On This Day - June 11, 1981.

The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZV 'Aotea' entered service, operating Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - June 11, 1994.

The shared Qantas Airways / Solomon Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB 'Guadalcanal' operated it first Qantas domestic service, operating Flight QF644 from Cairns to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - June 11, 1998.

Conversion of the Ansett Australia Boeing 767-277 VH-RMH from the original '3-man cockpit' to the standard '2-man cockpit' was completed at Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - June 11, 2001.

The Air New Zealand / Mount Cook Airline British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZM was ferried from Blenheim (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand) in preparation to entering service.

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On This Day - June 11, 2002.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXH 'Warnambool' entered service, operating Flight QF726 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Ayres Rock.

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On This Day - June 11, 2006.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGI 'City of Port Agusta' was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6127, following its repaint into the standard Qantas livery after completing its lease to Australia Airlines. It returned to Qantas service later that day operating Flight QF447 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - June 11, 2006.

The QantasLink / Sunstate Airlines Bombardier DHC-8-402 VH-QOD 'Emerald' entered service, operating Flight QF2308 from Brisbane to Cairns via Gladstone - Rockhampton - Mackay - Townsville.

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On This Day - June 11, 2009.

The ex Classic Wings Douglas C-47A-20-DL VH-CWS, now owned by the Westpac Banking Corporation, arrived at Maitland following its 10-day ferry flight from Perth (Jandakot) for storage and sale via auction.

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On This Day - June 11, 2010.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGQ entered service operating Flight JQ706 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart.

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