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A Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200 at Longreach's Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Qantas has had a varied fleet since the airline's inception. Following its foundation shortly after the end of the First World War, the first aircraft to serve in the fleet was the Avro 504K, a small biplane.
Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited [1] by Paul McGinness and Hudson Fysh. Fergus McMaster joined them as chairman, as did Arthur Baird to take care of aircraft maintenance.
The Australian government provided $1 million as a contribution to the cost of the aircraft's restoration. [3] The 707 held at the Qantas Founders Museum was the first jet aircraft of any type owned by Qantas. [3] The aircraft is known under the registration VH-EBA and the plane name "City of Canberra." The restoration of VH-EBA lasted 15,000 ...
1989 Boeing 747-400 – in addition to their usual city names, all Boeing 747-400 aircraft carry the word "Longreach" as part of the livery. This is actually a double meaning - it signifies both the "long reach" of the aircraft (i.e. they have a long range), and the town where Qantas commenced operations : Longreach, Queensland. [13]
QANTAS acquired two Giant Moths, Apollo (G-AUJB) and Diana (G-AUJC), in April [10] and May 1929, respectively. [11] They were the first QANTAS aircraft equipped with toilets. [12] The airline took them out of service in 1935 because the Bristol Jupiter XI engines were unreliable. [12] Apollo was sold that year and crashed near Mubo, New Guinea ...
Aircraft disappeared between Colombo and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, cause unknown; aircraft owned by BOAC and operated by both airlines on Sydney-London services (BOAC crews operated London-Karachi and Qantas crews Karachi-Sydney). 10 10 [26] [27] 16 July 1951 Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea: de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover: VH-EBQ
In 2019, Qantas began retrofitting its Airbus A380 aircraft with new Economy seats containing new seat cushions and improved inflight entertainment, as offered on Airbus A330 and Boeing 787 aircraft. The new aircraft will have fewer economy seats compared to the previous configuration due to an increase in the number of premium seats.
A Qantas Airbus A380-800, the aircraft type that operated these flights from 2014-2020.. Qantas Flight 7 (QF7/QFA7) [a] and Qantas Flight 8 (QF8/QFA8) [a] are flights operated by Australian airline Qantas between Sydney Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which, from 2013 to 2016, were the longest regularly scheduled non-stop commercial flights in the world.