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YouTube user Airplane Channel took this up close, high-resolution footage showing VH-OQB landing in Los Angeles at 4:39pm local time after a 14-hour flight.
On Wednesday, the budget airline restarted services connecting Sydney and Phuket on its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with tri-weekly flights available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
It comes after Qantas announced it would dramatically fast-track the return of its first superjumbo to passenger service from April to January, in order to ease staffing pressures due to COVID-19 isolation orders.
Virgin Australia has said it will slash its flight capacity for January and February by 25 per cent, and place its recently-resumed sole international service to Fiji on hold, as it navigates the current Omicron outbreak.
Flight Centre CEO Graham 'Skroo' Turner has said that airlines "will certainly try" to recoup the massive losses seen throughout the pandemic in their airfares, however Australia's competitive market should ultimately see airfares remain fair on busy routes.
The return marks the first time this superjumbo has touched down on Australian soil since it performed its last passenger flight to London, and was ferried from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi for maintenance on 7 March 2020.
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