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On This Day - June 14, 1955. The New Zealand National Airways Corporation Douglas DC-3-396 VH-ANI arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Australia. It was reregistered as ZK-BKE on July 19. |
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On This Day - June 14, 1960. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-6B VH-INT operated a series of proving flight to / from Lae (Papua New Guinea) in preparation to the launch of the airline's 'Golden Orchid' service to this port. |
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On This Day - June 14, 1964. The Ansett-ANA Fokker F.27-2013 Friendship VH-FNI was used to transport the British pop-band 'The Beatles' from Adelaide to Melbourne, during their Australian tour. |
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On This Day - June 14, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANA arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
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On This Day - June 14, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZF operated its final revenue service as Flight AN56 from Launceston to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne awaing sale, having flown 33,064 hours |
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On This Day - June 14, 1990. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJF 'Brolga' entered service, operating Flight TN572 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 14, 1996. The Kendell Airlines SAAB 340B N257PX arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Nashville, Tennessee). It was ferried to Wagga Wagga later that day, and reregistered as VH-EKX on June 19. |
On This Day - June 14, 2001. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB operated it final service in the Solomon Airlines livery, operating Flight QF721 from Canberra to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - June 14, 2004. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOS 'Kimberley Cutie' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) via Christchurch as Flight DJ9083. Whilst at Christchurch the aircraft was fitted with 'winglets' during its pre-service maintenance. |
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On This Day - June 14, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ 'Wunala Dreaming' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - San Francisco - Vancouver (Pearson International) service as Flight QF73. |
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On This Day - June 14, 2008. The Network Aviation Fokker F28-0100 N898US arrived at Perth having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Norwich). It was reregistered as VH-NHF on June 20, but the aircraft did not enter service. It was acquired as a source of spare parts. It was scrapped at Perth in November. |
On This Day - June 14, 2014. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8BK VH-VUN 'Madelaide' operated its last service in the 'Pacific Blue' livery as Flight VA379 from Brisbane to Townsville. It was then repainted into the standard 'Virgin Australia' livery by Flying Colours at Townsville. |
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On This Day - June 14, 2021. The Jetstar Japan Airbus A320-232 JA23JJ arrived at Brisbane as Flight JQ4, having completed its delivery flight to Jetstar Australia, from Tokyo (Narita). It was reregistered as VH-YXT before it entered service. |
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On This Day - June 14, 2021. The National Jet Express / Cobham Aviation Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-IQA entered service, operating Flight JTE520/521 from Perth - Busselton - Perth. |
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On This Day - June 14, 2024. The Qantas Freight Boeing 737-4S3F VH-XNH, having been stored at Brisbane since May 31, was ferried to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF7330 for further storage until it was sold to Classic QF Freighters, USA in September. |
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