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A350 First Flight to Haneda RJTT

| Aviation Around Us

On the afternoon of November 19 at 3:25 PM, the A350 visited Haneda Airport for the first time. I didn’t have time to go to the airport to see it in person, but with the abundance of resources online, receiving a massive amount of information instantly made for a very fulfilling experience.

On flightradar24, as soon as the A350 took off from Korea, the entire route was tracked via flightradar24.com/AIB102/. The final landing was also expected on 34L; the weather was clear, and the aviation enthusiasts who went to the airport to photograph it all returned with a bountiful harvest.

When the aircraft flew over Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport, airport staff captured its image. The flight altitude at the time was 38,000 feet, but the “A350” lettering under the fuselage was still clearly visible.

Airbus personnel onboard the A350 captured a photo of Mount Fuji from the window near Shizuoka, along with the iconic winglet. The weather was truly beautiful.

Video footage and photos of the landing taken by enthusiasts suggest it was shot from Ukishima-cho, judging by the angle.

The photo below features an All Nippon Airways aircraft in the background, perfectly capturing the atmosphere of Haneda Airport. I wonder where the photographer took this from?

The following shots were likely taken from the International Terminal Observation Deck.

The photos below were likely taken from the Terminal 1 Observation Deck.

These were likely shot from the east side of 34L, in front of the JAL maintenance hangar.

This appears to have been taken from inside the cabin after landing, with the “Tokyo International Airport” sign in the background, once again highlighting the winglet.

Photos taken after parking at spot 210.

The A350’s visit to Tokyo was significant news among aviation enthusiasts, but without relying on traditional media, we were able to understand various details in real-time simply through everyone’s shares on Twitter and flightradar24. Truly, we live in a convenient era.