On This Day - June 02, 1951. The B.O.A.C. Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat G-AHZD 'Portmarnock' was sold to Qantas Empire Airways Limited. |
On This Day - June 02, 2002. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZE departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN40 on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Bournemouth), having been purchased by the Dart Group Plc, following the collapse of Ansett. |
On This Day - June 02, 2006. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUG 'Jasmine Tasman' entered service, operating Flight DJ272 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - June 02, 2007. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTR entered service, operating Flight QF4003 from Auckland to Wellington (New Zealand). |
On This Day - June 02, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZB 'Lake Macquarie' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 158th Boeing airliner and its 38th Boeing 737. |
On This Day - June 02, 2018. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQK 'John and Richard Duigan' returned to service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Singapore - London (Heathrow) as Flight QF1, after being repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery in Dubai during its planned maintenance lay-up. |