On This Day - December 28, 1974. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBU 'City of Broken Hill' operated a Cyclone Tracy evacuation flight from Darwin to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) carrying 270 passengers. |
On This Day - December 28, 1977. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAB, now reregistered as OO-YCL to ITEL Capital Services Corporation, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to Belgium, for lease to Young Cargo. |
On This Day - December 28, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMP was badly damaged whilst parked at Hobart, when an Ansett Air Freight truck collided with the aircraft's starboard wing. It was repaired and returned to service. |
On This Day - December 28, 1989. The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZI entered service. |
On This Day - December 28, 2002. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' entered service operating Flight QF439 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - December 28, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX VH-OFQ entered service, operating Flight JQ709 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart. |
On This Day - December 28, 2022. The Virgin Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-YUD 'Port Beach' departed Perth on its ferry flight to Varna (Bulgaria) for return to the lessor. Its registration was cancelled on January 09. |