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On This Day - October 01, 1947. The Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Douglas C-47A-30-DL VH-MMA 'RMA Ashburton' entered service, operating Perth to Darwin. |
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On This Day - October 01, 1958. The Ansett Airways Douglas C-47A-25-DK VH-BZK 'Anstratus' was withdrawn from service at Melbourne (Essendon) and prepared for sale to Thai Airways Co. Ltd. |
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On This Day - October 01, 1958. The Butler Air Transport Douglas DC-3-G202A VH-ANR returned to service following its conversion to a 'Viewmaster' configuration by Fairey Aviation at Sydney (Bankstown). This was the first Douglas DC-3 'viewmaster' conversion to be carried out in Australia. |
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On This Day - October 01, 1969. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBQ 'City of Ballarat' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - London (Heathrow) service via the 'Southern Cross' route as Flight QF530. |
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On This Day - October 01, 1977. The Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2013 Friendship VH-FNI was transferred back to Ansett Airlines of Australia. |
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On This Day - October 01, 1992. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER ZK-NBJ arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) on return from its lease to LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze. |
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On This Day - October 01, 2001. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN returned to sevice under 'administration' operating Flight AN701 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 01, 2001. Following the collapse of Ansett Airlines in September 2001, Qantas Airways wet-leased the Air Canada Boeing 767-38EER C-GBZR for two months to cover the shortfall in capacity, while it adjusted to the new operating environment. This aircraft entered Qantas service in the Air Canada 'Free Spirit' livery operating Flight QF34 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 01, 2003. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOM 'Little Blue Peep' arrived at Brisbane, having been ferried in from Christchurch (New Zealand), where winglets had been fitted during the pre-service maintenance. |
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On This Day - October 01, 2007. The Qantas Airways / Australian air Express Boeing 737-376(SF) VH-XMB entered service following its conversion to an all-freight configuration, operating Flight QF7331 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - October 01, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFP entered service, operating Flight JQ776 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - October 01, 2024. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYT entered service, operating Flight JQ31 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Bali (Denpasar). |