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On This Day - September 03, 1951. The Qantas Empire Airways Lockheed 749-79 Constellation VH-EAB 'Lawrence Hargrave' returned to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for repainting into the airline's new livery, that incorporated a 'white cabin roof' and a red cheatline. |
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On This Day - September 03, 1960. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLC 'Charles Sturt' entered service, operating Flight TN416 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - September 03, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBI 'Winton' operated its last revenue service, flying from New Zealand (Auckland) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and stored awaiting sale to Braniff International Airways. |
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On This Day - September 03, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAB 'John Oxley' entered service operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - September 03, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FND arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol) as Flight AN50. |
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On This Day - September 03, 1994. The Ansett Australia Boeing 747-312 VH-INH arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore. It had been leased from Singapore Airlines to operate international services. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. Bilmans Management Limited (Christchurch, New Zealand) trading as Ansett New Zealand Limited, ceased operations.
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. The Ansett New Zealand Limited British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZJ operated its last revenue service. It was then withdrawn from use having flown 23,299 hours with 27,491 cycles and returned to Bilmans Management Limited. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZK 'City of Invercargill' operated its last revenue service. It was then withdrawn from use having flown 20,732 hours with 24,032 cycles and returned to Bilmans Management Limited. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. The Ansett New Zealand Limited British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZL operated its last revenue service. It was then withdrawn from use having flown 22,622 hours with 25,189 cycles and returned to Bilmans Management Limited. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. The Ansett New Zealand Limited British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZN operated its last revenue service. It was then withdrawn from use, having flown 23,674 hours with 22,020 cycles and returned to Bilmans Management Limited. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2000. The Ansett New Zealand Limited de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A ZK-NET 'City of Nelson' operated its last revenue service. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2003. The QantasLink British Aerospace 146-200 VH-NJQ operated its last revenue service as Flight QF1849 from Proserpine to Brisbane (Queensland). It was ferried Brisbane - Adelaide (West Beach) later that day as Flight QF6200, on return to National Jet Systems. The 'Qantas' tail livery was painted 'all-white' shortly thereafter. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2003. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNH entered service operating Flight QF4012 from Christchurch to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - September 03, 2007. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUL 'Ballina-Rina-Blue' arrived at Brisbane (Queensland), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) via Christchurch, where the 'Live2Air' entertainment system was installed during its pre-service maintenance. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZF 'Jean Batten' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 162nd Boeing airliner and its 75th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2013. The Nauru Airlines Boeing 737-36N VH-PNI 'Itsirir' was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane (Queensland) as Flight RON800 in prepartion for its entry into service. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2014. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBD, leased from Qantas Airways, operated its last revenue service as Flight JQ74 from Japan (Tokyo, Narita) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane (Queensland) the next dat as Flight JQ7997 for 'end-of-lease' maintenance. |
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On This Day - September 03, 2024. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQT 'Tasman National Park' departed Canberra (A.C.T.) as Flight SXI2469 on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) for storage, for either onward sale or scrapping. |
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