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On This Day - November 19, 1955. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049C Constellation VH-EAG 'Southern Constellation' operated the airline's inaugural 'Lockheed 1049' service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Christchurch (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - November 19, 1967. The East-West Airlines Fokker F.27-1131 Friendship PH-FLP, reregistered as VH-EWL and named 'City of Albury' arrived at Tamworth, having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol). |
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On This Day - November 19, 1971. The East-West Airlines de Havilland DHC-6-100 Twin Otter VH-EWM was leased to MMA, to operate their Perth (Guildford) - Geraldton service four times per week. |
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On This Day - November 19, 1986. The Air New South Wales Fokker F.27-5234 Friendship VH-FCE, having been sold to Air UK, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Norwich) as Flight AN27. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2000. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXB entered service operating Flight QF433 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - November 19, 2001. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZU, now leased to Qantas Airways, entered service operating Flight QF4103 from Auckland to Christchurch (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - November 19, 2002. The ex Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANB, having been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration and operated by DHL as OO-DLB, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from the United Kingdom (Lasham) as Flight XME7023. It had been leased to TransAustralian Air Express. After its arrival it was repainted into the Australian air Express livery and reregistered as VH-VLH before it entered service. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2002. The Australian Airlines Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGK entered service operating Flight AO7914 from Cairns to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJF departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) as Flight QF6019, for long-term storage. This aircraft was eventually be converted to an 'all-freight' configuration in 2015. |
On This Day - November 19, 2013. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQS entered service, operating Flight QF1545 from Brisbane to Canberra. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZP 'James Strong' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was delivered in the airline's retro 'ochre' livery. It was the airline's 205th Boeing airliner and its 78th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGR was ferried from storage at Alice Springs to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6160. It was then prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for sale to SF Airlines. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2017. The Virgin Australia Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVZ 'Angourie Beach' was badly damaged whilst landing at Canberra. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNG 'Jillaroo' operated its first revenue service as Flight QF9 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow) via Perth. |
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On This Day - November 19, 2020. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOM 'Fairhaven Beach' was ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Jakarta for overhaul and repainting into the REX Regional Express Airlines livery prior to commencing its new lease to REX. |
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