On This Day - May 10, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBL 'City of Geelong' operated its final revenue service, flying Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United Kingdom (London / Heathrow) return via the 'Southern Cross' route. It was then withdrawn from service and stored engineless at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) awaiting sale. |
On This Day - May 10, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGV was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) as Flight AO7801 for repainting into the Australian Airlines livery. |
On This Day - May 10, 2004. The Rex Regional Express SAAB 340B N363BE arrived at Wagga Wagga, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Nashville, Tennesse). It was reregistered as VH-ORX on May 24. |
On This Day - May 10, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGR 'City of Corowa' was leased to Australian Airlines. For the duration of this lease the aircraft was operated in the standard Qantas livery. It operated its first Australian Airlines service the same day, as Flight AO7829 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Cairns. |
On This Day - May 10, 2016. The Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 ZK-OXL arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight NZ6090. |
On This Day - May 10, 2018. The Qantas Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQE 'William Pickering' operated its final Qantas Jetconnect sercice, operating Flight QF120 from Auckland to Brisbane. It was then returned to the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VZJ before entering service with Qantas Airways. |
On This Day - May 10, 2023. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer EMB-190-100IGW VH-XVB entered service, operating Flight QF1876 from Brisbane to Cairns. |
On This Day - May 10, 2023. The Maroomba Airlines Bombardier DHC-8-315B C-FNSA arrived at Perth having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Calgary). The aircraft was reregistered as VH-QQE on May 19. |
On This Day - May 10, 2024. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-A2V entered service, operating Flight QQ9810 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Olympic Dam. |