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Qantas Logo for its "Kangaroo Service", used from 1944-1947 [8] Qantas operated the Australian part of the Kangaroo Route for nine years before coining (and later trademarking) the name. After starting airmail operations between Brisbane and Singapore in 1934, [ 9 ] Qantas began operating passenger flights connecting Brisbane to Singapore in ...
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Australia's national airline, Qantas, uses a bounding kangaroo for its logo. The kangaroo has always been part of the Qantas logo, [6] and the airline has previously been known informally as "The Flying Kangaroo". Tourism Australia makes use of the kangaroo in its logo to "help ensure instant recognition for Australia around the world". [7]
[42] [43] Qantas' kangaroo logo was first used on the "Kangaroo Route", begun in 1944, from Sydney to Karachi, where BOAC crews took over for the rest of the journey to the UK. [43] [44] [45] In 1947, QEA was nationalised by the Australian government led by Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley. QANTAS Limited was then wound up.
The Qantas kangaroo logo made its first appearance in 1944, painted on a Liberator to celebrate the renaming of the Indian Ocean Route to "Kangaroo Service". The design was adapted from the design on the reverse side of the contemporary one-penny coin. [106]
The Secret Order of the Double Sunrise certificate that was given by Qantas to all passengers on the Double Sunrise service The Secret Order of the Double Sunrise was an illustrated certificate given to passengers aboard the flying boats of the Australia–England air link, to attest they had been airborne for more than 24 hours.
The new logo featured two seagulls formed into a bigger seagull, representing the spirit of Greece and the airline's values. The new logo was inspired by Greek sky and seas, historical architecture and the country's design heritage. [4] Aerolíneas Argentinas: A condor. Aeromexico: An eagle knight. Air Arabia: A seagull. Air Lithuania: A crane.
Sellheim produced posters [3] for the Australian National Travel Association and his most renowned design is Qantas airlines' distinctive flying kangaroo logo, created in 1947. [4] [5] In 2019 Gert Sellheim was inducted to the Australian Graphic Design Association Hall of Fame. [6]