Continental’s
daily non-stop service from Houston (CO7) was
operated by N77014, the airline’s 777-224ER
still carrying the famous millennium colour
scheme designed by Peter Max which was to
be removed within a few months.
In contrast to a lot of rather short-haul freighter
departures out of Narita that perform rocket-like
take-offs, this Polar Air Cargo 747-46NF
N452PA
to Chicago O’Hare has to squeeze out every bit of performance
it has.
If
everything goes according to schedule, two Air
Canada A340-313Xs arrive within 10 minutes of
each other every day. AC3 from Vancouver was
flown by C-GDVW while, in this particular instance
for delay reasons, the “Star Alliance”-sistership
C-FYLD came in from Toronto as AC1 shortly afterwards.
ANA
not only has a “Yokoso Japan” 767-300
but also this promotional 747-400 in their fleet
to spread word of this fascinating country. Unfortunately
some severe heat haze prevented better quality
although the late morning light was quite good
from Terminal 1.
N851NW
became Northwest Airlines’ very first A330-223
two months ago and is seen arriving from Seoul
as NW8.
Spotted
at the correct airport but I am quite sure that
it is also based there: Northwest Airlines’ 747-451
N673US is called “City of Tokyo”.
Displaying a number of Asian destinations on
the right fuselage side and some American
cities on the left, Northwest Cargo’s
747-249F “Investing in Pacific
Trade” N643NW is caught rolling
out on to runway 34L.
A
feature that could also be seen on NCA’s
cargo jumbos in Europe is the “Indy Japan”-sticker
attached to ANA’s 777-281ER JA710A.
Having
waited in Amsterdam for three days to see one
of Northwest Airlines’ 747-251B in their
new colours earlier, I was to find out that they
have several daily movements at Narita. N624US
has just been pushed back from Terminal 1 to
depart to Guam as NW74.
