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  2. Qantas - Wikipedia

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    Qantas is the world's third-oldest airline by foundation date and the oldest airline in the English-speaking world — being founded in November 1920. [19] [20] Qantas is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, as it originally served Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is popularly ...

  3. History of Qantas - Wikipedia

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    Qantas ordered twelve Airbus A380-800s in 2000, with options for twelve more. Eight of these options were exercised in 2006, bringing firm orders to twenty. Qantas is the third airline to receive A380s, after Singapore Airlines and Emirates. [39] [40] The main domestic competitor to Qantas, Ansett Australia, collapsed on 14 September 2001. [41]

  4. Hudson Fysh - Wikipedia

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    Deciding to join the race, Fysh regrouped with Paul McGinness as his co-pilot. [22] [23] To fund the race, McGinness approached Sir Samuel McCaughey, the man who donated the plane that McGinness flew in for World War I. [22] McCaughey agreed to fund the race, and they were joined by Arthur Baird, their flight-sergeant engineer during the war.

  5. Alan Joyce (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Joyce became CEO of Qantas on November 28, 2008. He succeeded Geoff Dixon, who had been in the role since March 2001. [7] Joyce is a former director of Orangestar Investment Holdings Pte Limited (holding company of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair) and Jetstar Pacific Airlines Aviation Joint Stock Company (in Vietnam).

  6. List of countries by ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...

  7. Qantas Founders Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Qantas Founders Museum is a museum located in Longreach, Queensland, Australia. The museum was opened on 9 June 1996 in the heritage-listed Qantas Hangar, built by Qantas in 1922. [1] Stage 2 of the Qantas Founders Museum was part of a 1999 A$110 million Queensland and federal government project, the heritage trails network. [2]

  8. Asian Australians - Wikipedia

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    Asian Australians are Australians of Asian ancestry, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the proportion of the population identifying as Asian amounted to approximately 17.4 percent with breakdowns of 6.5 percent from Southern and Central Asia, 6.4 percent from North-East Asia, and 4.5 percent ...

  9. Category:Qantas people - Wikipedia

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