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On This Day - October 02, 1964. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBM 'City of Launceston' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo). |
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On This Day - October 02, 1984. The Air New South Wales Fokker F28-1018 Fellowship VH-FKD was withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) and returned to Ansett W.A. It was later repainted at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's 'Southern Cross' livery. |
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On This Day - October 02, 1985. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBA 'Aotearoa V' operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 767 service from Wellington (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 02, 1989. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJT 'Joseph Hawdon' was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales (AAS). All Trans-Australia titles and logos were removed and the 'AAS' logo was applied. |
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On This Day - October 02, 1999. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS arrived at Melbourne (Avalon), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett / Paine Field) as Flight QF6003. It was the airline's 114th Boeing airliner and its 49th Boeing 747. |
On This Day - October 02, 2007. The Tiger Airways Singapore Airbus A320-232 9V-TAG was ferried from Singapore (Changi) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight TGW9511, on delivery to Tiger Airways Australia. It was reregistered as VH-VNB before it entered service. |
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On This Day - October 02, 2010. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGN arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight JST7992. |
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On This Day - October 02, 2011. The Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-YQC was ferried from Brisbane to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Subang) for planned maintenance and repainting into the airline's new 'Air Australia' livery. |
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