Jonathan Kong

New season, new topic! Capture Saudi Tripple departing runway 32R at noon

New season started already! Thai sent in B772ER today :rolleyes: Also Etihad sent in B77W... not sure this is one off or upgrade?

Very colourful! :blink:

spotting with two jokers :drinks:

now... thrashing so many nice pictures in MW.... you made me wanna go London for spotting!!! Very very nice traffics and coverage there Phil! :drinks:

Wow! Lots of Virgins! Phil, what can i say... superb coverage from UK. Please post more! :drinks:

Walter.... i edited your post...

wow... the way they mounted the engines :blink:

Virgin Australia

A KLM flight headed for Hyderabad in India's south skipped its destination and flew across India because the pilot was unaware the city had a brand-new airport, a report said today. The confusion occurred barely hours after the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the Hyderabad suburb of Shamshabad became operational after midnight on Saturday, with flights landing and taking off, said the Times of India. The pilot of the KLM flight, which had taken off from Amsterdam, at first headed towards Hyderabad's old airport and was told by air traffic control the facility had been shut, the report said. When directed to fly to the new airport, the unnamed pilot replied: "What's that?" and flew instead first to New Delhi, from where he took the plane to Mumbai after being declined permission to land, it said. The plane had on board 230 economy and 13 business-class passengers when it approached Hyderabad at 1.45am Indian time yesterday. It had been due to fly out of Hyderabad to Amsterdam at 3.35am with more than 230 passengers. The Times of India cited an anonymous source as saying the Dutch airline's pilot had been reluctant to land in Shamshabad because its headquarters in Amsterdam had not received a notice about the closure of the old and the opening of the new facility. The new airport, built at a cost of more than $US600 million ($A650 million), opened for flights after a week's delay prompted by airline requests for more time to switch to the new facility and operational reasons such as shifting of equipment. source: The Age Pieter... you have any information on this incident?

from Wikipedia: Biman has already leased (on ACMI basis) a 542 seater Boeing 747-200 from Kabo Air of Nigeria for 6 months to operate flights to KSA and UAE. Rego 5N-MAD Another Boeing 747 is likely to join Biman's fleet.

Was really lucky to catch the Biman's newly leased B742 classic this morning even though weather sux Northwest? No nO... it's Biman the Bangla... :yahoo: Beautiful front profile Love the condensation in the engines... VroooooooOoooOOoo Love the BIG FAT wording!! More reason to go KLIA for spotting in order to catch her again in better light

was at observation hill early this morning... as usual.... normal traffic :pardon: Dedicate this A332 to Lim Lim :pardon:

Phil, any Virgin pictures to share with us??

Phil... enjoy your stay here! :drinks:

Nice shot KC... see ya in April

was just about to say that... :rofl:

Was at KUL for morning spotting yesterday... traffic was not bad Ais Batu Campur Tiger Airways under superb light Yellow Qatar! :drinks: Was talking to Yong about the possibilities of Thai sending in A345 or A346 for KUL run today... and she came :yahoo: Brunei sent in B767 AirAsia F1 in good light Indonesia AirAsia with the new AirAsia font

Taiko using Nikon D200 now :drinks:

SINGAPORE : Minister of State for Transport Lim Hwee Hua told Parliament on Thursday that Singapore will have a Terminal 4 at Changi Airport. The news comes just two months after Singapore opened the S$1.75 billion Terminal 3 in January. Meanwhile, the Budget Terminal will undergo a S$10 million expansion to increase its handling capacity. Changi Airport's Terminal 3 got off to a flying start, serving 838 flights and 232,000 passengers in the first week of operations, after it opened on January 9. There had been talk that a fourth terminal will be added next to the airport's proposed third runway, currently used by air force jets. While no details were given, the Transport Ministry on Thursday confirmed that Singapore will have a Terminal 4. Mrs Lim said, "To continue to ensure that we have sufficient capacity to accommodate growth in the aviation market, the master planning for Terminal 4 has started. In the near term, the focus will be on the expansion of the Budget Terminal and the upgrading of Terminal 1." The Budget Terminal, which handled 2.9 million passengers since it opened in March 2006, will be expanded at a cost of S$10 million. A total of nine low-cost carriers will operate out of it this year, including AirAsia which began plying the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route from February 1. These budget airlines have contributed 3.6 million or around 10 percent of Changi's passenger traffic. The number of weekly schedule flights has also climbed from 124 in March 2006 to 248 last month. Mrs Lim said, "We will be expanding the Budget Terminal from its current capacity of 2.7 million passengers per annum to 7 million passengers per annum at an estimated cost of S$10 million. We target to commence construction in July this year and to complete the expansion by early 2009." Today, the Budget Terminal is connected to 20 cities in the region, up from 12 cities in 2006. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said the expansion is timely as passenger traffic is expected to grow with ASEAN's goal to remove restrictions on passenger flights between ASEAN capitals by December this year. The expansion will include another seven check-in counters, three more boarding gates and new baggage handling equipment. The kerbside at the arrival hall will be widened to create more room for arriving passengers waiting for vehicles to pick them up. The expansion of the Budget Terminal will increase its floor area from 25,000 square metres to 28,700 square metres. In all, Changi Airport handled 36.7 million passengers last year. But even as the growth of Changi as an air hub remains healthy, Mrs Lim said it faces stiff competition from Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong and even Dubai. She said, "Dubai International Airport, the largest aviation hub of the Middle East, is expected to overtake Changi's passenger traffic volume this year, crossing the 40 million passenger mark. Dubai is a formidable competitor for the Australia-Europe traffic. It is seeing phenomenal growth in passenger volume, with an almost 20 percent increase last year." Thus, there will be more efforts to strengthen Singapore's status as an air hub. This includes pushing for air liberalisation and getting more airlines to fly to the city state. - CNA/ms Source: Channelnewsasia So fast preparing for Terminal 4 already... power power power

Ah Lee, there are three five steps ladder courtesy of Raj and Kweks stored at Nizam's house. Any MWingers who are heading to Penang for spotting, just PM or call Nizam... not sure whether it is F.O.C. or not :rofl:

Not sure how true this is but saw this at Hong Kong aviation forum: AK will start to fly to Hong Kong from 15 May 2008 and the timing is as follow: AXM076/077 WMKK/VHHH/WMKK 146 - 7:15/11:00 - 11:35/1620 5 - 5:55 / 9:40 - 10:10/13:55 7 - 10:40/14:25 - 15:00/19:00 23 - 7:10/10:55 - 12:00/15:45

wow Raj went to spooooky spot

Nizam, nice catch of the Tripple... here are somemore from Sunday's spotting :drinks: Kartika departing back to Medan... Love the Silver engines! :blink: Fedex MD11 departing at noon... AirAsia taxying to runway 22 for her departure back to Kay EL. Taken at a new spot found by Raj :drinks:

Was at Penang on Saturday to do some spotting under the nice weather :drinks: Asiana B74F rotation at 50mm Thai AirAsia latest bus... wow now they also put AirAsia wording at the bottom SIA powerful rotation to Changi Wings departing back to Medan