Thai Airways First B787-9 Into Auckland

Thai Airways have yet again changed aircraft type on their Bangkok - Auckland - Bangkok flights, this time changing from the B777-300ER to the B787-9.

They only operated the B777-300ER for s short period after operating the B777-200ER for quite a number of years.

Thai only have two B787-9's, HS-TWA & HS-TWB and they will be dedicated to the Auckland route.

Some shots of the first arrival on the 17th Nov, TG591, operated by HS-TWB.  

HS-TWB

HS-TWB 

HS-TWB

HS-TWB

HS-TWB

HS-TWB

United Airlines B777-300ER, N2243U

At last some better weather for some descent shots of a United Airlines B777-300ER, including the Wi Fi antenna arriving into Auckland.

Here is N2243U arriving a little late back on the 17th Nov

N2243U

N2243 

N22434U

N2243U

Icelandair B757-200, TF-FIW

Making a tech stop in Auckland on the 8th October was this Icelandair B757-200, TF-FIW, arriving from Papeete and after a short time on the ground, continuing onto Hobart, Australia.

TF-FIW

TF-FIW

TF-FIW 

TF-FIW 

TF-FIW

TF-FIW 

TF-FIW

Random Shots....

Well its time again for some a selection of random shots with no particular subject matter. I think I'll try more of this and get a bit more creative if I can.

Sunset Departures...

There were sure some nice sunsets in the weekend, so a good excuse to get the camera out for some practice. The first shot is the DHL B757 Freighter, VH-TCA departing for Sydney and the second shot is Air New Zealand flight NZ8 departing for San Francisco.

DHL B757-200 Freighter, VH-TCA 

NZ8 Heads off into the sunset.

Jeremy Clarkson Takes Flight....VH-TCA

Well these are kind of desperation shots, as it was really quite dark, and I am still trying to figure out how to set the correct settings on the camera for very very low light.

Well Tasman Air Cargo Airlines have applied Jeremy Clarkson to the tail of their Auckland based B757-200, VH-TCA, in promotion of his new TV series, "The Grand Tour"....

I'm looking forward to watching it....should be a laugh....

VH-TCA

VH-TCA

VH-TCA

Beechcraft Bonanza, ZK-DPT

Good to see something different for a change at Auckland with this Beechcraft Bonanza, ZK-DPT taxing pass the other day.

ZK-DPT

ZK-DPT

Air Asia X Previous Livery, 9M-XXF

Just noticed I hadn't posted these photos, and yet again a different special livery worn by Air Asia X on their A330-300, 9M-XXF.

These shots were taken back in October 2016.

9M-XXF 

9M-XXF

9M-XXF

9M-XXF

9M-XXF

9M-XXF

Korean Airlines Special Livery, HL8250

The colouring in department at Korean Airlines have also been pretty busy with yet another of their B777-300ER's getting a new special livery applied.

This time it's HL8250 to wear this new colour scheme. What will they come up with next.....

HL8250 

HL8250 

HL8250

HL8250 

HL8250

Welcome Back United Airlines

Good to see United Airlines back in Auckland for the summer months, and resuming flights from San Francisco after a break over the southern hemisphere winter.

United have also up gauged to the B777-300ER on the Auckland run, after initially planning on using the B787-9.

Some photos of the first arrival of UA917 from San Francisco operated by, N2136U, which also had the honours for being the first UA B777-300ER to visit Auckland.

N2136U 

N2136U 

N2136U 

N2136U

N2136U

N2136U 

N2136U

N2136U

N2136U