On This Day - March 14, 2003. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBC 'Gold Coast - Tweed' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its non-stop delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight QF6008. After its arrival and during its pre-service maintenance the aircraft's name was changed to 'Surfers Paradise'. |
On This Day - March 14, 2010. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' was rolled out at Melbourne (Avalon) with new 'Come Play - World Cup' titles, to promote Australia's bid to host the Soccer World Cup playoffs in 2018 or 2022. It was then ferried to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) later that day as Flight QF6196. |
On This Day - March 14, 2015. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBJ 'Margaret River' was ferried from Singapore (Changi) to Brisbane as Flight QF6006, following its repaint into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery, after its return from lease to Jetstar Airways. |
On This Day - March 14, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUP 'Lighthouse Beach' operated its first revenue service since returning to the Australian Aircraft Register on March 10, operating Flight VOZ607 from Brisbane to Mackay. |
On This Day - March 14, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YID 'Tapu Itea' returned to service after acquiring its new 'Virgin Samoa' titles, operating Flight VA152 from Brisbane to Auckland (New Zealand). |
On This Day - March 14, 2020. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' was withdrawn from service and stored at Brisbane due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after operating Flight QF652 from Perth to Brisbane. |
On This Day - March 14, 2022. The Qantas Airways Airbus A38-842 VH-OQH 'Reginald Ansett' having been reactivated after being stored at Victorville (United States) due to the COVID-19 pandemic since July 13, 2020, was ferried from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi as Flight QF6023 for cabin upgrade prior to re-entering service. |
On This Day - March 14, 2022. The Virgin Australia Airbus A320-232 OE-IMY arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Manila (Clark International). It was reregistered as VH-VNR before it entered service. |
On This Day - March 14, 2024. The Texel Air NZ Boeing 737-8FE(F) ZK-TXC was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight TNZ6104, after its repaint by Flying Colours into the airline's 'Team Global Express' livery. It returned to service later that day operating Flight TFX21 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on behalf of Toll Priority. |