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On This Day - October 30, 1947. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3-G202A VH-ANR 'Oana' was rolled-out with Wright Cyclone R1820-97 radial engines in place of the original Pratt & Whitney powerplants. |
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On This Day - October 30, 1947. The Qantas Empire Airways Lockheed 749-79 VH-EAC 'Harry Hawker' entered service. |
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On This Day - October 30, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBJ 'Joseph Banks' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's new 'camel-hump' livery. |
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On This Day - October 30, 1984. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA, that had been leased to Condor Airways as D-AITA for seven months, arrived back at Melbourne (Tullamarine) at the end on the lease. It did not return to service with Trans-Australia Airlines, but was prepared for lease to Air Niugini as P2-ANG. |
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On This Day - October 30, 1986. The Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA returned to service with Qantas Airways, following its lease to Air Lnka, operating Flight QF43 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - October 30, 1987. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-205ER ZK-NBD 'Aparima' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) in the basic 'Varig' livery, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field). |
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On This Day - October 30, 1988. The Ansett Air Freight Boeing 707-330C VH-HTC entered service in the basic 'Transcorp' livery, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - The Philippines (Manilla) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - October 30, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJI, having returned from its lease to Malaysian Airlines and repainted into a hybrid Air Vanuatu livery, in preparation for joint operations between the two airlines, entered service with Australian Airlines, operating Flight TN420 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - October 30, 2001. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZU was rolled out at Christchurch (New Zealand) in the Qantas Airways livery, having prepared for its new dry-lease to Qantas, following the collapse of the Ansett Group. |
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On This Day - October 30, 2009. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWT arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from The Philippines (Manilla) as Flight JST992, where it had been repainted into the 'Jetstar' livery. |
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On This Day - October 30, 2009. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUR 'Star City' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9080. |
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On This Day - October 30, 2011. The Skywest Airlines / Virgin Australia Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVL 'Preston Beach' entered service operating Flight DJ629 from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - October 30, 2012. Virgin Australia announced its intention to acquire the Western Australian airline Skywest Airlines.
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On This Day - October 30, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXG operated its final revenue service as Flight QF460 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for storage. |
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On This Day - October 30, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Redland' operated its final service in the original livery as Flight QF447 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Townsville as QF6101 for repainting into the special 'Retro Roo II' livery. |
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