A very rare bird flew into BNE today. In the first ever sighting in Brisbane skies, this special Nepal Airlines flight brought home Australian and New Zealand residents from Kathmandu. 🙏✈️
📷 by
@jetbeau
#brisbaneairport
#airportlife
#avgeek
Tonight is challenging for everyone at BNE. The Terminals will stay open for those who can’t leave the airport. We know this is tough but please be patient while we try to manage these challenges.
Pilot
@mikeholliday1
undertaking one final pre-flight check on his last departure out of BNE with
@AirCanada
before his retirement.👨✈️✈️ We can’t wait to see you back again as a traveller on holidays! Read more about Mike’s dream(liner) of a career here 👉
I am so excited to introduce our brand new little one
@AustraliaZoo
! ❤️ This gorgeous girl was born just three days ago. Look at those beautiful brown eyes.
⚠️📢 BNE is open & operating - main airport roads reopened.
Some flights cancelled - check schedules & contact your airline to rebook.
Allow plenty of extra time for check-in & screening - due to staff shortages it will be a busy folks, please be patient, kind & drive safe! 🙏
⚠️Update 9.20am: There are minimal delays at check in & security. Work continuing to reopen access to the Legacy Runway. Airport roads open. Check road conditions on your route. Taxis, ubers & shuttle buses are ok. Airtrain is not running. We appreciate your understanding. 🙏
Oh snap! It’s
#WorldTurtleDay
! We are shell-ebrating with our gorgeous alligator snapping turtle. They are experts at camouflage and love hiding in small, tight places luring prey with that pink, worm-like tongue! Aren’t they cute?!🐢
✈️💦 A water cannon salute this morning for
@VirginAustralia
's last 777 flight to BNE as they move to an all-Boeing 737 fleet.
📹 by Airside Operations Team
We have been given the all clear by Police to reopen the terminal. Operational staff will return first, followed by passengers. It will take some time to get operations back to normal. There will be flight impacts. We appreciate your patience.
A very different
#tailpartythursday
vibe this week. A plain of planes on Brisbane Airport’s original (now decommissioned) runway. We look forward to seeing these beauties take to the skies again as soon as possible.
#brisbaneairport
#airportlife
#avgeek
The latest aerials are in and you can really start to see Brisbane’s new runway taking shape. The first layer is nearly complete, ready for two more layers of fine crushed rock and then a final layer of asphalt.
#runwayiscoming
#brisbaneairport
#bne
It is the final countdown to the
@BrisFestival
#Riverfire
with the EA-18G Growler test run over the city this afternoon. Can. Not. WAIT!
📷 by Beau Chenery
⚠️📢 Due to flooding of runway access taxiways, the legacy runway is closed. All air traffic is using the new runway through Sat 26 Feb and possibly overnight. Whilst the new runway isn't used for flights over the city between 10pm & 6am, operations may be unavoidable tonight.
Brisbane Airport’s home carrier
@VirginAustralia
will be the first airline to depart on Brisbane’s new runway when it officially opens on Sunday, 12 July 2020. 🛫
#runwayiscoming
🏏 HOWZAT?! Highlights from yesterday's friendly
#AUSvsIND
cricket match inside the International Terminal.
@kaspa369
captained the winning team of travel representatives from India against the Aussies captained by
@BrettLee_58
.
🏏Re-watch it here:
👀 Look who's back (for now)! Japan Airlines is running freight only flights between Tokyo and Brisbane for the next 6 weeks. The flights are taking Queensland fish including tuna and also beef, fruit and vegies back to Japan. Welcome back 👋.
📷 by Beau Chenery
First aircraft over the Dryandra Road Underpass ✈️. This taxiway connects the new runway to the terminals and yesterday
@Qantas
passed over the underpass to conduct radio frequency tests ahead of the new runway becoming operational 12 July.
Korean Air will fly to BNE five times a week, with Korean tourists set to inject more than $120 million dollars into the local economy each year. The new flights begin in April, and is the latest deal signed under Qld’s Attracting Aviation Investment Fund which turns one today.
⚠️📢 We are experiencing major delays with domestic check-in & screening due to staff resource issues. Please arrive at least 90 minutes prior to your flight. The situation is changing - wait times may increase. We appreciate your understanding and patience. 🙏
📅 ON THIS DAY: Today marks the 90th anniversary of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landing the Southern Cross at Eagle Farm after successfully completing the first-ever trans-pacific flight from California to Brisbane on 9 June 1928.
🔗
✈️ Happy 80th (isolation) birthday
@FlyAirNZ
🎉 Counting down the days until we can see you more than twice a week and to work together to create that Trans-Tasman travel bubble. 🇳🇿 🇦🇺
Retro roo II racing down the runway for this week's
#tailpartythursday
🎉. Showcasing the livery that was primarily used by the old
@qantas
707 aircraft.
📷 by
😳 So many things can happen in a week!
📅 On Monday: Cross runway 14/32 is decommisioned early as part of BNE's new runway 'Operational Readiness & Testing' phase.
📅 By Friday: Decommissioned runway used for aircraft parking.
We're feeling all of the emotions right now.
🤯 What a difference a year makes! Brisbane's new runway is definitely taking shape and is on track to open mid-2020
📷 June 2018 vs June 2019
❓ Why will it take eight years to complete Brisbane's new runway ▶️
Today our $135 million International Terminal expansion was officially opened by Acting Prime Minister
@M_McCormackMP
. The expansion delivers new gates, taxiways, aircraft parking bays and a fresh terminal experience for passengers.
The first
@united
Brisbane to San Francisco service took off today, its cargo hold packed with Queensland products fuelling employment across the state. Watch more below and read more here 👉
Brisbane Airport marks the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
Flashback: The historic moment the first reigning monarch set foot in Queensland, at Brisbane Airport in 1954.
Kick start the Summer holidays with a massive weekend of football with
@brisbaneroar
. ⚽ Don't miss your chance to see Japanese Internationals Keisuke Honda and Yuki Nagasato in action. 🏃
🎫 WWL Tickets:
🎫 HAL Tickets:
Brisbane’s new runway is the completion of long term planning for Brisbane Airport which commenced in the 1970s. Here’s an artist’s impression of what the airfield will look like in 2020 – when Brisbane will have Australia’s most efficient runway system.
#runwayiscoming
Flight
@VirginAustralia
VA123 from Dunedin to Brisbane was the first inbound aircraft to use Gate 73A (part of the International Terminal expansion project). 👏
More about the expansion project: