16 June 2025

Aviation History

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February 2024 aircraft photos N410LC Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules of Lynden Air Cargo, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 4 February 2024. Flight LYC4163 from Port Moresby, on approach to runway 21 at 3:03pm.

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January 2024 aircraft photos A6-EVE Airbus A380-842 of Emirates at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 January 2024. Flight EK415 from Sydney to Dubai made a medical emergency diversion to Perth when it was 130km west of Guilderton, and landed on runway 03 at 7:54am, parked on bay 150. It departed to continue its journey to Dubai at 10am.

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2 May 2025
Cathay Pacific switches Perth – Hong Kong services to Boeing 777-300ER from Airbus A350 B-KQU Boeing 777-367ER of Cathay Pacific Airways at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 31 October 2023. **Change of type - Boeing 777-300ER replacing Airbus A350-900/1000 on Hong Kong - Perth services** Flight CX171 from Hong Kong on approach to runway 21 at 10:37pm. The Boeing 777-300ER replaces the Airbus A350 previously used on this service. Photo © Nick Stubbs-Ross

Cathay Pacific switches Perth – Hong Kong services to Boeing 777-300ER from Airbus A350

31 October 2023
Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330 ZK-NZE Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air New Zealand in special all black livery, at Perth Airport - 29 October 2023. Air New Zealand resumed operating Auckland services using its own aircraft from today. ZK-NZE is seen departing as NZ176 to Auckland on 29 October. To enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing other stored aircraft back online after the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline had wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) Airbus A330-243 aircraft from Spanish airline Wamos Air from 15 November 2022 to 28 October 2023. Wamos Air A330-200 EC-NCK was flown to New Zealand on 10 November 2022 and entered service on the Perth route from 15 November 2022, operating daily as NZ173 from Auckland and departing as NZ174. It operated its final Perth-Auckland service on 27 April 2023 and was replaced by EC-NBN until 28 October 2023. Photo © John Slabbert

Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330

29 October 2023