On This Day - September 19, 1939. Ownership of the Qantas Empire Airways Short S.23 'C' Class Empire Flying Boat VH-ABD 'Corio' was officially transferred to Imperial Airways of London, in exchange for their Short S.23 'C' Class boat G-ADUT which was currently positioned in Australia. It was reregistered as G-AEUH on October 19. |
On This Day - September 19, 1977. The Ansett Airlines of New South Wales Fokker F.27-5234F VH-FCF entered service. |
On This Day - September 19, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZX departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight AN562, where it was sold to CIT Leasing Corp. |
On This Day - September 19, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZB arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
On This Day - September 19, 2001. Following the Ansett collapse, the Kendell Airlines SAAB 340A VH-KDK returned to service under 'Ansett Administration' operating Adelaide (West Beach) to Olympic Dam. |
On This Day - September 19, 2005. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-23S VH-VQD, leased from QantasLink, operated its last revenue service, operating Flight JQ389 from Brisbane to Newcastle. |
On This Day - September 19, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGR was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Alice Springs as Flight QF6160 for storage. The aircraft had flown 63,748 hours with 18,931 cycles. |
On This Day - September 19, 2014. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIW 'Mona Vale Beach' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight VA9940. |
On This Day - September 19, 2016. The Pionair Australia British Aerospace 146-200QT VH-SFV entered service, operating Flight VA9570 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - September 19, 2019. The Air New Zealand Airbus A321-271NX ZK-NNG arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight NZ6091. |
On This Day - September 19, 2019. The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUX, having been repainted by Flying Colours into the 'Tigerair' livery at Townsville, was ferried from Townsville to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight VOZ9939. |