Trip Report : Brisbane(BNE) - Melbourne(MEL) on TigerAir
Flight Details:
Airline: TigerAir
Flight No. : TT527
Reg : VH-VNH
Aircraft : Airbus A320-232
Departure Brisbane Domestic (BNE) : 2:10 PM
Arrival Melbourne LCC Terminal T4 (MEL) : 5:35 PM
Time : 02h 00m
Distance : 1,382 km
Full Trip Video : TigerAir VH-VNH TT527 Brisbane - Melbourne
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Introduction
Return trip in 2015. After couple of day in Gold Coast and Brisbane.
Brisbane city
Commonwealth Games 2018 Counter
View from Q1 Building
Surfer Paradise beach
Spotting
Went to the Acacia Street Loop for spotting. Saw Air Niugini B767 departing. It was raining heavy, didn't wait for long.
Departure queue
Air Niugini CS-TRW departing
Air Niugini CS-TRW departing
[Video]
Brisbane Domestic Airport
Returned back to the terminal and dropped the rented car. Took the pedestrian bridge to enter the terminal.
Check-in and security
Completed check-in of baggage. Went to security and then took escalator to departure area. Since was travelling on Low Cost Carrier, had a meal before flight.
Flight Schedule
Flight would depart from gate 32.
Heading to Gate 32
View from the side windows
Qantas Wing
Virgin Australia Wing
TigerAir VH-VNH arriving [ Video]
Tigerair VH-VNH arrives in Brisbane
Qantas Boeing 717
Qantas VH-EBQ arriving [ Video]
Qantas
Stairs to Terminal
Tiger Airways arrives
Services ready to receive the flight. Stairs pushed to the aircraft.
Disembarkation [ Video]
Passengers disembarking
Aircraft Serviced
Virgin Australia pushback
Qantas A330
Qantas B767 retired aircraft, last few days in Australia
VA pushback completed
Virgin Australia [ Video]
VA boarding gates
Thai Airways to Bangkok
VH-VUC taxing
Boarding commenced
On boarding commencing, queue was formed for boarding. Boarding pass was checked. Stairs were used for the boarding, used the rear stairs to board as had the last seat on the flight.
Cabin view
Settled in the seat 30F which is the last seat on the TigerAir A320.
Window view
Take off
Pushback commenced shortly after the completion of boarding. Crew performed the safety demonstration. Flight took a long taxi, see video for takeoff.
Brisbane City view
Brisbane river
Rain clouds
Entering the clouds
Reaching cruise altitude
Cabin view
Inflight service began sometime after 1/2hr of flight. Some passengers did make purchase, price was reasonable. I had my fill earlier, didn't make any purchase.
Seat view
Being seated in the last seat of the aircraft. it has no recline and close to the toilet. Being a short flight, it wasn't a problem.
Reading material
Safety card
Flying over Western New South Wales
Menu Card
Inflight magazine
Tigertales - Inflight magazine
Somewhere over Victoria
Cabin view
Window view
Bush-fires and nature's fire brigade
Rain
After series of turns
Summer landscape
Approaching Melbourne
Landed
Melbourne Air Control
Exiting rwy
Wing
REX to regional airports
Virgin Australia pushback
Melbourne Airport Terminal 4 construction
Arriving at gate
Disembarkation and Exiting the terminal
Disembarkation was through stairs. Was a long walk to baggage collection. Bags arrived after 10 mins. Collected bag and took the long term parking bus to pick car.
Hope you enjoyed the trip, Thanks for reading.
End of Trip
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