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On This Day - April 28, 1954. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049C Constellation VH-EAH 'Southern Sky' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank / California). |
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On This Day - April 28, 1971. The Ansett Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMA operated its final passenger service. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) awaiting its conversion to an all-freight aircraft. |
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On This Day - April 28, 1989. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYG arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - April 28, 1993. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZX, having been leased to Malaysian Airlines for 13 months, arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) on return to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease. It was reregistered as ZK-NZX on May 05. |
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On This Day - April 28, 1997. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBA was returned to the airline on completion of its 6 month lease to TACA of El Salvador. |
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On This Day - April 28, 1997. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGJ 'Port Macquarie' was leased to the Jspanese Government for 4 days, for use by the Japanese Prime Minister for his tour of Australia and New Zealand. |
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On This Day - April 28, 2013. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBS was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Manila (Philippines) as Flight QF6025 for maintenance and repainting into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery, following its return from lease to Jetstar Airways. |
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On This Day - April 28, 2020. The Virgin Australia Airbus A320-231 VH-FNP operated its last revenue service as Flight VA1901/1902 operating Perth - Newman - Perth. It was then withdrawn from service and advertised for sale. |
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