Hey there IFC! Today we will be flying from the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok to China’s most popular resort city of Sanya on Hainan Island. This flight is operated in real life using the Boeing 737-800 however Aeroflot doesn’t have the 737-800 in IF and freight was high today, so the aircraft got upgraded for today’s flight to an A330. Also pay attention to the strange route in the flight details, as Chinese airspace is tightly regulated in narrow airways.
flight details
Server: Expert
Airline: Aeroflot
Aircraft: Airbus A330-343
Origin: Vladivostok Knevichi Int’l Airport (VVO/UHWW)
Destination: Sanya Phoenix Int’l Airport (SYX/ZJSY)
Flight Number: SU858
Registration: RA-73700
Air time: 5 hours 20 minutes
Pushback from the gate at Vladivostok, next to a fellow 777-300ER belonging to @Alexander_Orlov
Engine Start and testing flight controls prior to taxi
Takeoff from runway 07R
Reached cruising altitude, clear morning skies
Somewhere over eastern China, there are many cities
Descending over Hainan Island into SYX, Sanya is located at the southern edge of the island
Final approach, view from the PAX
Very well executed and precise touchdown, a hallmark of the A330 series
Parked at the international terminal
Thank you for viewing this post! I’ll be back with more eventually. This flight was relatively easy however the routing through chinese airspace was cumbersome and added a good hour to the planned flight time.
