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On This Day - May 19, 1954. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049C Constellation VH-EAH 'Southern Sky' entered service, operating the Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Vancouver (Canada) service. |
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On This Day - May 19, 1965. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-INJ, departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Southend) where it will be converted by Aviation Traders to an ATL-98A Carvair freighter. |
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On This Day - May 19, 1970. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 818 VH-RML departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its delivery flight to Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT) at Taiwan (Taipei). |
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On This Day - May 19, 1990. The Boeing 767-204ER G-BLKV, leased by Air New Zealand from Britannia Airways, arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight in the 'Aero Peru' livery. It was reregistered as ZK-NBI on June 01, before it entered service. |
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On This Day - May 19, 2000. The Boeing 767-35HER ZK-NCM, leased by Air New Zealand from C. Itoh Aerospace Finance, departed Christchurch (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Vancouver (Canada) on return to the lessor at the end of its lease. |
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On This Day - May 19, 2004. The Australian Airlines Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGV returned to service following its repainting into the airline's livery, operating Flight AO7829 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Denpasar (Bali). |
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On This Day - May 19, 2004. The Horizon Airlines Hawker Siddeley HS-748-2-268 3C-QQP was loaned to the Australian Aviation Museum at Sydney (Bankstown) for static display. |
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On This Day - May 19, 2005. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYD 'Eudunda' entered service, operating Flight QF605 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - May 19, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJG 'City of Hobart' achieved the major milestone of having flown 100,000 hours, whilst it was operating Flight QF24 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Bangkok (Thailand). |
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On This Day - May 19, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-NXJ departed Canberra (10:40 AEST) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) for storage. |
On This Day - May 19, 2024. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8 MAX VH-8IF 'Maroochydore Beach' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight VA9947. |
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