VH-EBE. Airbus A330-202. c/n 0842. |
This aircraft was ordered by CIT Aerospace International - ? Rolled off Airbus production line at Toulouse, France - 2007 Powered by General Electric GE CF6-80E1A3 engines First flown as 'F-WWYV' - May 29, 2007 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBE - May 29, 2007 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by CIT Leasing / Qantas Airways at Toulouse, France - June 21, 2007 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - June 21, 2007 Sub-leased to Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd as the registered operator - June 21, 2007 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia as JQ7992 - June 21, 2007 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - June 23, 2007 Delivery route: Toulouse - Bangkok - Melbourne During pre-service maintenance the aircraft remained un-named Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Denpasar as JQ035 - July 03, 2007 Operated the inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Singapore service as JQ7 - December 13, 2007 Registered to QF BOC 2008-2 Pty Ltd, Sydney - September 11, 2008 Leased to Jetstar Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Singapore as JQ7991 - March 16, 2011 Operated the inaugural Jetstar Asia Singapore - Auckland - Singapore service as 3K401/3K402 - March 17-18, 2011 Operated the final Jetstar revenue service - ? Returned to Qantas at Brisbane for post-lease maintenance - September 25, 2015 The aircraft was reconfigured to seat 28J / 243Y passengers Leased to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney as the registered operator - October 16, 2015 Ferried Brisbane - Singapore (Seletar) for repainting as QF6011 - October 28, 2015 Ferried Singapore (Seletar) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the Qantas 'New Roo' livery as QF6012 - November 17, 2015 The aircraft was named 'Kangaroo Valley' Operated its first Qantas service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF405 - November 18, 2015 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6111 - March 23, 2020 Withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Avalon) due to COVID-19 pandemic Returned to service - ? Operated its last passenger service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6018 - February 11, 2023 Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 20:01 AEDT) on the ferry flight to Germany as QF6616 - February 12, 2023 It arrived Germany (Dresden - 08:32 local) on completion of the ferry flight - February 13, 2023 The aircraft was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration at Dresden The aircraft is now classified as an 'Airbus A330-202P2F' Test flown Dresden (14:59 local) - Dresden (18:11 local) as QF7531 - December 09, 2023 Departed Germany (Dresden - 15:48 local) on the ferry flight to Australia as QF7532 - December 19, 2023 It arrived at South Korea (Busan - 11:03 local) - December 20, 2023 Departed South Korea (Busan - 15:48 local) on the ferry flight to Australia as QF7533 - December 30, 2023 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine - 03:54 AEDT) - December 31, 2023 Entered service Melbourne (Tullamarine 23:20 AEDT) - Brisbane (00:06 AEST) as QF7350 - January 09, 2024 Operated first international service Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 22:49 AEDT) - Auckland (03:18 NZDT) as QF7523 - January 18, 2024 Current with Qantas Airways |
VH-EBE. Jetstar - in the standard livery at Coolangatta Airport, October 2007. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 0330-006.) |
VH-EBE. Jetstar - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 02, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-171.) |
VH-EBE. Jetstar - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 25, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-170.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 30, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-175.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 31, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-176.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 02, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-172.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 02, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-173.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 02, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0330-174.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Perth Airport, March 08, 2017. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 0330-169.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kangaroo Valley' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 27, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 0330-450.) |
VH-EBE. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Christchurch Airport, January 19, 2024. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0330-493.) |