On This Day - April 28, 1954. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049C Constellation VH-EAH 'Southern Sky' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank / California). |
On This Day - April 28, 1971. The Ansett Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMA operated its final passenger service. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) awaiting its conversion to an all-freight aircraft. |
On This Day - April 28, 1989. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYG arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
On This Day - April 28, 1997. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBA was returned to the airline on completion of its 6 month lease to TACA of El Salvador. |
On This Day - April 28, 2013. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBS was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Manila (Philippines) as Flight QF6025 for maintenance and repainting into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery, following its return from lease to Jetstar Airways. |