Spotting Opportunity: CES 2019

Every January, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) draws nearly 200,000 attendees to Las Vegas, including tens of thousands from outside the U.S. As such, many airlines up-gauge, offer additional flights, or fly charters.

JetTip users in Las Vegas have received dozens of smart flight alerts for unusual aircraft visits; here are a few of the highlights for arrivals this year:

Air France

• B77W: F-GSQL (CDG), F-GSQK (CDG)

Air Tahiti Nui

• A346: F-OSEA (CDG)

Canadian North

• B733: C-GICN (YWG)

Delta Air Lines

• A333: N828NW (AMS), N819NW (NRT)
• A359: N511DN (ICN)
• B772: N867DA (NRT), N863DA (CDG)
• B77L: N701DN (PVG)

KaiserAir

• B735: N732KA (LAX)

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PH-BFN, 747-400, KLM 613 (LAS-LAX) Jan 6, 2018

KLM

• B744: PH-BFN (AMS), PH-BFH (AMS)

United Airlines

• B753: N56859 (SFO), N77871 (ORD)
• B772: N212UA (EWR), N215UA (SFO)

Virgin Atlantic

• A346: B-VBUG (LHR)
  
• B789: G-VNYL (LHR)

If you'd like to follow along in real-time, the filterable arrival/departure board at LAS is freely available this week.

Nick Benson

Nick lives in Burnsville, Minnesota with his wife and three children. He grooves on railroad and aviation photography, politics, geography, weather, and LEGO. He started JetTip's smart flight alert service in 2017, and is now a full-time avgeek. He can frequently be found atop a step ladder at MSP's Aircraft Viewing Area.