Aircraft ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd

Rolled off Airbus production line at Toulouse, France in full Qantas livery - October 28, 2008

Powered by General Electric GE CF6-80E1A4 engines

First flown as F-WWKU - November 14, 2008

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBL - November 26, 2008

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Accepted by Qantas at Toulouse, France - December 12, 2008

Aircraft named 'Whitsundays'

Departed Toulouse as QF6008 on delivery flight to Australia - December 12, 2008

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 14, 2008

Delivery route: Toulouse-Singapore-Melbourne

Ferried Melbourne-Sydney as QF6181 - December 19, 2008

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Tokyo (Narita) as QF021 - December 19, 2008

Repainted in Sydney with large 'One World' titles - March 13-14, 2009

Returned to service Sydney-Shanghai as QF129 - March 16, 2009

Current with Qantas

VH-EBL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the 'One World' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 2010.

VH-EBL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the 'One World' livery at Sydney Airport, October 2011.