On This Day - January 09, 1987. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZS, having been withdrawn from service on January 04, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN557 on its ferry flight to the United States (Everett, Paine Field), for sale to the Wilmington Trust Co, for onward-lease to America West Airlines as N184AW. |
On This Day - January 09, 2000. The Air New Zealand Boeing 737-319 ZK-NGJ entered service operating Flight NZ504 from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
On This Day - January 09, 2012. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-7FE VH-VBY 'Virgin-ia Blue' was ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as Flight DJ9071 for repainting by Flying Colours into the 'Virgin Australia' livery. It was the first Boeing 737-700 series to acquire the airline's new corporate livery. |
On This Day - January 09, 2016. The Virgin Australia Regional Airline Fokker F27-050 VH-FND operated its last revenue service as Flight VA2631 from Esperance to Perth. On engine shut-down it had flown at total of 50,491 hours with 45,036 cycles. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Perth. |
On This Day - January 09, 2017. The Pionair Australia British Aerospace 146-200QC VH-SFW entered service, operating Flight VA9570 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). Pionair Australia was operating freight services on behalf of TNT for Virgin Australia Airlines. |
On This Day - January 09, 2024. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQU departed Canberra as Flight SXI2402 its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) for long-term storage. |
On This Day - January 09, 2024. The Qantas Freight Airbus A330-202P2F VH-EBE entered service, operating Flight QF7350 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |