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On This Day - January 24, 1981. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747SP-38 VH-EAA 'City of Gold Coast Tweed' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on a three-day Queensland promotional tour and pilot-training flights. Its first 'port-of-call' was Townsville, where it was opened for 'public inspection'. |
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On This Day - January 24, 1990. The British Aerospace 146-200QC G-BPBT, sub-leased by Ansett New Zealand, was ferried Auckland (New Zealand) to Norfolk Island to facilitate its purchase by Ansett New Zealand. It was reregistered as ZK-NZC the following day. |
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On This Day - January 24, 2006. The Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMP was ferried Newcastle - Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth as Flight QF7981 for operations by National Jet Systems for QantasLink. |
On This Day - January 24, 2010. The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNK entered service, operating Flight TN502 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - January 24, 2014. The Qantas Airways / Australian air Express Boeing 737-376(SF) VH-XMB was ferried from Perth to Singapore (Seletar) for major overhaul and repainting into the Qantas Freight 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - January 24, 2020. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-TQD 'Mt Isa' was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane after being repainted by Flying Colours into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery, following its return from Jetstar's New Zealand operation. It returned to QantasLink service the next day. |
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On This Day - January 24, 2022. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XVM arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9100. |
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On This Day - January 24, 2022. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8SA VH-IWY was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight VA9928, following its repaint by Flying Colours into the Virgin Australia livery. |
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