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On This Day - December 23, 1954. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVC 'John Oxley' entered service. |
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On This Day - December 23, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVB 'Gregory Blaxland' set a speed record of 48 minutes for the flight between Launceston and Melbourne (Essendon). |
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On This Day - December 23, 1977. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAB 'Winton' was returned to ITEL Capital Services at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It had been sold to ITEL back in April but leased back to cover for the delayed arrival of the airline's Boeing 747-238B VH-EBN. |
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On This Day - December 23, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZS entered service, operating Flight AN2076 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 23, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Lockheed 188AF Electra VH-RMA operated its final freight service, operating Flight AN951 from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then stored awaiting sale, having flown 52,937 hours and 40,509 cycles. |
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On This Day - December 23, 1989. The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZI arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand), having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom via Australia. |
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On This Day - December 23, 1996. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANF operated its final revenue service as Flight AN34 from Hobart (Tasmania) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - December 23, 2002. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZN, having been reregistered as S7-ABD, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore (Changi) for further storage until its eventual sale to the Dart Group in 2004. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2003. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-VQF was leased to Jetstar Airlines. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2003. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH was leased to Jetstar Airlines. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2004. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQW entered service, operating Flight JQ301 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Avalon). |
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On This Day - December 23, 2005. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-303 VH-QPJ 'Port Stephens' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight QF7628. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2009. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUT 'Yabba Dabba Blue' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9080. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2010. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGD entered service operating Flight JQ446 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2010. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8KG VH-VUY entered service in an 'all-white' livery, operting Flight DJ1245 from Brisbane to Rockhampton. |
On This Day - December 23, 2011. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIE 'Fingal Beach' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9080. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2020. The Boeing 737-8FE VH-RQC arrived at Brisbane, having ferried in from Jakarta (Soekarno Hatta), on lease to Regional Express Airlines. |
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On This Day - December 23, 2023. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYC arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg / Finkenwerder) as Flight JQ8997. It entered service later that day operating Flight JQ430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Gold Coast. |
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