Anton Homma
2017-03-19, 08:51 AM
Hello everybody,
this week I'm working to fix an item on my bucketlist; spotting at and visiting Tokyo. Here's an impression of my first afternoon at Narita. I arrived at 10.30 with SAS via Copenhagen from Amsterdam. After passport control and customs I went up to the observation deck on Terminal 1:
1. Narita is a heaven for Dreamliner-lovers with many airlines operating the type with ANA and JAL, like this one, are the most common:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3671/33370873752_fdf75e82d4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSs9h)B788-JAL-JA836J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSs9h) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
2. Korean Air B737-800 taking off from 34L on it's way to Busan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3684/33370881902_c30a38a3bf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuyN)B738-KAL-HL8244-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuyN) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
As you can see the sun was almost to far around, so I moved to Terminal 2 and started on the left-hand observation deck:
3. FedEx has a large operation at Narita with many B777F's seen during my first two days:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/652/33370872372_aec07ff4cd_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrJu)B772F-FDX-N889FD-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrJu) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
4. I had splendid warm spring weather, which was nice, but did ruin some pictures due to heat haze as is visible on this picture of this China Southern B737-800:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3932/33486890626_73b82d2b9a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284Vd)B738-CSZ-B5741-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284Vd) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
5. One of the three Japanese low-cost airlines operating A320s from Narita is Vanilla Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3781/33486892036_5ba2ff672e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285kw)A320-VNL-JA06VA-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285kw) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
6. My first Hello Kitty A330-300 from EVA Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3736/33486891166_12eab3de6b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T2855w)A333-EVA-B16333-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T2855w) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
7. JetStar Japan is another A320 LCC:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3790/33486893426_ddeed36dd8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285Ku)A320-JET-JA14JJ-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285Ku) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
I then moved to the right hand deck to being able to take some more pictures of planes taxiing.
8. Not as much JAL B737-800s as I expected:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2814/33370882862_2913c474cb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuRm)B738-JAL-JA305J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuRm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
9. Every departing plane gets a send off by three ground crew waving the plane goodbye as can be seen in this picture of this JAL B777-200ER:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3934/33399274101_f707993385_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/STo1zt)B772-JAL-JA707J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/STo1zt) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
10. Ofcourse Dreamliners from ANA can also be seen:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3946/33399272331_27911b473a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/STo13X)B788-ANA-JA832A-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/STo13X) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
11. Jeju Air from South-Korea B737-800 sporting the new livery:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3793/33370882212_e5b835d6c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuE9)B738-JEJ-HL8061-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuE9) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
12. Sharp looking A321 from Philippines:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3734/33370872812_a94661fcfb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrS5)A321-PAL-RPC9914-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrS5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
13. Another South Korean airline is T'Way:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2813/33370881652_989454cafb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuuu)B738-TWY-HL8056-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuuu) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
14. This is the old livery of Jeju Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3724/33486890196_daa927f0b7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284MN)B738-JEJ-HL8261-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284MN) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
15. Yet another South Korean operator is Air Busan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3950/33486891626_990d45bc55_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285ds)A321-BUS-HL7731-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285ds) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
16. Another type of ANA and JAL pretty common at Narita is the B767-300ER:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3678/33370879802_01253f02ed_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQStWA)B763-JAL-JA608J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQStWA) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
17. China Airlines came with this special liveried A330-300:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3698/33370884402_ccc1f68b8a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSviU)A333-CAL-B18358-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSviU) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
18. And also uses the B737-800:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3836/33370883342_4a6d4bc98a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuZC)B738-CAL-B-18658-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuZC) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
19. Peach is the third LCC flying A320s:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2932/33486892636_77043d67c6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285vS)A320-PCH-JA815P-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285vS) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
20. Colorful A330-300 of Hong Kong Airlines seen landing on 34R:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2825/33370884052_472f1f84af_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSvcS)A333-HKG-BLNU-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSvcS) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
21. Nice to see Tigerair from Taiwan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2814/33486892616_d22b6ea9b3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285vw)A320-TGR-B50008-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285vw) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
22. Air Macau is a daily visitor with an A320:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3771/33486893186_b947738026_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285Fm)A320-MAC-BMCF-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285Fm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
23. As is HK Express, which operates several times a day:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3753/33486893866_8b42a2e004_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285T5)A320-HKX-BLCI-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285T5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
24. One of many ANA B767-300ERs:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2836/33486889466_2b5e25511b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284zd)B763-ANA-JA620A-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284zd) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
25. Polar Air Cargo is flying with B747-400Fs, B747-800Fs and the B767-300Fs on Narita:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/744/33370880142_aba73a5c4a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSu3s)B763F-POL-N644GT-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSu3s) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
26. ANA is operating a small fleet of A320s:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3944/33486886296_974890fa36_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T283Cy)A320-ANA-JA8313-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T283Cy) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
27. United B737-800 coming in from Guam:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3764/33486886076_0d36289fb0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T283yL)B738-UAL-N37293-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T283yL) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
28. My first American B787 is seen here on arrivals for 34R:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2819/33370875712_25d3e04128_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSsJ5)B788-AAL-N810AN-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSsJ5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
29. Spring Airlines Japan is a subsidiary of Spring Airlines from China:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2837/33486889996_8072843eda_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284Jm)B738-SPR-JA04GR-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284Jm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
30. And I end this set with this nice CRJ-700 of Ibex Airlines:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3834/33370872072_1a32464cd0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrDj)CRJ7-IBX-JA06RJ-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrDj) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
Hope you liked my selection! You can see all 79 pictures at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/albums/72157679639454151/with/33370874352/
Cheers!
this week I'm working to fix an item on my bucketlist; spotting at and visiting Tokyo. Here's an impression of my first afternoon at Narita. I arrived at 10.30 with SAS via Copenhagen from Amsterdam. After passport control and customs I went up to the observation deck on Terminal 1:
1. Narita is a heaven for Dreamliner-lovers with many airlines operating the type with ANA and JAL, like this one, are the most common:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3671/33370873752_fdf75e82d4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSs9h)B788-JAL-JA836J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSs9h) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
2. Korean Air B737-800 taking off from 34L on it's way to Busan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3684/33370881902_c30a38a3bf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuyN)B738-KAL-HL8244-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuyN) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
As you can see the sun was almost to far around, so I moved to Terminal 2 and started on the left-hand observation deck:
3. FedEx has a large operation at Narita with many B777F's seen during my first two days:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/652/33370872372_aec07ff4cd_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrJu)B772F-FDX-N889FD-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrJu) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
4. I had splendid warm spring weather, which was nice, but did ruin some pictures due to heat haze as is visible on this picture of this China Southern B737-800:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3932/33486890626_73b82d2b9a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284Vd)B738-CSZ-B5741-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284Vd) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
5. One of the three Japanese low-cost airlines operating A320s from Narita is Vanilla Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3781/33486892036_5ba2ff672e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285kw)A320-VNL-JA06VA-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285kw) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
6. My first Hello Kitty A330-300 from EVA Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3736/33486891166_12eab3de6b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T2855w)A333-EVA-B16333-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T2855w) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
7. JetStar Japan is another A320 LCC:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3790/33486893426_ddeed36dd8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285Ku)A320-JET-JA14JJ-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285Ku) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
I then moved to the right hand deck to being able to take some more pictures of planes taxiing.
8. Not as much JAL B737-800s as I expected:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2814/33370882862_2913c474cb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuRm)B738-JAL-JA305J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuRm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
9. Every departing plane gets a send off by three ground crew waving the plane goodbye as can be seen in this picture of this JAL B777-200ER:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3934/33399274101_f707993385_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/STo1zt)B772-JAL-JA707J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/STo1zt) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
10. Ofcourse Dreamliners from ANA can also be seen:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3946/33399272331_27911b473a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/STo13X)B788-ANA-JA832A-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/STo13X) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
11. Jeju Air from South-Korea B737-800 sporting the new livery:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3793/33370882212_e5b835d6c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuE9)B738-JEJ-HL8061-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuE9) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
12. Sharp looking A321 from Philippines:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3734/33370872812_a94661fcfb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrS5)A321-PAL-RPC9914-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrS5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
13. Another South Korean airline is T'Way:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2813/33370881652_989454cafb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuuu)B738-TWY-HL8056-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuuu) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
14. This is the old livery of Jeju Air:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3724/33486890196_daa927f0b7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284MN)B738-JEJ-HL8261-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284MN) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
15. Yet another South Korean operator is Air Busan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3950/33486891626_990d45bc55_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285ds)A321-BUS-HL7731-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285ds) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
16. Another type of ANA and JAL pretty common at Narita is the B767-300ER:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3678/33370879802_01253f02ed_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQStWA)B763-JAL-JA608J-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQStWA) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
17. China Airlines came with this special liveried A330-300:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3698/33370884402_ccc1f68b8a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSviU)A333-CAL-B18358-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSviU) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
18. And also uses the B737-800:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3836/33370883342_4a6d4bc98a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuZC)B738-CAL-B-18658-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSuZC) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
19. Peach is the third LCC flying A320s:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2932/33486892636_77043d67c6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285vS)A320-PCH-JA815P-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285vS) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
20. Colorful A330-300 of Hong Kong Airlines seen landing on 34R:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2825/33370884052_472f1f84af_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSvcS)A333-HKG-BLNU-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSvcS) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
21. Nice to see Tigerair from Taiwan:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2814/33486892616_d22b6ea9b3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285vw)A320-TGR-B50008-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285vw) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
22. Air Macau is a daily visitor with an A320:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3771/33486893186_b947738026_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285Fm)A320-MAC-BMCF-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285Fm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
23. As is HK Express, which operates several times a day:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3753/33486893866_8b42a2e004_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T285T5)A320-HKX-BLCI-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T285T5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
24. One of many ANA B767-300ERs:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2836/33486889466_2b5e25511b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284zd)B763-ANA-JA620A-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284zd) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
25. Polar Air Cargo is flying with B747-400Fs, B747-800Fs and the B767-300Fs on Narita:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/744/33370880142_aba73a5c4a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSu3s)B763F-POL-N644GT-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSu3s) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
26. ANA is operating a small fleet of A320s:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3944/33486886296_974890fa36_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T283Cy)A320-ANA-JA8313-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T283Cy) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
27. United B737-800 coming in from Guam:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3764/33486886076_0d36289fb0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T283yL)B738-UAL-N37293-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T283yL) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
28. My first American B787 is seen here on arrivals for 34R:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2819/33370875712_25d3e04128_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSsJ5)B788-AAL-N810AN-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSsJ5) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
29. Spring Airlines Japan is a subsidiary of Spring Airlines from China:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2837/33486889996_8072843eda_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T284Jm)B738-SPR-JA04GR-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/T284Jm) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
30. And I end this set with this nice CRJ-700 of Ibex Airlines:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3834/33370872072_1a32464cd0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrDj)CRJ7-IBX-JA06RJ-NRT17mar17 (https://flic.kr/p/SQSrDj) by Anton Homma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/), on Flickr
Hope you liked my selection! You can see all 79 pictures at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/albums/72157679639454151/with/33370874352/
Cheers!