As a hub for both international passenger traffic and Qantas’s Oneworld partner Cathay Pacific, it’s no surprise that the Flying Kangaroo serves Hong Kong from Australia’s two largest cities, Melbourne and Sydney. Both flights as of now are operated by the Airbus A330-200 and A330-300, though in the coming years they will be replaced by the Boeing 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliner.
Server: Solo
Airline: Qantas
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Origin: Hong Kong International Airport, Chep Lap Kok, Hong Kong (HKG)
Destination: Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne, Australia (MEL)
Flight Number: QF30
Route: VHHH-YMML
Seat: 45K (Economy)
Time En Route: 9 Hours 15 Minutes
Boarding for the relatively short (at least compared to some of the flights out of HKG) flight to Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria and the country’s most populous city
Situated in our seat directly behind the emergency exit
Climbing out of Hong Kong, shortly befpre grabbing a few hours’ sleep
Sunrise over southern Queensland
Descending over rural New South Wales
Final descent into Melbourne
Touching down at Tullamarine
Parked and ready to get off into a beautiful Australian morning