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On This Day - August 23, 1965. The Ansett-ANA Boeing 727-77 VH-RMD arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - August 23, 1989. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJS 'Douglas Mawson' operated its last revenue service as Flight TN511 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). On engine shut-down the aircraft had flown 46,894 hours with 50,804 cycles. |
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On This Day - August 23, 1989. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJT 'Joseph Hawdon' operated its last revenue service as Flight TN533 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) On engine shut-down the aircraft had flown 45,979 hours with 49,293 cycles. |
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On This Day - August 23, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TJA 'Resolute' operated its last revenue service as Flight QF487 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from use and prepared for transfer to Qantas Jetconnect, New Zealand. |
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On This Day - August 23, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGV returned to service following its repainting in China earlier in the month, operating Flight QF43 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - August 23, 2007. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXO was ferried from Adelaide (West Beach) to Perth as Flight QF6200, in preparation for entry into-service with National Jet Systems, who had been awarded the contract by Qantas Airways to operated the 'QantasLink' services. |
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On This Day - August 23, 2014. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA, leased from Qantas Airways, operated its last revenue service, operating Flight JQ002 from Honolulu to Melbourne (Tullamarine). Later that day it departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore as Flight JQ7991 for end-of-lease maintenance and repainting into the Qantas 'new roo' livery. |
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On This Day - August 23, 2019. The Airwork Holdings Boeing 737-36E(BDSF) ZK-FXJ arrived at Auckland (New Zealand), having completed its delivery flight from Romania (Bacau). |
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On This Day - August 23, 2021. The QantasFreight / Australia Post Airbus A321-231(P2F) VH-ULW arrived at Perth, having ferried in from Singapore (Seletar) where it had been converted to an all-freight configuration. |
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