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VH-EBF. BAirbus A330-202. c/n 0853. |
This aircraft was ordered new by CIT Aerospace International - ? Rolled off the Airbus production line at Toulouse, France - 2007 Powered by General Electric GE CF6-80E1A3 engines First flown as 'F-WWYU' - July 13, 2007 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBF - August 03, 2007 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by CIT Leasing / Qantas Airways at Toulouse, France - August 24, 2007 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator - August 24, 2007 Sub-leased to Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator - August 24, 2007 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia as JQ7990 - August 24, 2007 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - August 26, 2007 Delivery route: Toulouse - Melbourne (non-stop) During the pre-service maintenance the aircraft remained un-named Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - ? Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Osaka (Kansai) as JQ017 - September 02, 2007 Registered to QF Calyon 2009-1 Pty Ltd - February 19, 2009 Leased to Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd as the registered operator Regisistered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - December 15, 2014 Leased to Jetstar Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Operated its final Jetstar revenue service - ? Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney as the registered operator - August 20, 2015 Returned to Qantas Airways at Brisbane for post-lease maintenance - August 26, 2015 The aircraft was reconfigured to seat 28J / 243Y passengers This aircraft was fitted with Panasonic eX3 IFE in Business Class and wifi to iPad in Economy Operated its first Qantas service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF525 - September 23, 2015 The aircraft is named 'King Valley' Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6121 - March 23, 2020 Withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Avalon) due to COVID-19 pandemic Returned to service with Qantas Airways - ? Operated its final revenue service Perth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF654 - November 07, 2022 This aircraft had been ear-marked for conversion to freighter configuration as an 'A330-P2F' Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 10:20 AEDT) on the ferry flight to Germany as QF7531 - November 08, 2022 It arrived at Dresden (12:51 local) on completion of the ferry flight - November 10, 2022 Ferry route: Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Perth - Singapore - Dresden The freighter conversion undertaken by Airbus -ST Engineering joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) |
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VH-EBF. Jetstar - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 27, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-273.) |
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VH-EBF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'King Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-274.) |
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VH-EBF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'King Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-275.) |
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VH-EBF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'King Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 20, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-276.) |
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VH-EBF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'King Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 03, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-278.) |
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VH-EBF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'King Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-277.) |