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On This Day - March 17, 1967. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBT 'City of Bendigo' entered service, operating a freighter service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Noumea. |
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On This Day - March 17, 1992. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZX, now registered as 9M-MHG and leased to Malaysian Airlines for 13 months, departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). |
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On This Day - March 17, 1998. Conversion of the Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RMF from the original '3-man cockpit' to the standard '2-man cockpit' was completed. |
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On This Day - March 17, 1999. The leased Ansett International Boeing 767-219ER VH-RMC was rolled out at Sydney (RAAF Richmond) in the Air New Zealand 'Pacific Wave' livery. It was then ferried from Sydney to Melbourne (Tullamarine) the same day. |
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On This Day - March 17, 2010. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' returned to service with the new 'Come Play - World Cup' titles, to promote Australia's bid to host the Soccer World Cup playoffs in 2018 or 2022, operating Flight QF73 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United States (San Francisco, California). |
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On This Day - March 17, 2011. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-202 operated the inaugural Jetstar Asia service from Singapore (Changi) to Auckland (New Zealand) as Flight 3K401. |
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On This Day - March 17, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUM 'Holloways Beach' operated its final revenue service as Flight VA1462 from Darwin to Melbourne (Tullamarine) where it was then withdrawn from service. |
On This Day - March 17, 2018. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQU operated its last revenue service as Flight JQ973 from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - March 17, 2022. The National Jet Express / Cobham Aviation Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-ULH arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from Taiwan (Taipei). |
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