On This Day - February 24, 1960. The Ansett-ANA Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMC entered service, operating Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - February 24, 1963. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Hong Kong (Kai Tak) Boeing 707-138B service. |
On This Day - February 24, 1967. The Trans-Australia Airlines Bristol 170-31 Freighter VH-TBB 'William MacGregor' operated its final Papua New Guinea freight service, flying from Madang to Lae. It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Lae, until its sale to Australian Aircraft Sales (ACT) Pty Ltd in May 1968. |
On This Day - February 24, 1990. The British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZJ 'City of Nelson', registered to Bilmans Management Limited (Christchurch, New Zealand) and trading as Ansett New Zealand Limited, arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hatfield). |
On This Day - February 24, 1992. The ex Air New Zealand Fokker F.27-5237 ZK-NFB, now reregistered as PK-MFG, departed Christchurch (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Indonesia (Jsakarta) for delivery to its new owner, Merpati Nusantara Airlines. |
On This Day - February 24, 2015. The Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A330-243MRTT A39-001 arrived at RAAF Base Amberley (Queensland), having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). This aircraft was the first Airbus A330MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) to be built by Airbus Industrie. |
On This Day - February 24, 2018. The QantasLink Airbus A320-232 VH-VQS 'Kangaroo Paw' arrived at Perth, having completed its ferry flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ8993, where it had been repainted into the QantasLink 'New Roo' livery. It was the airline's first Airbus A320 to acquire this livery. |