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On This Day - December 08, 1954. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVC 'John Oxley' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hurn). |
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On This Day - December 08, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBE 'City of Perth' returned to service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to London (Heathrow) via the Kangaroo Route, following its conversion to a Boeing 707-138B standard. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1980. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJS 'Peter Warburton' was rolled out of the airline's paintshop at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the new 'camel-hump' livery. It was the first Douglas DC-9 to acquire this livery. It returned to service on December 13. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1984. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RMH operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 767 service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Hamilton Island. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAC 'John Forrest' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAE 'John Fawkner' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAF 'Courageous' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAG 'Advance' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAI 'Boldness' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAW 'Progress' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAX 'Success' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAY 'Valiant' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAZ 'Victory' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJA 'Resolute' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJD 'Gallant' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJI was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. The lease to Air Vanuatu continued. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJO 'Lorikeet' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 13, 1993. Ownership of the Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJR 'Cockatiel' was officially transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
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On This Day - December 08, 1995. New Zealand's Freedom Air International operated its inaugural service from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) using the leased Boeing 757-204 G-BYAF. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2000. The ex British Midlands Boeing 737-33A G-OBMJ, now leased to Ansett Airlines as VH-CZQ arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its ferry flight from the United Kingdom (East Midland) as Flight AN4800. Pre-service maintenance was then carried out before it was ferry to Australia. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYC 'Arnhem Land' entered service operating Flight QF600 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2006. The Skywest Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNE operated its first RPT revenue service, as Flight XR151 from Perth to Learmonth. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWQ entered service, operating Flight JQ500 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 08, 2019. The Eastern Australia Airlines Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-TQK, having been repainted into the Qantas Airways 'Silver Roo' livery in Townsville by Flying Colours, was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight QLK673, before being ferried to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) the following day as Flight QLK675. The aircraft was then named 'Tathra' before it returned to service with QantasLink. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2021. The Air New Zealand Airbus A320-271N ZK-NHE entered service, operating Flight NZ6233 from Auckland to Christchurch. |
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On This Day - December 08, 2024. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Airbus A220-371 VH-X4E 'Tasmanian Devil' entered service operation Flight QF1273 from Canberra to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - December 08, 2024. The Sunstate Airlines / QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402Q VH-84A arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Sault Ste. Marie). |
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