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On This Day - October 09, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBE 'City of Perth' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on a proving flight to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow) via the Middle East. |
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On This Day - October 09, 1964. The Ansett Flying Boat Services Short S.25 Sunderland Mk 5 flying boat VH-BRF 'Islander' operated its first revenue service from Sydney (Rose Bay) to Lord Howe Island. |
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On This Day - October 09, 1984. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZM operated the inaugural Air Vanuatu Boeing 737 service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Vanuatu (Vila) via Brisbane as Flight AN182. |
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On This Day - October 09, 1989. The British Aerospace 146-200QC G-BPBT arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its ferry flight from the United Kingdom (Hatfield). The aircraft had been sub-leased by Ansett New Zealand from Ansett Australia for 6 months. |
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On This Day - October 09, 1989. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJD 'Gallant' entered service, operating Flight TN788 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - October 09, 1998. The Qantas Airways Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAC 'John Forrest' operated its last revenue service as Flight QF475 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for sale to Pinnacle Air Cargo. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2005. Following its repaint into the revised 'QantasLink' livery, the Boeing 717-23S VH-VQD was ferried from Newcastle to Perth via Adelaide (West Beach) on delivery to National Jet Systems as Flight QF7981. National Jet Systems had been awarded the contract to operate services for Qantas as QantasLink. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2010. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGN entered service operating Flight JQ502 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - October 09, 2011. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBR entered service, operating Flight JQ15 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Kansai) via Cairns. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGG 'Rockhampton' returned to service operating Flight QF419 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) after being repainted into the airline's 'New Roo' livery at Singapore. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2013. The first Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8, VH-VKA, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field) as Flight JQ7878. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2018. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402 VH-QOH 'Forster' returned to service after being repainted by Flying Colours at Townsville (Queensland) into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery, operating Flight QF2468 from Townsville to Mt Isa. |
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On This Day - October 09, 2021. The Silk Air Boeing 737-8SA 9V-MGF arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight to Virgin Australia as Flight SQ8890 from Singapore. It was reregistered as VH-IJQ on October 15 before it was ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as Flight VA9931 the next day for repainting by Flying Colours. |
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