Dubai - Hong Kong 27th - Oct 5th November       Ian McMaster

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It was as long ago as 2004 that I started to think about a trip back to Hong Kong, somewhere that I had not visited since 1995 (with operations then being out of Kai Tak) however work commitments were to prevent me taking this any further until 2007. In August this year the planning started in detail with flights being booked on Emirates new Dubai route out of Newcastle. The flight from Newcastle to Dubai on A330-243  'A6-EKR' took approx 7hrs and 10mins routing across Denmark, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey and then down the western edge of Iran with an arrival into Dubai at midnight local. On departure from Newcastle the following were noted.

Newcastle - 27 October 2007
Air France CRJ7 F-GRZI              
British Airways B757 G-CPEO              
Eastern Airways JS41 G-MAJC G-MAJF G-MAJL          
S2000 G-CERY              
Easyjet B737 G-EZJT G-EZJV            
Emirates A330 A6-EKR              
Fly BE DHC8 G-JEDU              
Jet 2 B737 G-CELO              
B757 G-LSAA              
KLM FK70 PH-KZI              
My Travel A320 G-FTDF              
Onur Air A300 TC-OAO              
XL Airways B757 OH-LBS              
Others
C560 G-XLMB              
PA31 N5LL              

We parked on a remote stand at Dubai and bused to the terminal, allowing most of the aircraft on terminal 1 to be logged The Emirates terminal is internally very impressive, but is fast approaching its handling capacity during the peak hours of arrivals and departures between midnight and 0400 in the morning. I had a 9 hour lay over in Dubai and took advantage of this to do a little more spotting from the designated 'Quiet areas' within the terminal. At 0940 local I boarded A330-243 'A6-EAI' for the 7 hour flight to Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Airport. The following were noted at Dubai between flights

Dubai - 28 October 2007
Air Blue A320 AP-BGW              
Alitalia B767 EI-CRO              
Ariana B727 YA-FAS              
Azerbeijan Airlines B757 VP-BBS              
Bangladesh Biman A310 S2-ADK              
China Southern A330 B-6056              
Donbassaero A320 UR-DAA              
Emirates Airlines A330 A6-EAB A6-EAC A6-EAF A6-EAG A6-EAI A6-EAJ A6-EAK A6-EAM
  A6-EAN A6-EAO A6-EAP A6-EAQ A6-EAS A6-EKR A6-EKS A6-EKT
  A6-EKW A6-EKX A6-EKY A6-EKZ        
A340 A6-ERA A6-ERB A6-ERC A6-ERD A6-ERH A6-ERI A6-ERO A6-ERP
  A6-ERS A6-ERT            
B777 A6-EBA A6-EBB A6-EBD A6-EBG A6-EBN A6-EBO A6-EBP A6-EBQ
  A6-EBU A6-EBW A6-EBY A6-EBZ A6-ECC A6-EMD A6-EME A6-EMG
  A6-EMK A6-EML A6-EMN A6-EMO A6-EMQ A6-EMT A6-EMU A6-EWB
Gulf Air A320 A4O-EJ A4O-EP            
Indian Airlines A320 VT-EPT              
Jazeera Airways A320 9K-CAC 9K-CAD            
KAM Air B767 YA-KAM              
KLM B777 PH-BQP              
Kuwait Airways A320 9K-AKC              
Lufthansa A340 D-AIFD              
B747 D-ABTD              
Oman Air B737 A4O-BK A4O-BO            
Qatar Airlines A321 A7-ADT              
A330 A7-AEI              
Royal Brunei B767 V8-RBF              
Royal Jordanian A321 JY-AYG              
Singapore Airlines B777 9V-SYD              
Swissair A330 HB-IQC              
Syrianair A320 YK-AKA              
Tarom B737 YR-BGE              
Tunis Air A319 TS-IMO              
Turkish Airlines A321 TC-JBG              
Virgin A340 G-VFIT              
Yemenia A330 7O-ADT              
Cargo
Cargoitalia DC10 I-CGIA              
Cathay Pacific Airlines B747 B-HMF B-HVX            
Emirates Airlines A310 A6-EFB              
B747 N408MC              
EVA  MD11 B-16107              
Kalitta B747 N712CK              
Malaysian B747 TF-ARN              
Military
UAE Air Force C130 A6-QFY              
 Others 
C560 N414AA              

For the duration of my stay in Hong Kong, all landings were from the sea, on runway 07L with 07R normally being used for departures. The newly opened viewing terrace on top of Terminal 2 affords very good views of the whole airfield. The following were noted during my 7 day stay

Hong Kong - 29 October to 04 November 2007
Aeroflot B767 VP-BAX VP-BWW            
Air Canada A340 C-FYLU C-GDVW            
B777 C-FITL C-FIUA C-FIUF          
Air China A319 B-6004 B-6034 B-6035 B-6044 B-6047 B-6225    
A330 B-6119              
B737 B-2533 B-2560 B-2588 B-2597 B-2612 B-2630 B-2641 B-2642
  B-2643 B-2648 B-2671 B-2673 B-2907 B-5045 B-5167 B-5168
  B-5172 B-5173 B-5175 B-5176 B-5178 B-5179 B-5201 B-5202
  B-5211 B-5213 B-5214 B-5217 B-5226 B-5311    
B767 B-2557 B-2559            
B777 B-2059 B-2060 B-2061 B-2063 B-2066      
Air France B777 F-GSPJ F-GSPO F-GSPS F-GSPU F-GSPV F-GSQI    
Air India A310 OK-YAD VT-EJG VT-EJI VT-EVW VT-EVX      
B747 VT-EVA              
Air Lanka A330 4R-ALA 4R-ALC 4R-ALD          
Air Mauritius A340 3B-NAY              
Air New Zealand B747 ZK-NBT ZK-NBV ZK-SUH ZK-SUI        
Air Nuigini B767 P2-ANG              
All Nippon Airways B747 JA403A JA8097            
B767 JA604A JA605A JA606A JA609A JA612A JA613A JA8356 JA8358
Asiana B747 HL7417 HL7421 HL7423          
Bangkok Airways A320 HS-PGV HS-PGW            
B717 HS-PGO HS-PGQ            
British Airways B747 G-BNLB G-BNLE G-BNLJ G-BNLK G-BNLM G-BNLN G-BNLP G-BNLT
  G-BNLY G-CIVA G-CIVD G-CIVK G-CIVT      
Cathay Pacific Airways A330 B-HLA B-HLB B-HLC B-HLD B-HLE B-HLF B-HLG B-HLH
  B-HLI B-HLJ B-HLK B-HLL B-HLM B-HLN B-HLO B-HLP
  B-HLQ B-HLR B-HLS B-HLT B-HLU B-HLV B-HLW B-LAA
  B-LAB B-LAC B-LAD B-LAE B-LAF      
A340 B-HQA B-HQB B-HQC B-HXA B-HXB B-HXC B-HXD B-HXE
  B-HXF B-HXG B-HXH B-HXI B-HXJ B-HXK B-HXL B-HXM
  B-HXN B-HXO            
B747 B-HKD B-HKE B-HKF B-HKT B-HKU B-HOO B-HOP B-HOR
  B-HOT B-HOV B-HOW B-HOX B-HOY B-HOZ B-HUA B-HUB
  B-HUD B-HUE B-HUF B-HUG B-HUI B-HUS    
B777 B-HNA B-HNB B-HNC B-HND B-HNE B-HNF B-HNG B-HNH
  B-HNI B-HNJ B-HNK B-HNL B-HNM B-HNN B-HNO B-HNP
  B-HNQ B-KPA B-KPB B-KPC        
Cebu Pacific Air A320 RP-C3241 RP-C3243            
China Airlines A330 B-18301 B-18302 B-18303 B-18305 B-18307 B-18308 B-18309 B-18312
  B-18315 B-18317 B-1851 B-18352        
A340 B-18801 B-18803 B-18806 B-18807        
B737 B-18605 B-18607 B-18610 B-18612 B-18617      
B747 B-18201 B-18203 B-18205 B-18207 B-18208 B-18210 B-18211 B-18212
  B-18215 B-18251 B-18273 N168CL        
China Eastern A300 B-2330              
A319 B-2226 B-2227 B-2332 B-2334 B-6006 B-6046 B-6218 B-6229
A320 B-2202 B-2203 B-2211 B-2228 B-2229 B-2332 B-2356 B-2359
  B-2360 B-2361 B-2362 B-2363 B-2372 B-2375 B-2378 B-2379
  B-2398 B-2399 B-2400 B-2410 B-2412 B-2415 B-6001 B-6005
  B-6006 B-6007 B-6008 B-6011 B-6013 B-6016 B-6017 B-6260
  B-6261 B-6262 B-6333 B-6335        
A321 B-2289 B-2290 B-2420 B-6029 B-6329 B-6330 B-6331  
A330 B-6082 B-6083 B-6085 B-6120 B-6121 B-6122 B-6123 B-6129
B737 B-2573 B-2641 B-2683 B-5030 B-5054 B-5093 B-5095 B-5096
  B-5225 B-5242 B-5313          
MD90 B-2262 B-2268 B-2269          
China Southern A319 B-2295 B-6158 B-6203 B-6206 B-6208 B-6209 B-6220 B-6240
A320 B-6269 B-6272 B-6281 B-6288 B-6291      
B737 B-2574 B-2582 B-2695 B-2920 B-2921 B-2922 B-2926 B-2929
  B-2941 B-2952 B-5040 B-5068 B-5113 B-5122 B-5133 B-5147
  B-5149 B-5155 B-5156 B-5235 B-5300 B-5339    
B757 B-2804 B-2806 B-2816 B-2817 B-2823      
MD82 B-2132 B-2136 B-2140          
Continental B738 N14249              
B772 N76010 N77006 N77014 N78001        
Dragonair A320 B-HSD B-HSE B-HSG B-HSH B-HIS B-HSJ B-HSK B-HSL
  B-HSM B-HSN            
A321 B-HTD B-THE B-HTF B-HTG B-HTH B-HTI    
A330 B-HWF B-HWG B-HWH B-HWI B-HWJ B-HWK B-HYA B-HYB
  B-HYD B-HYF B-HYH B-HYJ B-HYQ      
El Al B777 4X-ECB 4X-ECC 4X-ECD 4X-ECE 4X-ECF      
Emirates A330 A6-EAI              
B777 A6-EMN A6-EMP A6-EMQ          
Ethiopian Airlines B767 ET-ALH              
EVA Air A330 B-16305 B-16306 B-16307 B-16308 B-16309 B-16310 B-16311 B-16312
B747 B-16403 B-16405 B-16407 B-16408 B-16409 B-16461 B-16465  
B777 B-16701 B-16705            
Finnair MD11 OH-LGA OH-LGC OH-LGG          
Garuda A330 PK-GPA PK-GPG            
B747 PK-GSG              
Hong Kong Airlines B737 B-KBE B-KBF B-KBH B-KBI B-KBK B-KBL B-KBM  
Hong Kong Express B737 B-KXE B-KXF B-KXG          
Japan Airlines B747 JA401J JA8072 JA8073 JA8075 JA8085 JA8901 JA8912 JA8920
B767 JA601J JA602J JA603J JA604J JA608J JA611J    
Jetstar Asia A320 9V-JSA 9V-JSD            
Kenya Airways B767 5Y-KQX              
KLM B747 PH-BFH PH-BFI PH-BFK PH-BFM PH-BFP PH-BFW PH-BFY  
Korean Air A330 HL7584 HL7585            
B737 HL7560 HL7562 HL7565 HL7568 HL7719 HL7724 HL7758  
B777 HL7530 HL7534 HL7715 HL7721        
Lufthansa A340 D-AIFD D-AIFF D-AIGM D-AIGN D-AIGO D-AIGP D-AIGS  
B747 D-ABVB D-ABVD D-ABVR D-ABVT D-ABVW D-ABVZ    
Malaysian Airlines A330 9M-MKJ              
B737 9M-MMB 9M-MMN 9M-MMX 9M-MMY 9M-MQF 9M-MQG    
B747 9M-MPH              
B777 9M-MRF 9M-MRM 9M-MRN 9M-MRO 9M-MRQ      
Mandarin Airlines E190 B-16823              
Northwest Airlines B747 N672US N673US            
Oasis Hong Kong B747 B-LFA B-LFB B-LFC          
Orient Thai Airlines B747 HS-UTD HS-UTJ HS-UTQ          
MD82 HS-OMC HS-OMD            
Philippine Airlines A320 RP-C3221 RP-C3227 RP-C3228 RP-C3229 RP-C3231 RP-C8604 RP-C8605  
A330 F-OHZN F-OHZO F-OHZQ          
B747 N751PR N752PR N753PR          
Qantas Airways A330 VH-QPB VH-QPE VH-QPF VH-QPJ        
B747 VH-OEB VH-OJH VH-OJK VH-OJO VH-OJP VH-OJQ VH-OJR VH-OJT
B767 VH-OGC VH-OGQ VH-OGT          
Qatar Airways A340 A7-AGA A7-AGB A7-AGC A7-AGD        
Royal Brunei A320 V8-RBT              
B767 V8-MHB V8-RBG            
Royal Nepal Airlines B757 9N-ACA              
Saudia Arabian Airlines B747 HZ-AIW              
Shanghai Airlines B737 B-2168 B-5143 B-5320          
B767 B-2498 B-2566 B-5018          
Singapore Airlines B747 9V-SMS 9V-SMZ 9V-SPI 9V-SPL 9V-SPN 9V-SPO    
B777 9V-SQD 9V-SQE 9V-SQH 9V-SQL 9V-SWA 9V-SWD 9V-SWG 9V-SWH
  9V-SWL 9V-SYB 9V-SYC 9V-SYF 9V-SYG 9V-SYH 9V-SYI  
South African Airways A340 ZS-SXA ZS-SXC ZS-SXD ZS-SXE        
Swissair A340 HB-JMB HB-JMC HB-JME HB-JMI HB-JMJ      
Thai Airways A330 HS-TEB HS-TEC HS-TEE HS-TEF HS-TEG HS-THE HS-TEK HS-TEM
  HS-TEM              
B747 HS-TGA HS-TGB HS-TGK HS-TGM HS-TGZ      
B777 HS-THE              
Turkish Airlines A340 TC-JDJ TC-JDL            
Uni Air MD90 B-17911 B-17921            
United Airlines B747 N104UA N105UA N107UA N116UA N117UA N118UA N122UA N128UA
  N173UA N180UA N182UA N187UA N193UA N195UA N196UA N197UA
  N198UA N199UA            
Valueair A320 9V-VLA 9V-VLB            
Vietnam Airlines A320 VN-A311              
A321 VN-A347 VN-A348 VN-A349 VN-A350 VN-A351 VN-A352    
Virgin Atlantic Airways A340 G-VBLU G-VBUG G-VFIT G-VOGE G-VWEB      
Viva Macau B767 B-MAW              
Xiamen Airlines B737 B-2659 B-5038 B-5039 B-5152 B-5161 B-5309 B-5318 B-5503
Cargo
ACT Cargo A300 TC-ACU              
Air Atlanta  B747 TF-AMD TF-AMO TF-ARM          
Air Bridge Cargo B747 VP-BIB VP-BII VP-BIJ          
Air France B747 F-GCBL F-GISA F-GISB          
Air Hong Kong A300 B-LDC B-LDD B-LDF          
Alitalia MD11 EI-UPA EI-UPI EI-UPO          
All Nippon B767 JA601F JA602F            
Atlas Air B747 N409MC N493MC N505MC N506MC N522MC N524MC N527MC N537MC
  N809MC              
Cargolux B747 LX-GCV LX-LCV LX-PCV          
Cathay Pacific Airways B747 B-HIH B-HKH B-HKJ B-HKS B-HMD B-HME B-HMF B-HOU
  B-HUH B-HUK B-HUL B-HUO B-HUP B-HUQ B-HUR B-HVX
  B-HVY B-HVZ            
China Airlines B747 B-18716 B-18721            
China Air Cargo MD11 B-2175              
China Eastern A300 B-2308              
Dragonair B747 B-KAA B-KAB B-KAC B-KAD B-KAE B-KAF B-KAG  
El Al B747 4X-AXF              
Emirates B747 N408MC N415MC            
EVA Air MD11 B-16109              
Evergreen Airlines B747 N485EV N488EV N489EV          
FedEx Express A310 N456FE              
MD11 N521FE N522FE N529FE N574FE N577FE N578FE N587FE N588FE
  N604FE N613FE N615FE N617FE N618FE N621FE N624FE N628FE
Global Supply Systems B747 G-GSSA G-GSSB G-GSSC          
Japan Airlines B747 JA8169 JA8906 JA8909 JA8937        
Jett8 Airlines Cargo B747 9V-JEA              
Kalitta Air B747 N701CK N702CK N703CK N704CK N710CK N713CK N714CK N715CK
  N717CK              
KLM B747 PH-CKB PH-CKC            
Korean Air B747 HL7403 HL7499 HL7603 HL7605 HL7606      
Lufthansa MD11 D-ALCF D-ALCM D-ALCN D-ALCO        
Martinair B747 PH-MCN PH-MPP PH-MPQ          
Maximus Air Cargo C130 A6-MAC              
Ocean Airlines B747 F-GCBF              
Polar Air B747 N450PA N451PA N454PA          
Saudia MD11 HZ-ANC              
Singapore Airlines B747 9V-SFD 9V-SFK 9V-SFL 9V-SFN 9V-SFQ      
Southern Air B747 N751SA N758SA            
TNT B747 OO-THA OO-THB            
Transmile MD11 9M-TGP 9M-TGQ 9M-TGR 9M-TGS        
United Parcel Service B747 N520UP N521UP N522UP N523UP N677UP      
MD11 N251UP N255UP N258UP N259UP N260UP N270UP N271UP N272UP
  N273UP N275UP N276UP N277UP N278UP N280UP N281UP N282UP
  N283UP N284UP N286UP N287UP N288UP N290UP    
World Airways MD11 N276WA              
Military
Australian Air Force B707 A20-624              
Hong Kong Government Flying Service A109 B-HRU              
BN2 HKG-7              
JS41 B-HRS B-HRT            
Puma B-HRM              
US Navy B737 166693              
 Others 
Privatair B767 HB-JJG              
CL601 A6-MBH B-MAC            
CL800 G-CJMB              
F900 N47EG VH-PPD            
GLF4 VH-CGF              
GLF5 N721S VP-BEP            
G200 B-8085 B-KMJ B-KSJ N88AY        
G450 B-KHK N450EJ N588AT          
G550 B-KGV B-LUE VP-BIP VP-BLR        
GLEX N838SC              

The flight on the return leg to Dubai onboard B777-31H 'A6-EMN' routed via Bankok, approx 1.5 hours on the ground yielded only a few more airliners

Bangkok 05 November 2007
China Eastern A330 B6029              
A340 B2383              
Thai Airways A340 HS-TLD              
B737 HS-TDH              
B777 HS-TJD              

My return trip through Dubai again involved parking on a remote stand, transit time on the return a very short 2 hours, the following were mainly noted on the bus to the terminal whilst going to / from the aircraft, finally the last flight back to Newcastle on A330-243 'A6-EKZ'

Dubai 05 November 2007
Air Algeria A330 7T-VJY              
Alitalia B767 I-DEIF              
Bangladesh Biman DC10 S2-ACP              
Emirates Airlines A330 A6-EAD A6-EAE A6-EKS A6-EKT A6-EKU A6-EKZ    
A340 A6-ERA A6-ERE A6-ERO          
B777 A6-EBG A6-EBQ A6-EBS A6-EBW A6-ECB A6-ECC A6-EMG  
Ethiopian Airlines B767 ET-ALC              
Gulf Air A330 A4O-KF              
Kenyan Airlines B767 5Y-KQP              
KLM B777 PH-BQA              
Kuwait Airways A320 9K-AKC              
Lufthansa A340 D-AIGT              
Qatar Airlines A320 A7-ADE A7-ADU            
Royal Jordanian A321 JY-AYH              
SAS A340 OY-KBC              
                 
Cargo
Jett8 Airlines Cargo B747 9V-JEA              
Kalitta Air B747 N709CK              
                 
 Others 
Aerogulf B212 A6-ALD              

And the trip ends back at Newcastle arriving to some typical North East November weather, wet and windy, all in all a productive trip

Newcastle 05 November 2007
Air France CRJ7 F-GRZL              
Cimber Airways CRJ2 OY-RJD              
Jet 2 B757 G-LSAA              
Thomas Cook Airlines B757 G-FCLC              
                 
 Others 
C525 G-OCJT              
D328 D-BWAL              

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