancatharsis]

Nice update. I really like that QantasLink special scheme A220 and the Sichuan A350.

[GeorgeP]

Rather than start another thread, I'll add a few more to this one. A new Chinese airline (Juneyao Air) recently started services to Melbourne, so it was a good reason to head out to Tulla' for a few hours. Managed to catch a few of Jetstar's NEO aircraft that have been painted in grey & orange, rather than the awful silver & orange.

Juneyao Air 787-9 B-208A. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Cathay Pacific 777-367 (ER) B-KQW. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Batik Malaysia A330-343 9M-LFD. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Malaysia Airlines A330-941 9M-MNG. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Capital Airlines A330-343 B-309T. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Jetstar A320-251N VH-A5B. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr

Jetstar A321-251NX VH-OYU. by George Pergaminelis, on Flickr