On This Day - December 10, 1954. The Qantas Empire Airways Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' VH-EBX 'Pacific Chieftain' was sold to Ansett Flying Boat Services to replace their Short S-25 Sandringham flying boat VH-BRD 'Princess of Cairns' that had sunk whilst moored overnight on the Brisbane River on October 31, 1952. It was reregistered as VH-BRE on December 22. |
On This Day - December 10, 1971. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBQ 'City of Ballarat' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the new 'ochre' livery. |
On This Day - December 10, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZP entered service, operating Brisbane - Coolangatta - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - December 10, 1997. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN entered service operating Flight AN60 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
On This Day - December 10, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQM arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JST7990. |
On This Day - December 10, 2005. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH returned to service in the basic gold 'LYNXjet' livery with special Christmas and New Year messages. |
On This Day - December 10, 2005. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMD was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Newcastle following its repaint into the revised QantasLink livery as Flight JQ7982. |
On This Day - December 10, 2011. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFD arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the France (Toulouse) as Flight JST7992. |
On This Day - December 10, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNB 'Waltzing Matilda' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle) as Flight QF6026. |
On This Day - December 10, 2020. The Airwork Holdings / Toll Holdings Boeing 737-3S1SF ZK-TLE departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Bucharest (Romania) for storage pending its next lease. |