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On This Day - April 30, 1970. The ex Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD, that had been leased to Air New Zealand and reregistered as ZK-TED, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on delivery to Air New Zealand, for joint operation on trans-Tasman services. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLA 'John Eyre' operated its final passenger service as Flight TN406 from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane as Flight TN2890 for storage. It had flown 34,063 hours with 26,925 cycles. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLB 'John Gilbert' operated its final passenger service as Flight TN1948 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane as Flight TN1922 for storage. It had flown 33,826 hours with 26,843 cycles. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA 'City of Canberra' operated its last passenger service, operating Flight QF93/94 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Nadi (Fiji) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use and prepared for lease to Air Lanks. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1996. The Thai Airways Boeing 747-2D7B HS-TGA arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) on a 3-month lease to Air New Zealand. It was reregistered as ZK-TGA before it entered service. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2000. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMP arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach). |
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On This Day - April 30, 2022. The Bombardier DHC-8-402 VH-IYZ arrived at Perth Airport having completed of its ferry flight from Taiwan on delivery to Cobham Aviation Services. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2023. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNL 'Billabong' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States as Flight QF6040. It was the airline's 272nd Boeing airliner and its 23rd Boeing 787. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2024. Bonza Aviation suspends all flights when their fleet of 4 leased Boeing 737-Max 8 aircraft were repossessed. The budget airline was then placed into voluntary administration.
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