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On This Day - January 18, 1934. Qantas Empire Airways Limited was formed as a joint venture between QANTAS and Imperial Airways of London, to operate the Empire Air Mail scheme between the United Kingdom and Australia. QEA was responsible for operating the Singapore to Brisbane sector of the route. |
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On This Day - January 18, 1966. The New Zealand National Airways Corporation Douglas DC-3-396 ZK-BKE 'Kawatere' was withdrawn from service at Auckland (New Zealand) and stored, having flown 38,466 hours to date. |
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On This Day - January 18, 1969. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Fokker F.27-6152 Friendship VH-TQQ 'David Collins' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Amsterdam / Schiphol). |
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On This Day - January 18, 1977. The Air Niugini Fokker F.27-2002 Friendship P2-TFA, the ex T.A.A. aircraft VH-TFA, was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales (AAS) and leased back to Air Niugini. |
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On This Day - January 18, 1979. The Air Niugini Douglas C-47-DL P2-ANT, having been sold to Travmar Holdings Pty Ltd, NSW on December 02, 1978, was reregistered as VH-SBO. |
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On This Day - January 18, 1979. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77 VH-RME departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Miami, Florida), having been sold to International Air Leases. |
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On This Day - January 18, 1987. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJJ 'Hamilton Hume' operated its last revenue service as Flight TN455 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was withdrawn from use and prepared for its return to Australian Aircraft Sales, having flown 48,683 hours with 52,174 cycles. |
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On This Day - January 18, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYJ 'Cann River' entered service, operating Flight QF636 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - January 18, 2010. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJK 'Newcastle' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) as Flight QF6019 for storage and eventual sale. On engine shut-down the aircraft had flown 83,760 hours with 10,876 cycles. |
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On This Day - January 18, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGP 'Forbes' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (California / Victorville) as Flight QF6019 for storage and eventual sale. |
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On This Day - January 18, 2018. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F28-0100 VH-FGB arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Norwich) as Flight SXI1801. The aircraft was in the special livery to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the crossing of the Pacific Ocean by Charles Kingsford Smith. It entered service later that day operating Flight UTY371 from Brisbane to Alice Springs (The Granites). |
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On This Day - January 18, 2018. The Cobham Aviation Services British Aerospace BAe 146-300 G-CFAH arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Cranfield). It was reregistered as VH-NJE on January 24, before it entered service. |
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On This Day - January 18, 2024. The Qantas Freight Airbus A330-202P2F VH-EBE operated its first international freight service as Flight QF7523 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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