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On This Day - May 23, 1950. The Barrier Reef Airways Short S.25 Sandringham Mk 4 flying boat VH-BRC 'Coral Clipper' entered service, operating Brisbane - Lindeman Island - Daydream Island. |
On This Day - May 23, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZD operated its final service for Air Vanuatu under the agreement that the airline had with the Government of Vanuatu to provide airline services for this small Pacific nation. |
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On This Day - May 23, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZD flew its final revenue service for the airline, operating from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney in the 'Air Vanuatu' livery. |
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On This Day - May 23, 1992. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT operated its first JAL / Qantas Airways joint service between Australia and Japan, flying Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Tokyo (Narita). |
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On This Day - May 23, 2002. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-VQJ entered service, operating Flight QF1604 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - May 23, 2009. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWX entered service, operating Flight JQ818 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - May 23, 2013. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBS 'Swan Valley' was ferried Manila (Philippines) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6026, following its overhaul and repaint into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery, having been returned by Jetstar Airways at the end of its lease. |
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On This Day - May 23, 2014. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGF was ferried Singapore (Seletar) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight JQ7992, following its repaint into the airline's special '10th Anniversary' orange livery. |
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On This Day - May 23, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZD 'Geelong' arrived at Townsville for repainting into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours. |
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