On This Day - March 31, 1950. The TEAL Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMB was sold to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. It was reregistered as VH-EBW on April 24. |
On This Day - March 31, 1969. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJK 'Douglas Mawson' was rolled out at Melbourne (Essendon) in the airline's new 'blue-tail' livery. |
On This Day - March 31, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBG 'Charles Sturt' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's new 'camel-hump' livery. |
On This Day - March 31, 1982. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJM departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States, following its sale to Airborne Express. |
On This Day - March 31, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMX was returned to service as a freighter. All freight items had to be physically carried onto the aircraft. |
On This Day - March 31, 2020. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBK 'Savannah Way' was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6142, where it was withdrawn from service and stored due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
On This Day - March 31, 2021. The REX Regional Express Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-RQG operated the airline's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) service as Flight ZL427. |