greybeard Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Just watched ( on flight radar24 ) 3 Airbus A380's arrive at Auckland very close together. I hope all the customs guys have had there lunch or progress through the terminal could be a bit slow. All came from Dubai with one via Sydney one via Melbourne and one via Brisbane. The arrival times were 13-25, 13-30 and 13-40. All Emirates Airlines They have had three of these here before but I don't think so close together. Must have been quite a site. Cheers, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Boyte Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/first-day-of-triple-a380s.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW0bClr9P8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alC5oQH3SqU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibidut Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Great Eddy, fine Eddy, We have the Planes but in need of a nice Auckland...sill vou plait.. Best regards Henrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/first-day-of-triple-a380s.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW0bClr9P8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alC5oQH3SqU Beautiful! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombatau Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Just watched ( on flight radar24 ) 3 Airbus A380's arrive at Auckland very close together. I hope all the customs guys have had there lunch or progress through the terminal could be a bit slow. All came from Dubai with one via Sydney one via Melbourne and one via Brisbane. The arrival times were 13-25, 13-30 and 13-40. All Emirates Airlines They have had three of these here before but I don't think so close together. Must have been quite a site. Cheers, Kevin They all come is same time every day Kevin. Third one operating via Brisbane started operating 02 October, prior to that it was operated by a B777-300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Just watched ( on flight radar24 ) 3 Airbus A380's arrive at Auckland very close together. I hope all the customs guys have had there lunch or progress through the terminal could be a bit slow. All came from Dubai with one via Sydney one via Melbourne and one via Brisbane. The arrival times were 13-25, 13-30 and 13-40. All Emirates Airlines They have had three of these here before but I don't think so close together. Must have been quite a site. Cheers, Kevin edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo32 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 one of them would be from ymml,flight number UAE406,leaves here at 830 am ymml time,then leaves auckland UAE407 back to ymml in the evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_YVR Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 That's an insane number of seats.. Can there be that demand? NZ doesn't exactly have a massive population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Eccleston Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 These are daily flights from Dubai to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. They come in in the morning and return in the evening. Emirates could have the aircraft sit on the ground all day as other airlines do or pick up a little trade by going to Auckland and back. I suppose there must be sufficient custom to justify the flight rather than leaving the aircraft idle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Boyte Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 That's an insane number of seats.. Can there be that demand? NZ doesn't exactly have a massive population. It's a good tourist spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombatau Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 . I suppose there must be sufficient custom to justify the flight rather than leaving the aircraft idle. These are also code share flights with QF so that helps to fill them. Many years ago UA ran their 747 AKL-MEL-AKL rather than sit it on the ground in AKL & apparently the break-even point to cover the cost difference between sitting & running to MEL was something like 150 bodies on each leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I think you'll find it cheaper to park them in AKL that it is in SYD, BNE or MEL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwipaul Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 There has been over the last 12months or so alot of resource consents put forward for mining in northland, far north island between kerikeri and kaitaia, aerial surveying has been going on quite a bit out of kerikeri airport, not sure if its been made full known to public yet, it will mean a sortage of workers as most of us kiwis are over in oz, just like in the christchurch rebuild NZ had to reachout to the world for workers, the same goes for the planned mining. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Already had one flight upstairs on an Emirates A380 last year, and all being well another one next year Dubai-Brisbane. Love that dinky lounge bar at the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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