IATA Code: QF

ICAO Code: QFA

Known As: Qantas

Full Name: Qantas Airways Ltd.

Country: Australia

Callsign: Qantas

History:

QANTAS - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service began in 1920 with ex-military Avro 504 biplanes on sight-seeing flights.  

QANTAS began Australia-UK services in 1934 in conjunction with Imperial Airways with Imperial Airways flying the European leg.  

QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS   

The inter-war years saw QANTAS flying mail routes as QEA - Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. using the De Havilland DH.86. QEA was formed by Imperial Airways and QANTAS on 18 January 1934 with the aim of flying the Australian leg of the Brisbane-London route.   

The Brisbane to Singapore route was awarded to QEA in April 1934 and the first airmail services were flown with an Atalanta airliner loaned from part-owner Imperial Airways.   

Shortly afterward the DH.86 type, which was specially designed for QANTAS to fly the Timor Sea route.  
        
During the late 1930s, as 'QANTAS Empire Airways', the airline flew flying boat services between London and Brisbane in association with Imperial Airways using Short S23 Empire Boats. These 'Kangaroo' services were suspended in June 1940 due to Italy entering the second world war.  

During the Second World War QANTAS a 'Horseshoe' service between Australia and South Africa using the Empire flying boats. It also operated flights for the armed forces using Consolidated PBY Catalinas carrying 13 passengers.  

Directly after the second world war QANTAS used Douglas DC-3s and Douglas DC-4s. Lockheed Constellations were also introduced and a new all QANTAS route to London Heathrow began in 1947 with the Constellation. These were replaced by the 1950s with the later version Super Constellation.  

Jet aircraft were introduced in 1959 with the arrival of Boeing 707-130s. These were introduced in the 1950s twin stripes fin livery with the fuselage titling ' QANTAS Australia's Overseas Airline '.   
                 
For regional services QANTAS purchased the Lockheed Electra
turboprop which saw service initially in a slightly modified version
of the 1950s livery with a single thicker bar on the fin.
 
New turbofan Boeing 707-338Cs were introduced in 1961 to replace the earlier model and sported a new V-Jet livery. The V-Jet referred to the new turbofan engines. The 707-300 was truly the 'Intercontinental' variant of the airliner. These were seen until the early 1970s when the Boeing 747 with the new Winged Kangaroo  fin livery replaced the Boeing 707s on prestigious long-haul routes.  

The 747 has been the backbone of the fleet ever since.
 
Boeing 747-300s were introduced in the mid 1980s in a new livery which was a modernisation of the 1970s jumping-Kangaroo livery
but with the red fin colour extending down over the fuselage to meet underneath the tailplane and a typical all-white fuselage.  

Boeing 747-400s followed into fleet service as the older -200 jets
were sold.  

QANTAS is Australia's longest serving airline and now services Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Fukuoma, Frankfurt, Harare, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Juala Lumpur,   London, Los Angeles, Manila, New York, Osaka, Papeete, Port Moresby, Rome, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore, Toronto, Tokyo, Vancouver, Washington and domestic routes.

Logo:

QANTAS Empire Airways



Late 1940's



1970's



1980's -1990's



2007



Qantas Freight



Qantas Airlink



Qantas Link




Information Source:

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History:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page