Spotting in Sydney-Part 6/6

[Snorzac]

Here is the final installment of pictures at last:

First seen here is Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 B-HLR

Next Virgin Blue 737-700 VH-VBD 'Sassy Sydney' is seen taxiing out to Runway 34L

Aeropelican Jetstream 31 VH-OTE is seen taxiing to runway 34R

Emirates Airbus A380-800 A6-EDN is seen lifting off Runway 34L after it's first visit to Sydney.

United Airlines Boeing 747-400 N107UA is seen departing on a flight to Melbourne.

'Sassy Sydney' is seen climbing out.

Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJB is seen climbing out for a ferry flight to Avalon for maintenance

Regional Express SAAB 340B+ VH-ZRM is seen taxiing out to the runway prior to another regional flight.

China Eastern Airbus A330-300 B-6100 is seen taxiing into the terminal wearing a special livery for World Expo 2010

Last of all a special visitor to Sydney in the form of a 747 'Classic'. This one is a 747-200 operated by Atlas Air registered as N517MC.

[Buzz Killington]

Some great photos there, really like the ones of Sassy Sydney and VH-OJB taking off.

[CNG]

I was interested why would a united airlines plane be travelling to melbourn, that airline is bassed in america wouldn't it be going back there?

[Snorzac]

Try checking you spelling next time....

United fly two aircraft to Sydney each day; one from LA and the other from San Fransisco. Each day after the arrival of the second aircraft (from SFO) the LA jets travels down to Melbourne and back carrying all remaining pax as well as getting more fro the return journey to LA/SFO. Once it arrives back in Sydney the one from Melbourne departs to SFO and the one that has arrived from SFO earlier in the day returns to LA.

[Sir Pompously]

Easy, to get more passengers an airline flies a local sector to get two markets. In this case, the flight travels from the USA to Sydney, then continues to Melbourne. On the Return it grabs people in Melbourne then flies to Sydney, picks up more then heads back home. Qantas do the same thing with their New York Flights. They fly into LAX and then transfer all passengers through Customs and Border Protection and move them onto JFK.

(Metrobus, do you mean SFO?)

[Snorzac]

Yes Todd, that was a fail, lol