On This Day - September 11, 1946. The Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-AFA was sold to the Australian National Airlines Commission for the new Australian airline - Trans-Australia Airlines. |
On This Day - September 11, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith ) - Canada (Vancouver) Boeing 707 service. |
On This Day - September 11, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBB 'City of Sydney' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Seattle, Renton) for conversion to a Boeing 707-138B standard by Boeing. At the time of this conversion the aircraft had flown some 6,350 hours. |
On This Day - September 11, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJB 'City of Sydney' was involved an a near head-on collision with an U.S.A.F. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, over Thailand at night and in cloud. It was estimated that the aircraft passed within 15 metres of each other. |
On This Day - September 11, 1993. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RME operated the airline's inaugural international service, operating Flight AN219/220 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Bali (Denpasar) - Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - September 11, 1993. The Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' returned to service following its repaint into the standard 'Qantas' livery, operating Flight TN454 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - September 11, 2002. The TransAustralia air Express Boeing 727-277AF VH-TXH entered service, operating Flight XM7074 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Launceston (Tasmania). |
On This Day - September 11, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQS arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight JST990. |
On This Day - September 11, 2009. The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNJ entered service operating Flight TT598 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. |
On This Day - September 11, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGG 'City of Rockhampton' was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF6023 for maintenance and repainting into the airline's 'New Roo' livery. |
On This Day - September 11, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N954UW arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose). It was reregistered as VH-XVQ before it entered service, operating for QantasLink. |