On This Day - April 21, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBL 'City of Geelong' operated the airline's final Boeing 707-138B service between Sydney (Kingsford Smith) and Vancouver (Canada). |
On This Day - April 21, 1994. The Fokker F28-1018 Fellowship VH-FKD operated its final revenue service when it flew Sydney - Hobart - Melbourne. It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale, having flown 57,600 hours and 58,938 cycles. It was not sold and was broken-up on-site on November 21, 1995 - the first Ansett jet to be scrapped. |
On This Day - April 21, 2001. The Qantas New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZL operated its last revenue service. It was then ferried from Wellington (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand) for storage and return to Bilmans Management Limited and re-lease to Air New Zealand. |
On This Day - April 21, 2001. The Qantas New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZN operated its last revenue service. It was then ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand) for storage and return to Bilmans Management Limited and re-lease to Air New Zealand. |
On This Day - April 21, 2001. The Qantas New Zealand British de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A ZK-NET operated its last revenue service. It was stored at Christchurch (New Zealand) awaiting sale. |
On This Day - April 21, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-ECB 'City of Swan Hill' operated its final revenue service as Flight QF20 from Japan (Tokyo, Narita) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for storage. |
On This Day - April 21, 2006. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNH was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Avalon) as Flight QF6172. It was reregisterd as VH-XMO on April 26, before work commenced to convert the aircraft into an 'all-freight' configuration. |
On This Day - April 21, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZE 'Pine Creek' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 187th Boeing airliner and its 67th Boeing 737. |
On This Day - April 21, 2013. The Virgin Australia Airbus A330-243 VH-XFG 'Terrigal Beach' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight DJ9082. |