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On This Day - June 22, 1971. Reg Ansett (Ansett Airlines) received the first of five (5) bomb ransom demand letters at his Melbourne office. The letter writter sought to obtain $250,000 or he / she would blow-up the airline's aircraft and ground facilities if their demand was not met. LINK |
On This Day - June 22, 1981. Air New Zealand's 3rd Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZX 'Takitimu' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field). |
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On This Day - June 22, 1983. The Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707-338C A20-629, arrived at Sydney (RAAF Richmond) having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Pearson International). |
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On This Day - June 22, 2001. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB 'Fortitude' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the standard Qantas livery, having been repainted from the Solomon Airlines livery, after the termination of the shared lease on March 01. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-238ER VH-EAK 'Townsville' operated its last passenger service as Flight QF490 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney having flown 59,145 hours with 25,595 cycles, and prepared for ferrying to the United States. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight QF6011 on delivery to Jetconnect. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGK 'City of Mackay' was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6124 following its repaint from the 'Australian' airlines livery. It returned to service later that day operating Flight QF846 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Darwin. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2008. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FKW, having been repainted into the airline's livery at Brisbane, was ferried Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). It entered service the next day. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2011. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFF 'Wineglass Bay' entered service operating Flight DJ356 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - June 22, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGH 'City of Parramatta' operated its last passenger service as Flight QF430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service at Sydney, where all Qantas markings were removed, prior to it being ferried to the United States for storage. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2022. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNF 'Boomerang' operated the airline's first Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth - Italy (Rome, Fiumicino) service sine 2003. |
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On This Day - June 22, 2023. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OFW arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JQ8996. |
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