A limited edition Boeing 707 in the seasonally named QANTASTIC CHRISTMAS which was painted by Qantas Airlines in 1977 VH-EAB was painted in this special colour scheme and departed Sydney on its last Qantas service as QF58/352 to Christchurch on December 18th 1977. This aircraft was sold to ITEL in April 1977 but because of a delayed delivery of VH-EBN a new Boeing 747 this aircraft was brought back into service for short period of time.