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On This Day - June 01, 1960. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBE 'City of Perth' set a record for a jet airliner flying across the United States between San Francisco and New York of 4 hours 33 minutes, at an average speed of 580 mph. |
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On This Day - June 01, 1976. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMT operated its last revenue service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamaine). It was then withdrawn from use and prepared for sale to Air Nauru. |
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On This Day - June 01, 1992. The leased Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER ZK-NBI 'Arawhata' was sub-leased to Air Auruba, Netherlands Antilles for 6 months. |
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On This Day - June 01, 1996. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGP 'Forbes' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett / Paine Field) as Flight QF8531. It was the airline's 107th Boeing airliner and its 23rd Boeing 767. |
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On This Day - June 01, 1998. The Ansett Australia Boeing 767-219ER VH-RMC, leased from Air New Zealand, operated its final Ansett passenger service, operating Flight AN898 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then prepared for its sub-lease to Swiss World Airways. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2000. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN was rolled-out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the special 'Sydney 2000 Olympic Games' livery. The aircraft was temporarily named 'Unity'. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2000. The Virgin Express Boeing 737-43Q EI-TVA arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Belgium (Brussels) for lease to Virgin Blue Airlines. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-VGA and repainted before it entered service in September. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2002. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCE, leased from I.L.F.C., was sub-leased to Air Niugini. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2004. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQF operated the airline's inaugural Brisbane - Melbourne (Avalon) - Brisbane service as Flight JQ331/338. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2004. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQI entered service operating Flight JQ301/306 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Avalon) return. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2007. The ex Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJN, now reregistered as ZK-JTR, was ferried as Flight 6173 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Auckland (New Zealand) on delivery to Qantas Jetconnect. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2008. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUH 'Lady Rebecca' operated its last passenger service as Flight DJ998 from Coolangatta to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It had been operating Virgin Blue services since October 21, 2007 in the 'Pacific Blue' livery. It was then prepared for transfer to New Zealand. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2009. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWW arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg / Finkenwerder). |
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On This Day - June 01, 2014. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQW 'The Tassie Devil' entered service as Flight QJE1501 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2018. Jetgo Australia entered voluntary administration due to financial difficulties. Their Embraer ERJ-135LR VH-JGB operated its last service as 'Jetgo91' from Townsville to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - June 01, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-NXD operated its final revenue service, operating Flight QJE 6204 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Canberra. |