On This Day - March 16, 2002. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 VH-VOZ operated its last revenue service. It was then ferried from Brisbane to Christchurch (New Zealand) for end-of-lease maintenance and repainting before being returned to the lessor - I.L.F.C.. |
On This Day - March 16, 2013. The Boeing 737-36N N325MS arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Perpignan) in preparation for its sale to the Nauru Air Corporation. |
On This Day - March 16, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-32SL VH-VFX returned to service as Flight JQ772 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach) after having large decals to promote the 'Kung Fu Panda 3' movie applied to it during the Melbourne lay-up. |
On This Day - March 16, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye' operated its first international service as Flight QF95 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the United States (Los Angeles, California). |
On This Day - March 16, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-XNN arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore (Chang) as Flight JQ8992. This aircraft had been acquired from Jetstar Asia. |
On This Day - March 16, 2022. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-3S1SF ZK-TLE returned to service, operating Flight AWK1 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |