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On This Day - July 29, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBC 'City of Canberra' entered service, operating the airline's inaugural Boeing 707 passenger service, as Flight EM775 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United States (San Francisco) via Nadi and Honolulu. It set a commercial airliner speed record on this flight for this route of 14 hours 57 minutes. |
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On This Day - July 29, 1985. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-238ER VH-EAK 'Townsville' was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Townsville as Flight QF7670. On arrival at Townsville, the aircraft's official naming ceremony was held. It was then ferried back to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) later that day as Flight QF7680. |
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On This Day - July 29, 1993. The Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA, having been repainted into the 'Qantas' livery, returned to service operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 29, 2001. The British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZI entered service with Air New Zealand - Mount Cook Airline. |
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On This Day - July 29, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXL 'Charleville' entered service operating Flight QF614 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - July 29, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB now reregistered as ZK-JNC was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight QF6175 on delivery to Jetconnect (NZ). |
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On This Day - July 29, 2016. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFW 'Turquoise Bay' entered service, operating Flight VA912 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 29, 2022. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-UZQ entered service, operating Flight QF1924 from Brisbane to Cairns. |
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On This Day - July 29, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OFE arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder). |
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On This Day - July 29, 2022. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQH 'Reginald Ansett' returned to service following its COVID-19 lay-up, operating Flight QF11 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United States (Los Angeles). |
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On This Day - July 29, 2024. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-A2T entered service, operating Flight QQ3136 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Olympic Dam. |
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