VH-OGA. Boeing 767-338ER. c/n 24146-231.
First of three B-767-338s ordered by Qantas - August 24, 1987 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - June 22, 1988 First flown as N6055X - August 1, 1988 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2B6 engines Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OGA - August 30, 1988 Registered to NBB Brisbane Lease Co. Ltd, Tokyo Accepted by Qantas at Everett - August 30, 1988 Departed Seattle (Everett) on delivery flight as QF7631D (Capt P. Laing) - August 30, 1988 Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - September 1, 1988 Delivery route: Seattle-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Sydney Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd - September 16, 1988 Operated first revenue service Sydney-Wellington as QF47 - September 17, 1988 Aircraft named 'City of Whyalla' at Adelaide Airport - October 31, 1988 Operated final Qantas passenger service Hong Kong-Melbourne as QF88 - January 16-17, 1991 Operated supplementary freighter service Melbourne-Auckland as QF513 - January 17, 1991 Underwent maintenance and repaint by Air New Zealand in Auckland Operated Auckland-Sydney as QF40 in non-standard livery with plain red tail - January 26, 1991 Aircraft returned to service without name Aircraft name 'City of Whyalla' reapplied at Sydney - April 26, 1991 Rolled out at Sydney in full Australia Asia livery - September 25, 1991 Leased to Australia Asia Airlines - September 25, 1991 Aircraft retained name 'City of Whyalla' Operated the first Australia Asia Airlines service Sydney-Taipei as IM835 - October 11, 1991 Returned to Qantas at Sydney on termination of lease - April 23, 1994 Rolled out in standard Qantas livery at Sydney - May 1, 1994 Wet-leased by Air Niugini and ferried Brisbane-Port Morseby as PX5004 - December 14, 2002 Operated Port Morseby-Brisbane-Port Morseby-Sydney as PX3/PX4/PX5 - December 14, 2002 Leased by Air Niugini - February 5, 2005 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd - August 5, 2005 Current |
VH-OGA. Qantas - in a non-standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1991. |
VH-OGA. Qantas - in a non-standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1991. |
VH-OGA. Australia Asia - in the basic Qantas livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1992. |
VH-OGA. Australia Asia - in the basic Qantas livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1992. |
VH-OGA. Australia Asia - in the basic Qantas livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1992. |
VH-OGA. Australia Asia - in the basic Qantas livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1993. |
VH-OGA. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1994. |
VH-OGA. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1998. |
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