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On This Day - August 25, 1946. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMD 'Australia' entered service, operating Auckland - Sydney (Rose Bay) - Auckland. |
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On This Day - August 25, 1967. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated its final passenger service, flying Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) and prepared for its sale to the Canadian airline Pacific Western. |
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On This Day - August 25, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAI 'City of Darwin' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). It was the airline's 33rd Boeing airliner. |
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On This Day - August 25, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZA arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - August 25, 1991. The Compass Airlines Airbus A300B4-605R VH-YMB arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - August 25, 1993. The Papua New Guinea Defence Force Douglas C-47B-5-DK P2-005, having been sold to Dick Lang, Adelaide, was reregistered as VH-PWN. |
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On This Day - August 25, 1994. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGN arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field) as Flight QF8531. It was the airline's 103rd Boeing airliner and its 21st Boeing 767. |
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On This Day - August 25, 2007. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXO entered service with National Jet Systems, operating Flight QF1810 from Perth to Port Headland. National Jet Systems had been awarded the contract by Qantas Airways to operate services for the 'QantasLink' subsidiary. |
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On This Day - August 25, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZA 'Leeton' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 183rd Boeing airliner and its 63rd Boeing 737. The aircraft then had a special 'You're The Reason We Fly' livery applied to it at Melbourne before it entered service. |
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On This Day - August 25, 2016. The Airwork Holdings Boeing 737-3S1SF ZK-TLE, having completed its freight contract with Toll Holdings, was returned to Auckland (New Zealand) to commence a new freight contract with Parcelair. |
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On This Day - August 25, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XFM arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Norwich) as Flight SXI2143. |
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On This Day - August 25, 2023. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-UYE entered service with QantasLink, operating Flight QF1931 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - August 25, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXK departed Canberra (10:35 AEST) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) as Flight SXI2356, for storage and eventual sale. |