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On This Day - May 20, 1959. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-1002 Friendship VH-TFD was used for the next three days to train two East-West Airline captains at Mangalore, thus enabling them to ferry their airline's first Fokker Friendship from the Netherlands to Australia. |
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On This Day - May 20, 1979. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMN arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Renton). |
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On This Day - May 20, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJN 'Egret' entered service, operating Flight TN014 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. |
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On This Day - May 20, 2000. The Ansett Australia Boeing 767-324ER VH-BZF 'Inspiration' departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) en-route to Athens (Greece) to collect the 'Olympic Flame' for the '2000 Sydney Olympic Games'. |
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On This Day - May 20, 2002. The ex-Ansett Australia Airbus A320-211 VH-HYX, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to France (Toulouse) as Flight AN4040, on return to the leasing company, GATX Capital Corporation, following the airline's collapse the previous year. |
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On This Day - May 20, 2016. The Qantas Freight / Australian air Express Boeing 737-376(SF) VH-XMB was ferried from Perth to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF7301 for maintenance and repainting. |
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On This Day - May 20, 2021. The National Jet Express / Cobham Aviation Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-IQA arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Maastricht). |
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On This Day - May 20, 2022. The QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-UZH entered service, operating Flight QF1933 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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