Pacific East Asia Cargo has daily cargo flights from Subic
Bay, arriving in the early morning and departing at night.
It uses BAe146 and this is one of their planes, RP-C481.
This picture was taken in April 1997.
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You can find aircrafts in Asia Pacific and Africa which now serve HKG,
or had served HKG before. All photos below are taken by me,
Christopher from HKG, unless otherwise stated. They are taken
in different places around Hongkong International Airport. Enjoy it!
Ansett Austrlia B747-300 VH-INJ Sydney 2000 colors
Ansett Australia B767-300ER VH-BZF
Biman Bangladesh Airlines DC10-30 S2-ACO
Cathay Pacific Spirit of Hong Kong 1997 B747-200 B-HIB
Cathay Pacific A340-300 VR-HXA
Cathay Pacific B747-400F VR-HUH
Cathay Pacific B747-400F VR-HUH at HACTL
China Airlines A300B4 B-192 in old colors
China Eastern Airlines F-100 B-2239
China Southern B777-21B B-2054
China Southwest B737-3Z0 B-2590
Japan Air System A300-600R JA8559
Japan Asia Airlines B767-300 JA8264
Malaysia Airlines DC10-30 9M-MAX
Malaysia Airlines B777-200 9M-MRB
Mandarin Airlines B747SP N4522V
Mandarin Airlines B747-409 B-16801
Myanmar Airways International B737-4H6 9M-MMH
Pacific East Asia Cargo BAe146 RP-C481
Philippine Airlines A300B4 RP-C3005
Philippine Airlines B737-300 RP-C4007
Philippine Airlines B747-200 N742PR
Philippine Airlines B747-400 N752PR
Royal Australian Air Force Falcon 900 A26-077
Singapore Airlines B747-300 N122KH
Xiamen Airlines B737-505 B-2529
And many many more below without mentioned...
Pacific East Asia Cargo has daily cargo flights from Subic
Bay, arriving in the early morning and departing at night.
It uses BAe146 and this is one of their planes, RP-C481.
This picture was taken in April 1997.
Philippine Airlines usually uses A300B4s to fly between
HKG and Cebu. This A300B4, RP-C3005, was arriving from
Cebu in the morning. This photo was taken in late-June 1997.
Philippine Airlines seldom has B737s flying into
HKG. It usually has such B737s on additional
holiday flights or charter flights. This B737-300,
was photographed in March 1997.
Philippine Airlines now uses A330-300s, A340s, B747-400s,
B747-200s and MD11s to serve between HKG and Manila.
This one is a B747-200, N742PR, ready to depart for Manili,
waiting on the RWY13. This photo was taken in late-June 1997.
Philippine Airlines nearly has one B747-400 flying
into HKG every day. This one had just arrived from
Manila in the morning. The B747-400, N752PR, parked
outside HAECO for loading and unloading of passengers.
This photo was taken in July 1997.
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Mandarin Airlines is the sister airline of China Airlines. It flies to
Japan Airlines DC10-40 JA8531 was departing HKG on RWY13. JAL
Japan Airlines MD11 JA8588 was arriving HKG on RWY13. JAL
Korean Air has A330-300s and B777-200s entered services
Korean Air started its B777 services in early 1997. It has
There are no more MD11 flying to HKG. All Korean Air's
Malaysia Airlines received its first B777-200 in June 1997. This
China Airlines has no more aircraft in old colors flying to HKG.
China Airlines B747-400 B-184 in new colors was turning for
China Eastern Airlines F100 landed successfully on RWY13!.
Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-400F VR-HUH was approaching
Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-400F VR-HUH was parking outside HACTL
Grandair started services to HKG in 1996, using A300s. It now
Air Lanka usually flew A340-300s to HKG from Columbo via Bangkok.
Air Mauritius has joint venture services with Cathay Pacific on the
Asiana B747-400 moved towards the HKG terminal building for parking.
This is not an ordinary Atlas Air B747-200. This one had something
Cathay Pacific A340-300 VR-HXA was moving towards holding
Cathay Pacific B747-400 turned for its final approach on RWY13.
Cathay Pacific B747-200, B-HIB, named as Spirit of Hong Kong 1997,
Ansett Australia, celebrating its Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,
Ansett Australia B767-300ER! It is a very unusual visitor!
Biman Bangladesh has 2 weekly flights from Dhaka, using
Qatar Airways had one plane coming to HKG for maintenance
Singapore Airlines B747-300 seldom flew to HKG. This was the
Thai Airways now has 2 B747-300s in its fleet. It seldom flies
Mandarin Airlines made its final IGS approach to HKG.
Oman Government was a usual visitor among the non-scheduled
Royal Australian Air Force used to have one to two yearly visit
Air India has quite many types of aircraft coming to HKG,
Japan Air System, the third largest Japanese airline, flew to HKG
Japan Asia Airways has B767-300 since early 1997.
This was one of the old B737-200s of Dragonair. Now, there
El Al seldom has B747 flying to HKG. It only has B747-200s
Grand Air has just flew to HKG for less than a year.
Malaysia Airlines now has no more DC-10 flights to HKG.
Xiamen Airlines flies a B757-200 daily from Xiamen.
Air China flies between HKG and Beijing, together with Dalian
China Southern Airlines, based in Guangzhou, provides a
China Southwest provides services from a number of
Mandarin Airlines B747-400 (B-16801) seldom visits HKG.
Vietnam Airlines A320-200s are fitted with CFMI turbofans.
Dragonair A320 was making IGS approach to HKG. It was
Myanmar Airways International provides services
Asiana Airlines, based in Seoul, is the second largest airlines in South Korea.
Emirates Airlines serves between HKG and Dubai. It now has daily flights
Korean Airlines Cargo has three weekly flights from South Korean.
Korean Airlines has 17 weekly flights to and from HKG.
Korean Airlines has no more MD11s flying to HKG. Most of its MD11s
Philippine Airlines has four daily flights between HKG and Manila,
Qatar Airways had no flights to HKG; yet it had
its conversion work at HAECO. It arrived HKG on
June 6, 1997 and had its conversion work at HAECO
till next month. The other photo, showing the aircraft
in white colors parking inside HAECO. The plane
was a B747SR A7-ABL.
HKG in China Airlines flight. This is one of the B747SP of Mandarin
Airlines. This photo was taken in mid-June, 1997.
also flies B747s and MD11s to HKG. This photo was taken in late-June 1997.
also flies B747s and DC10-40s to HKG. This photo was taken in late-June 1997.
at the same perios, in 1997. This one, HL7551, was arriving from
Seoul in the morning. This photo was taken in early-July 1997.
weekly flights from Seoul using B777-200. Its B777s are
all fitted with Pratt and Witney turbofans. This B777-200,
HL7520, was taken in June 1997.
MD11 will be progressively converted to freighters MD11F.
This photo was taken in 1997 by Patrick.
B777 was seen in June 1997. It mainly flies regional routes, in addition
to some European destinitions. The B777-200, 9M-MHB, just flew
into HKG for its IGS approach. This photo was taken in June 1997.
All aircraft into HKG are now in new colors. This aircraft, A300B4,
B-192 was one of the last aircraft in old colors to HKG. This photo
was taken in one of the evenings of May 1997.
its final approach to RWY13 from Taipei. Its B747-400, together
with the entire fleet fly to HKG on its frequent HKG-Taipei and
HKG-Kaohsiung route. This photo was taken in June 1997.
These are two successive shots on the landing of the China
Eastern F100. MU has daily flights from Shanghai, Hangzhou
Ningbo, Fuzhou etc. This photo was taken by Patrick in 1997.
and was clear to land RWY13. This plane will soon be in B-prefix.
This photo was taken in June 1997.
for unloading and loading of cargo. This plane will soon be in B-prefix.
This photo was taken in early-July 1997 from a high-rise building.
has daily flights from Manila. This A300, RP-C8883, was arriving
HKG from Manila and the photo was taken in late-June 1997.
It seldom has L1011 Tristars to HKG nowadays, although it flew many
of them in the past years. This aircraft visited HKG on May 15, 1997
evening and the photo was taken on the same evening.
HKG-Mauritius route. The route uses Air Mauritius aircraft, B767-200ER,
two flights weekly. This one is one of the Air Mauritius B767s, 3B-NAK.
This photo was taken in early-July 1997.
Asiana uses B747-400 and B767-300ER to serve the HKG-Seoul route.
This B747-400, HL7418, was one of its all 400-series B747s.
This photo was taken in late-June 1997.
special. The "ATLAS AIR" wordings was in yellow color. The others
are not. The B747-200F, N509MC was parked outside HACTL for
for cargo handling. This photo was taken by Patrick.
point 13 and was ready to depart HKG using RWY13. This
A340-300 had not yet been re-registered as B- prefix; but now
it is B-HXA. This photo was taken in late-July 1997.
This photo was taken in June 1997.
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was painted to celebrate Hong Kong's Handover on July 1, 1997.
painted one of it B747-300 in this special color scheme. The
aircraft was first seen in HKG mid-June 1997. Ansett Australia
is the official airline for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
This photo was taken in mid-June 1997 at about 1815.
This plane is mainly used on Sydney-Shanghai-Sydney,
Sydney-Osaka-Brisbane-Sydney, and Sydney-Jarkarta-Kuala Lumpur
as well. Therefore, it can be seen more in Asia than
in Australia. The aircraft basically served Asia only.
It does no domestic routes at all in Australia, and VH-RMC,
a 767-200ER is only used for international runs
on those flights mentioned, in support of the 747-300s.
This B767-300ER, VH-BZF, visited HKG on June 8, 1997 at 1830.
Ansett Australia has 5 weekly flights from Sydney, using B747-300.
This plane was photographed on the same day in HKG.
DC10-30. This one, S2-ACO, was named as City of
Hazrat-Shan Makhdoom (R.A.). This photo was taken in June, 1997.
in HAECO in June 1997. This B747SR, A7-ABL, came to HKG
on June 6, 1997 at 0700. Noting that this B747SR was fitted
with General Electric CF6 torbofans.
exceptional case because this was a leased flight from Cathay Pacific.
Cathay Pacific had Trent 700 problems in June 1997, so CX leased
a SIA B747-300 to solve the lack of planes' problem. This one, was
seen in June 1997 and was registered as N122KH.
to HKG. In mid-1997, it flies only weekly to HKG. This one,
HS-TGE, was one of the two B747-300s of Thai Airways.
Noting that this B747-300 was fitted
with General Electric CF6 torbofans similar to that of B747-400.
This MD11 used to be from China Airlines; but now, nearly
all MD11s are now in Mandarin colors. It always fly to HKG
from Taipei together with its B747-400s and B747Sps.
aircraft. It had been seen in HKG several times. This one visited
HKG on June 8, 1997 at about 1800. It usually stays in HKG for a few
days, parking near Choi Hung. This picture was taken on the same day.
to HKG, but mainly B707. This time, it used a Falcon 900 in
June 1997. It usually has a few repeating-runway-approach,
probably for runway checking. This Falcon, A26-077, visited HKG
on June 11, 1997 morning and the photo was taken on the same day.
B747-300Combi, B747-200 and A310-300. It usually has
B747 when their flight continues to go to or from Osaka.
This one, B747-300Combi, VT-EPX, was named as
Narasimilia Varman. This photo was taken in June 1997.
since June 1997. It has four weekly flights from Osaka Kansai,
using A300-600R. This photo was taken in June 1997.
It usually flies on Taipei , Hong Kong and Bangkok
routes. It is believed that the B767-300s are to
replace the existing DC10-40s. This photo was
taken in early 1997 in HKG and the aircraft was JA8264.
are no more of this type of aircraft in Dragonair's fleet.
The B737-200s were all replaced by the more advanced Airbus
Industrie A320-200. The B737-200s were used for regional routes.
(This photo is provided by Andrew Hunt exclusively.)
services during holidays. El Al now has one weekly flight
direct from Tel Aviv. The photo shown here was a
B747-200 Combi (reg.no.4X-AXD). Normal flights usually
use a B767-200 aircraft for smaller capacity.
This photo was taken on March 27, 1997 in HKG.
It now provides one daily service from Manila using A300B4.
The aircraft was going to depart for Manila in the morning.
This photo was taken on March 27, 1997 in HKG.
MAS only uses A330-300s, B737s, B747-400s and MD11s to HKG.
It also used to have A300s to HKG. However, they were all
gone due to replacement of new aircraft. Its DC10 usually
served on routes between HKG and Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
(This photo is provided by Andrew Hunt exclusively.)
Therefore, it is quite unusual to see a B737 of Xiamen
Airlines in HKG. This aircraft was a non-scheduled flight
for holiday. The flight for this aircraft was for Wuyishan.
This photo was taken on March 27, 1997 in HKG.
and Tianjin. The B767-300 (B-2558) shown was moving to
RWY13 and was going to depart for Beijing. Air China
usually uses B747-400 on the HKG-Beijing route. The
aircraft was seen in low-capacity seasons. Sometimes,
B747SP, B747-200 and B767-200ER can be
seen when there are not too many passengers.
The photo was taken on March 7, 1997 at about 1720
at HKG International Airport 2/F restaurant.
comprehensive network of services between HKG and
China Southern cities such as Guangzhou, Kunming,
Shantou, Xiamen etc. The B777-200 of China Southern Airlines
usually flies on the Guangzhou-HKG-Beijing route. The
Guangzhou-Beijing-Amsterdam also flies a B777-200.
She is the only airline in China that has B777-200s at
present. Air China will have B777s soon. The
aircraft shown here is resgistered as B-2054.
This photo was taken on March 7, 1997 at about 1735
at HKG International Airport 2/F restaurant.
southwestern China cities to HKG. It has services to
Chengdu and Chongqing, flying B737s. Its services
to HKG had once been taken over by China National
Aviation Coporation for about a year.
The pictures shown here, a B737-300 (B-2590), was
photographed on March 8, 1997 at about 1030.
It was originally a regular China AIrlines' flight from Taipei.
Mandarin Airlines is the subsidiary of China Airlines.
She has MD11s, B747SPs and B747-400s.
This photo was taken on March 8, 1997 at about 0950.
They are used to fly regional routes. Vietnam Airlines has
B767s and A320s services to and from HKG. Vietnam
Airlines' services to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
are all code-shared with Cathay Pacific.
The photo was taken on March 8, 1997 at about 1215.
turning a degree of 47 to the right to line up with RWY13.
The Airbus, VR-HYV, mainly serves cities in China and Asia.
Dragonair now has 7 A320-231s, and all are leased from ILFC.
between HKG and Rangoon. It has two weekly flights
from Rangoon to HKG, using a B737-400.
The aircraft, 9M-MMH, is leased from Malaysia Airlines.
The photo was taken on March 7, 1997.
It has 10 flights weekly to and from HKG. It flies B747-400s and B767-300ERs
to HKG. It is rather rare to see a B737-400 in HKG.
This one, B737-4Y0,
is registered as HL7259.
(This photo is provided by Andrew Hunt exclusively.)
to and from HKG, using A310-300s and B777-200s. Some flights are from
Bangkok and Manila. Emirates sometimes flies A300-600R too.
The aircraft was departing HKG on RWY13 for Dubai.
The photo was taken on January 28, 1997 morning at about 0900.
Two from Seoul, using B747-200Fs or B747-400Fs; and one from Pusan,
using a A300F. Korean Air Cargo now has two Airbus A300 freighters only.
This photo was taken in early morning on January 28, 1997 at about 0820.
It flies B747-400s, B747-300s, B747-200s, B747SPs and A300-600s.
This B747-2B5B is leased from ORIX.
It was departing HKG on RWY13 for Seoul. The aircraft is registered as B747-2B5B.
(This photo is provided by Andrew Hunt exclusively.)
will be converted to freighters. This one was registered as HL7375,
parking outside the terminal building.
(This photo is provided by Andrew Hunt exclusively.)
with a few more flights from Cebu. The MD11 here is believed
to be leased from World Airways, since it is registered as N277WA.
According to Airlines 1996, it is a MD11ER! Phillippine Airlines
now has anumber of new aircrafts, like A340-300, B747-400 and MD11.
The aircraft just arrived from Manila in the morning,
and was taxiing towards the terminal building.
The photo was taken on December 23, 1996.
They are now replaced with the new colors B747-200Fs leased from
Cathay Pacific. This aircraft was registered as VR-HKO
and it had already been out of Air Hong Kong's service.
This photo was taken on January 28, 1996.
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Air Macau is the airline based in Macau. It was owned by
various companies, including TAP Air Portugal and CAAC.
It now has A320-200s and A321-100s to serve various Asian
destinations. This photo was taken on July 26, 1996 in Macau
when the aircraft had just landed Macau from Taipei. The
A320-200 was registered as CS-MAE, and was on lease.
where it was parked. It left on the same day.
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The second photo was taken by a bus fan.
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China Eastern Airlines F100 B-2240, taken on August 30, 1996
at about 1200. It was on RWY13 and was going to take off.
China Eastern Airlines flies F100s, A300-600Rs, MD11s,
and MD82s to HKG from a number of cities in China.
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Spotters delight! You'll surely be surprised to see this strange A300-622R!
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ORBIS, an aircraft company which is not for transporting
passengers nor cargo. It is an airline travelling to various
to help the patients who have problems on their eyes.
The plane inside has lecture rooms, operations rooms for
doing eye operations. ORBIS had a DC8 as their first aircraft,
but they found it not large enough. They now have a DC10.
This picture was taken in Macau International Airport
on July 26, 1996. This aircraft's registration is N220AU.
Philippine Airlines A340-300, A40-LD, was on the RWY13, and
was ready to take off for Manila. This aircraft was an ex-Gulf Air
A340-300. Philippine Airlines now seldom has A340-300 flying
to HKG. This photo was taken on August 30, 1996 at about 1200.
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This is a Royal Brunei Airlines B767-33AER.
Royal Brunei Airlines has two weekly flights to and from Bandar Seri Begawan.
Royal Brunei Airlines sometimes flies a B757 to HKG.
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Thai Cargo started it cargo service to HKG just a few months ago.
It now uses a B747 freighter, leased from Atlas Air, to fly on
cargo routes. The freighter, registered as N527MC, was going
to land on HKG from Bangkok in Thursday early morning. This
picture was taken on October 17, 1996 at about 0740.
Transasia is one of the Taiwanese airlines that serves Macau.
It has daily flights to and from Taipei and Kaohsiung. It uses
A320-200s and A321-100s to serve Macau. This photo was
taken on July 26, 1996 in Macau International Airport. The
aircraft, A320-200, was registered as B-22307.
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