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On This Day - December 19, 1950. The Trans Oceanic Airways Ltd Short Sunderland Mk III 'Hythe' class flying boat VH-AKO 'Australis' was officially withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney (Rose Bay). Its registration was cancelled on August 06, 1951 and it was scrapped at Sydney (Rose Bay) shortly thereafter. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1959. The Ansett-ANA Fokker F.27-2013 Friendship VH-FNB entered service with Airlines of N.S.W. The aircraft had arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on Decenber 11 in the standard 'Ansett-A.N.A.' livery but was repainted into the 'Airlines of N.S.W.' livery before it entered service. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1959. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C VH-ECB 'Pacific Explorer' operated the airline's inaugural Electra service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Hong Kong (Kai Tak) via Port Morseby (Papua New Guinea) - Biak (Indonesia) - Manila (Philippines). |
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On This Day - December 19, 1971. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBD 'City of Perth' entered service, operating Flight QF727 from at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Singapore (Seletar) via Perth (Western Australia). |
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On This Day - December 19, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMN was badly damaged at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) when a Pioneer bus was driven under the aircraft's wing. It took 26 days to complete the repairs. The bus driver had his tarmac access cancelled. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1984. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZM was wet-leased to Polynesian Airlines for 2 months. It was operated in the 'Ansett' livery with 'Polynesian' titles. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYA arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). The aircraft was then 'parked-up' until March 1989 due to an airline industrial dispute. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYC arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). The aircraft was then 'parked-up' until February 1989 due to an airline industrial dispute. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1988. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJA 'Resolute' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight TN1369. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGH 'City of Parramatta' entered service, operating Flight QF531 from the United States (Honolulu) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 19, 1992. The Ansett Express Fokker F27-050 VH-FNE operated the airline's final Fokker F27-050 service on the Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Lismore - Casino - Sydney route. |
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On This Day - December 19, 1998. The Ansett Australia Boeing 747-312 VH-INH operated its final revenue service as Flight AN880 from Indonesia (Denpasar) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 19, 1999. The Air New Zealand Boeing 737-319 ZK-NGJ arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight NZ6737. |
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On This Day - December 19, 2001. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-7Q8 VH-VBF 'Mellie Melbourne' arrived at Brisbane (Queensland) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ7928. |
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On This Day - December 19, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBL 'Whitsundays' entered service operating Flight QF6021 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo, Narita). |
On This Day - December 19, 2010. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBP 'Ningaloo Reef' entered service, operating Flight QF581 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Perth (Western Australia). |
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On This Day - December 19, 2018. The Air New Zealand Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A-500 ZK-MCB, having been stored at Christchurch (New Zealand) in the basic 'Silver Fern' livey since July 15, was returned to service to cover a capacity shortfall, operating Flight NZ5180 from Christchurch to Palmerston North. |
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On This Day - December 19, 2018. The Air New Zealand Airbus A321-271NX ZK-NNC entered service, operating Flight NZ992 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Apia (Fiji). |
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On This Day - December 19, 2023. The Bonza Aviation Boeing 737-8 MAX C-FLKC, leased from Flair Airlines, Canada and named 'Matilda', entered service operating Flight AB1977 from Gold Coast to Proserpine (Queensland). |
On This Day - December 19, 2023. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYD entered service, operating Flight JQ430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the Gold Coast (Queensland). |
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On This Day - December 19, 2024. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N203JB, having arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on December 14 having completed its delivery flight from the United States. It was reregistered as VH-A2C before it entered service. |
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