On This Day - February 14, 1976. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJA 'James Cook' operated its last passenger service. It was withdrawn fom use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale, having flown 37,643 hours with 28,013 cycles. |
On This Day - February 14, 2001. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZQ entered service, operating Flight AN72 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
On This Day - February 14, 2002. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-86Q VH-VOF 'Baby Blue' was ferried from Brisbane to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight DJ9060 to have winglets fitted by Air New Zealand Engineering. |
On This Day - February 14, 2007. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' operated its last revenue service, operating Flight QF566 from Perth to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - February 14, 2012. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ operated its first Alliance Airlines 'fly-in / fly-out' service as Flight QQ737 from Perth to Karratha. |
On This Day - February 14, 2014. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQU was ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Canberra as Flight QF6200, in preparation for entry-into-service. |
On This Day - February 14, 2022. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-UZD entered service, operating the QantasLink Flight QF6296 from Brisbane to Darwin. Alliance had been contracted to operate services for QantasLink. |