Oldest regularly visiting mainline passenger aircraft

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Air Niugini has two B763ERs, P2-PXW that enjoyed its first flight on 27 September 1991, so it has just turned 26, and P2-PXV that is a relative baby at 18 years and which is presently on PX2 from SYD up to POM.

P2-PXW must be among the oldest regularly visiting mainline (i.e. 150 seats or above) aircraft to regularly visit Australia on scheduled commercial passenger flights.

Can AFF viewers inform us of any older aircraft that meet this stipulation and are based in Oz or regularly come to our shores with revenue passengers (not charters or specials, and not freighters?) I am excluding smaller aircraft operators such as ZL from this.
 
Qantas 747 VH OJS was delivered in sept 1999, so at 18 years old is that the oldest Australian registered qualifier?
 
I suppose it is the different utilisation that matters.... the C-141 Starlifter I got to jump out of back in my Navy days was IIRC older than me!
 
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