On This Day - March 10, 1959. The Ansett-ANA Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMA arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank, California). Mr R. M. Ansett, the airline's owner, was a passenger on this flight. |
On This Day - March 10, 1967. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-6B VH-INA, having been sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT) in December 1966, departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its delivery flight to Taiwan (Taipai). |
On This Day - March 10, 1968. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJM 'John Roe' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank, California). The aircraft was renamed 'Robert Towns' during its pre-service maintenance. |
On This Day - March 10, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXE 'Coffs Harbour' entered service, operating Flight QF503 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - March 10, 2004. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 737-4Q8 VH-TJV, now registered as TC-SKE, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its delivery flight to Sky Airlines (Turkey). |
On This Day - March 10, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFX operated its last service in the standard livery, as Flight JQ519 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). Decals promoting the 'Kung Fu Panda 3' movie were then applied to the aircraft during its Melbourne lay-up. |
On This Day - March 10, 2023. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XVS arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9815. |