On This Day - March 27, 1967. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBB 'City of Sydney' operated its last passenger service, flying the Kangaroo Route from the United Kingdom (London / Heathrow) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service, having flown 24,167 hours with 11,867 cycles, and advertised for immediate sale. |
On This Day - March 27, 1970. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD 'Pacific Enterprise' operated the airline's final service into Melbourne (Essendon). All operations were then transferred to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - March 27, 1983. The Fokker F28-1018 Fellowship VH-FKD was returned to Air New South Wales at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) following its lease to Airlines of Western Australia. |
On This Day - March 27, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJB 'Mt Isa' returned to service following its repainting into the standard Qantas livery in the United States (Louisiana). It was ferried from New Iberia to Los Angeles, before it operated Flight QF108 from Los Angeles to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - March 27, 2018. The Jetstar Airways Airbus a320-232 VH-XJE arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ8996. This aircraft had previously been operated in Australia by Jetstar Airways as VH-JQW. |
On This Day - March 27, 2020. The Tigerair Airbus A320-232 VH-VND was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - March 27, 2020. The Tigerair Airbus A320-232 VH-VNO was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - March 27, 2020. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOM 'Fairhaven Beach' was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |