Tokyo-Narita 18-03-2017 (photo heavy!)

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Tokyo-Narita 18-03-2017 (photo heavy!)

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Hi everybody!

It took a little while to edit all my pics of Saturday 18-03-2017.

I was on the deck on Terminal 1 when it opened at 07.00. Here's an impression of the time spend there:

1. Singapore deployed a Star Alliance B777-300ER on its morning flight:
ImageB773-SIA-9VSWI-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

2. Very, very nice to catch the gorgeous livery of Air Calin in the morning sunshine!
ImageA332-ACL-FOHSD-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

3. My first Air New Zealand Dreamliner taxiing in after arrival:
ImageB789-ANZ-ZKNZH-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

4. Next to B777-300's, Thai also operates the A330-300 in the morning:
ImageA333-TGA-HSTER-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

5. Vietnam Airlines operates two morning flights, both with the B787-9:
ImageB789-VNA-VNA866-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

6. Arriving from Male and attracting quite some interest from Japanese spotters was this Saudia Cargo B777F, my first one:
ImageB772F-SVA-HZAK74-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

7. ANA Cargo is a nice local operator:
ImageB763F-ANA-JA8286-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

8. My second encounter with the new Cathay livery was this B747-400F:
ImageB744F-CPA-BLID-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

9. Hong Kong Airlines also flies to Tokyo with the A320 next to the A330:
ImageA320-HKG-BLPK-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

10. This all white B747-400F is operated by Atlas Air:
ImageB744F-ATL-N407KZ-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

11. One of the many Korean aircraft seen this day was this Asiana A321:
ImageA321-ASA-HL8039-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

12. Nice Air China A320:
ImageA320-CAA-B9918-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

13. And B737-800:
ImageB738-CAA-B5426-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

14. Another Korean operator flying to Tokyo daily is Jin Air:
ImageB738-JIN-HL8017-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

15. Large Dreamliner of Scoot departing runway 34L:
ImageB789-SCT-9VOJC-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

16. ANA has recently taken delivery of their first A320neos like this one:
ImageA320N-ANA-JA211A-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

17. Philippines also flies with the A330-300 to Tokyo:
ImageA333-PAL-RPC8766-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

18. Polar/DHL B747-8F just after landing:
ImageB748F-POL-N853GT-NRT18mar17 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

19. Alitalia A330-200 in new colors arriving from Milan:
ImageA332-AZA-EIEJK-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

As the light was getting worse, it was time to move to Terminal 2, from which the following pictures were taken:

20. Alitalia B777-200ER in new colors arriving from Rome:
ImageB772-AZA-EIFNI-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

21. ANA Cargo B767-300F with extra Okinawa titles:
ImageB763F-ANA-JA605F-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

22. Yet another Korean operator is Eastar Jet:
ImageB738-EST-HL8058-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

23. Very nice and colorful A320 of Cebu Pacific:
ImageA320-CBU-RPC3261-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

24. Followed by the A330-300 of the same company, but in the old livery:
ImageA333-CBU-RPC3341-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

25. My first Finnair A330-300 ready for departure back to Helsinki:
ImageA333-FIN-OHLTM-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

26. China Southern also uses the A321:
ImageA321-CSZ-B6339-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

27. JAL has painted two planes in this Tokyo-skyline livery, a Dreamliner and this B767-300ER:
ImageB763-JAL-JA610J-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

28. Still going strong are the China Airlines B747-400's:
ImageB744-CAL-B18207-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

29. My first Qantas A330-300 and first Qantas in the new livery:
ImageA333-QFA-VHQPH-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

30. A little strange to see an A320 of a common airline of Europe in Tokyo, but Siberia ofcourse quite close:
ImageA320-SBR-VQBPL-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

31. Xiamen operates several times a day with the B737-800:
ImageB738-XIA-B5382-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

32. Hainan Airlines flies once a day to Narita using the B737-800:
ImageB738-HAI-B1503-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

33. The smallest airplane seen this day was this ANA DHC-8-400:
ImageDHC84-ANA-JA843A-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

As it became clouded I decided to move back to the Terminal 1 deck to catch two nice planes:

34. This Air New Zealand B777-200ER in the old livery:
ImageB772-ANZ-ZKOKF-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

35. And this A320 of Air Busan, which normally uses the A321:
ImageA320-BUS-HL7744-NRT18mar17-1 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

Hope you liked my selection! You can see the whole set of more than 160 pictures at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeliner ... 624674435/

Stay tuned for Haneda pictures, including the newest Star Wars ANA, a B777-200ER!

Cheers!
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Re: Tokyo-Narita 18-03-2017 (photo heavy!)

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Nice shots!
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Very nice pics Anton :)
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