We taxied out to RWY16L and departed. We made the usual left turn giving me some nice views.
The flight went by fairly quickly. Cruised at 35000ft, I bought myself a chicken wrap. We held over the Gold Coast for 15 minutes before making our way to Brisbane. We were arriving at a pretty bad time with the congestion but I was happy that we just did the two loops.
Brisbane City on finals for RWY01
We landed on RWY01 and taxied to the common user terminal were we then walked across the tarmac and into the terminal. I said goodbye to Joel after an awesome day of flying and spotting. I quickly walked over to a nearby gate to get a photo of Jetstar A320 VH-VFN; finally I get to see her!
VFN!
Walked down to the pick-up area and it was absolute chaos, very very busy! After 15 minutes my mum’s car finally came around and I went home.
Conclusion
It was yet another enjoyable spotting daytrip down to Sydney. Again Tiger Airways (now Tigerair) proved to be good! Nine flights I have done with Tiger now and I would fly with them again.
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Next trip for me is August 31/September 1. To get a few more rides on the Qantas Boeing 737-400s before they are gone. I fly BNE-MEL on a QF B734, then JQ from MEL-SYD on an A321 (first time on an A321), overnight in Sydney. Then fly SYD-CBR on a QF B734, spend the day spotting in Canberra and then CBR-SYD on another QF B734 and then SYD-BNE on a VA B738.