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On This Day - July 04, 1982. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' entered service, operating Flight TN542 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 04, 1990. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZO, having been leased to America West Airlines due to the protracted 'Australian pilots dispute' as N114AW in October 1989, re-entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Alice Springs. |
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On This Day - July 04, 1992. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANA suffered serious damage to the rear fuselage at Brisbane when the Number 2 engine exploded on take-off. It took 58 days to repair the damage. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2004. The ex Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBC, now reregistered as N328MT, departed Auckland (New Zealand) for the last time on its ferry flight to Israel via the United States and Ireland, where it was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration by Israeli Aircraft Industries. |
On This Day - July 04, 2008. The Virgin Blue / Pacific Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUP was ferried from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight DJ9060 for storage. It was reregistered as ZK-PBK on July 31, before it entered service in August. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2014. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE ZK-PBK 'Maiden New Zealand' operated its last service in the 'Pacific Blue' livery, operating Flight VA134 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was then repainted into the standard Virgin Australia livery at Christchurch. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2015. The Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8 VH-VKJ arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett / Paine Field) as Flight JQ7878. It was the 207th Boeing airliner delivered to Qantas and its 9th Boeing 787. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8BK VH-VUN having undergone further 'post-lease' maintenance at Christchurch (New Zealand) was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight VA9947 for storage, pending its return to the lessor. |
On This Day - July 04, 2017. The Virgin Australia Embraer 190-100IGW VH-ZPQ departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to the United States (Nashville) as Flight VA9901 on return to the leasing company and storage. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2018. The DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLH arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its ferry flight from the United Kingdom (East Midlands), for lease to Tasman Air Cargo. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2019. The Express Freighters Australia / Qantas Freight Boeing 737-4S3F VH-XNH was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Perth as Flight QF7309, following its repaint. It now featured large 'Australia Post' titles and logo. |
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On This Day - July 04, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-XNW, entered service operating Flight JQ979 from Perth to Cairns. |
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