Asiana's A350 welcomes to Fukuoka!/アシアナ航空のA350が福岡へ初飛来！

On October 29, I went to the airport to see the last Cathay Pacific flight from Fukuoka in the morning. It's a bad news for me but there's a good news. An Asiana Airlines Airbus a350-900 first flight to Fukuoka from this day. The A350 flights are operated for three times per week on the route. Details are as follows.

• Outbound flight:OZ131 Fukuoka 11:30 am - Seoul Incheon 12:50 pm on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
• Return flight:OZ132 Seoul Incheon 9:00 am - Fukuoka 10:20 am on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

先週の日曜日（29日）はキャセイパシフィック航空福岡便のラストフライトだったので朝早くから見に行きました。この日の目玉といえば言うまでもなくキャセイですが、もう一つはアシアナ航空（OZ）が福岡へA350型機を初就航させたことでした。同社は冬スケジュールに入ったこの日からOZ132/131便の週3往復（水・金・日）に投入しています。

At 10:27 am, a plane from Seoul was touched down. The aircraft registration number HL8079 was used for flight of the day.
午前10時27分にソウルからの就航便が着陸。機体番号はHL8079で同社のA359の2号機です。

The OZ131 return flight to Seoul was coming at 11:54 am.
午前11時54分にOZ131ソウル行き折り返し便がやってきました。

The plane was taking off at 11:57 am.
飛行機は午前11時57分に離陸。

Say goodbye to the Cathay Pacific flight to Fukuoka/キャセイパシフィック航空福岡線のラストフライト

As I mentioned before, I took a picture of the Cathay Pacific (CX/CPA) last flight to Fukuoka yesterday. It was the last time to see CX planes in Fukuoka, so I want to see goodbye for longtime.
昨日はキャセイパシフィック航空（CX）の福岡線のラストフライトを撮影しに行きました。CXの福岡線は1965年の就航以来長年にわたって運航してきましたが、冬スケジュールに入った昨日をもって撤退してしまったのでとても残念で寂しい限りです。

The plane was started push back at 10:18 am. The aircraft registration number B-HNQ was used for flight of the day. It's the last manufacturing of Boeing 777-300 which was handed over to Cathay Pacific in July 2006. 
飛行機は午前10時18分にプッシュバックを開始。機体番号はB-HNQで2006年7月にボーイング社から引き渡された777-300型機の最終生産機です。

The plane on the go to runway 34. That day was using the runway 34 on the south because of the typhoon Saola passed through the Pacific coast.
飛行機は離陸に向けて滑走路34を走行中。この日は台風22号の影響で日中は北風が強かったせいか朝早くから南側の34滑走路を使用していました。

I was trying to take some up close pictures.
走行中の飛行機を間近で撮影してみました。

The plane was taking off at 10:38 am. 
飛行機は午前10時38分に離陸。

When I was looking at the plane, I'd like to say thank you for 52 years.
離陸する飛行機を見ながら「52年間本当にありがとう」と思いました。

My schedule on Sunday

I'm going to take pictures of a Cathay Pacific flight CX511 to Hong Kong via Taipei on October 29. It'll be the last time to see the Cathay Pacific planes in Fukuoka, so I want to see goodbye for longtime.

But it's a good news to me. Asiana's A350 will come to Fukuoka from this day. It's the first time to see the Airbus's latest model plane in Fukuoka.

Taking pictures of planes before boarding on 17 October 2017/2017年10月17日搭乗前の飛行機撮影

I took some pictures of planes before boarding an Asiana Airlines flight OZ131 to Seoul.

Please have a look at my other blog about Cathay Pacific's new coating plane taken on the same day.

アシアナ航空OZ131便搭乗前に撮影した飛行機です。なお同日撮影したキャセイパシフィック航空の新塗装機のブログはこちら。

A Korean Air flight KE788 to Seoul (B787-9)/大韓航空のソウル行きKE788便（B787-9）

From June 1, the airline has introduced Boeing's state of the art, the 787s to the Fukuoka route.
同社は6月1日からボーイング社の最新鋭である787型機を福岡線に投入しています。

The plane was pushback start and taxi at 10:32 am.
飛行機は午前10時32分にプッシュバック開始。

The plane on the go to runway 16.
飛行機は離陸に向けて滑走路16を走行中。

A Thai Airways flight TG649 to Bangkok (A330-300)/タイ国際航空のバンコク行きTG649便（A330-300）

Currently a Thailand based airline has code-share with Japan Airlines (JAL) on the Fukuoka route, but the twisted alliance between both companies will be ended on October 28.
同社の福岡線は現在日本航空（JAL）とのコードシェア便となっていますが、来る10月28日をもって提携終了となります。

I caught a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 new livery at Fukuoka/キャセイパシフィック航空のB777-300新塗装機を捕獲しました！

I was taking pictures of a Cathay Pacific B777-300s from an observation deck on the third floor of international terminal before going to Seoul by Asiana Airlines on October 17. It's only a few days to left before Cathay (Pacific)'s withdrawal of service from Fukuoka. Now the airline will be flying the 777s to Fukuoka almost everyday until October 28, the day before withdrawal. The aircraft registration number B-HNP has been repainted a new corporate design about a half year ago, but it seems that it was a first time to fly to Fukuoka after repaint.
先週の火曜日（17日）アシアナ航空のOZ131便でソウルへ向かう前に国際線ターミナルの展望デッキから撮影したキャセイパシフィック航空のB777-300型機をUPします。キャセイの福岡便撤退まであとわずかなのでそれまでにぜひ撮影しておきたいと思いアシアナ便のチェックイン前後に3階にある展望デッキへ。行ってみるとB-HNPの新塗装機が。キャセイのトリプルセブン新塗装機はまだ見たことがなかったので本当にラッキーでした。

The plane was pushback start and taxi at 10:12 am, 8 minutes earlier than scheduled.
飛行機は定刻より8分早い午前10時12分にプッシュバック開始。

The plane on the go to runway 16. However, there are some flights left in this time, she must be waiting for a while. Finally it was taking off at 10:47 am, 35 minutes behind schedule.
しかしこの時間帯は出発便のラッシュが続くのでなかなか離陸できず、結局予定より35分遅れの午前10時47分に離陸。

Have a pleasant trip in Taiwan and Hong Kong!
どうぞ台湾と香港での楽しいご旅行を。

My next trip to Bangkok and Singapore

I've decided to go Bangkok and Singapore for 7 days from October 17 to 23. Going to Bangkok is a quite long time, since August 2006. I bought a discounted ticket of Thai Airways from Seoul. The price is 599,800 KRW (=about 59,400 Yen) including all taxes, fees and surcharges. Taking with a Thai Airways flight is second time, last time I went to Bangkok and Singapore in August 2006. At that time, I was taking a non-stop flight from Fukuoka to Bangkok. It was a comfortable flight except the seat is too narrow.

 Flights are as follows:

• October 17 OZ131 FUK 11:30 - ICN 13:00/TG635 ICN 17:30 - BKK 22:50 *via Taipei
• October 20 CX713 BKK 11:50 - SIN 15:20
• October 21 CX712 SIN 13:35 - BKK 15:00
• October 22 TG658 BKK 23:10 - ICN 06:35 +1
• October 23 OZ136 ICN 17:55 - FUK 19:20

The first day, I take an Asiana Airlines flight to Seoul, then a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok. The transit time at Incheon is 4 hours and 30 minutes, so it has a plenty of time to change planes. I'm staying in Bangkok for two nights. On October 20, I'm going to Singapore by Cathay Pacific. The price of business class between BKK and SIN is very cheap, it's 12,490 THB (=about 42,300 Yen) for round-trip. I can also take the latest Airbus plane, A350s. I'll stay in Singapore for only one day and return to Bangkok. I'll go back to Seoul on red-eye flight the next day.