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On This Day - June 06, 1955. The Qantas Airways Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat VH-EBV 'Pacific Warrior' was withdrawn from service at Sydney (Rose Bay). It was broken up for scrap at Sydney (Rose Bay) in August. |
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On This Day - June 06, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBJ departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Mississippi / Greenwwod) for sale to the Memphis Group. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month, operated its last service as Flight FJ911 from Nadi (Fiji) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 06, 2007. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXM entered service, operating Flight QF1914 from Perth to Karratha. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZB 'Lake Macquarie' entered service, operating Flight QF673 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - June 06, 2009. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNN operated its last New Zealand domestic service as Flight QF2762 from Christchurch to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - June 06, 2009. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUG returned to service, operating Flight DJ9001 from Townsville to Dili, after being repainted into the 'Pacific Blue' livery. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZG 'Bungendore' entered service, operating Flight QF430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 06, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFP 'Nobby's Beach' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight VA9518. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2014. The Australian air Express Boeing 737-376SF VH-XMO operated its last service in this livery, as Flight QF7333 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. It was then ferried later that day from Perth to Singapore (Changi) as Flight QF7301, for maintenance and repainting into the Qantas Airways 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2016. The Skywest / Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNF, now registered as 5Y-FJE, departed Perth on its ferry flight to Kenya (Nairobi) as Flight SYU1602, having been sold to Fanjet Express Airlines. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2019. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB was ferried from Los Angeles (United States) to Tupelo as Flight QF6021, for storage and eventual scrapping. On engine shut-down at Tupelo the aircraft had flown a total of 111,447.29 hours with 12,433 cycles. |
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On This Day - June 06, 2022. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQJ 'Bert Hinkler' returned to service following its extended lay-up due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF6003. It then operated its first passenger service as Flight QF93 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Los Angeles (United States). |
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On This Day - June 06, 2024. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYK entered service, operating Flight JQ446 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the Gold Coast. |