On This Day - June 06, 1955. The Qantas Airways Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat VH-EBV 'Pacific Warrior' was withdrawn from service at Sydney (Rose Bay). It was broken up for scrap at Sydney (Rose Bay) in August. |
On This Day - June 06, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBJ departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Mississippi / Greenwwod) for sale to the Memphis Group. |
On This Day - June 06, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month, operated its last service as Flight FJ911 from Nadi (Fiji) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - June 06, 2007. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXM entered service, operating Flight QF1914 from Perth to Karratha. |
On This Day - June 06, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZB 'Lake Macquarie' entered service, operating Flight QF673 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
On This Day - June 06, 2009. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUG returned to service, operating Flight DJ9001 from Townsville to Dili, after being repainted into the 'Pacific Blue' livery. |
On This Day - June 06, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFP 'Nobby's Beach' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight VA9518. |
On This Day - June 06, 2016. The Skywest / Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNF, now registered as 5Y-FJE, departed Perth on its ferry flight to Kenya (Nairobi) as Flight SYU1602, having been sold to Fanjet Express Airlines. |
On This Day - June 06, 2022. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQJ 'Bert Hinkler' returned to service following its extended lay-up due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF6003. It then operated its first passenger service as Flight QF93 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Los Angeles (United States). |