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On This Day - March 18, 1959. The Ansett-ANA Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMA entered service, operating from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was the first Lockheed 188 Electra passenger service to be operated outside of the United States. |
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On This Day - March 18, 1965. The Japan Air Lines Douglas C-54E-10-DC JA-6015 was purchased Ansett-ANA for use as a freighter. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-INM the next day. |
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On This Day - March 18, 1985. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBD 'City of Perth' operated its final revenue service, flying Brisbane - Christchurch (New Zealand) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF55/46. The aircraft had flown 44,193 hours with 14,457 cycles. |
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On This Day - March 18, 1988. The Fokker F.27-5234F VH-FCF operated its last Air N.S.W. service, operating Brisbane - Coolangatta - Newcastle - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - March 18, 2003. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBC 'Surfers Paradise' entered service, operating Flight QF485 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. |
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On This Day - March 18, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQZ, having been acquired from Jetstar Asia, entered service operating Flight JQ638 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Maroochydore. |
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On This Day - March 18, 2012. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFF entered service operating Flight JQ509 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - March 18, 2014. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to the United States (Jacksonville) where it was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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On This Day - March 18, 2018. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQU was ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Darwin - Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ8997, for repainting into the QantasLink livery. The aircraft will then be operated by Network Aviation for QantasLink. |
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On This Day - March 18, 2024. The Embraer ERJ-190-100LR VH-8EA, leased by National Jet Express, entered service, operating Flight NC150 from Perth to Kalgoorlie. |
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On This Day - March 18, 2025. The Network Aviation / QantasLink Airbus A319-132 VH-8NU arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Puerto Rico (San Juan) as Flight SXI2505. It was ferried from Brisbane to Perth as Flight SXI2511 on April 01 in preparation for entry into service. |