Its arrival into Rocky possibly marks the start of the third 'wave' of (heavy) jet charter flights in support of the Singapore Armed Force's Exercise Wallaby 2018. On this occasion, V8-RBC touched down at Rockhampton Airport from Singapore's Changi Airport via Darwin as RBA4271.
After landing, it parked nose-in on Gate 5B on the southern end of the parking apron.
As mentioned, the arrival of V8-RBC is somewhat historic being the first time an Airbus A320N 'neo' aircraft has touched down in Central Queensland - and possibly Queensland!
The Airbus A320N 'neo' family ('neo' for 'new engine option') is a development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners produced by Airbus. The 'neo' was launched in 2010 and was introduced in early 2016. V8-RBC (msn 8360) is a fairly recent acquisition for Royal Brunei having being delivered to the airline in late July this year. It is powered by the 're-engined' option of CFM International LEAP-1A26 engines and also features Airbus's blended 'sharklet' winglets.
V8-RBC looked to unload and then later re-load full flights of passengers and bags. It was noted departing directly back to Singapore after dark as RBA4272.
At the time of writing, it appears that V8-RBC will return to Rockhampton Airport on Wednesday 31 October, around the same time of 3pm, again flying from Singapore via Darwin.
Stay tuned to the CQ Plane Spotting Blog for all the latest news and updates via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cqplanespotting/
Sincere thanks to local plane spotters Scott H, Trevor H and Kayanne H for taking the time to capture and send through these great 'historic' first photos!
Photos and video taken by Scott Harris, Trevor Hardsman and Kayanne Hardsman ©
No comments:
Post a Comment