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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]
Noritake for Qantas Tableware by David Caon. Noritake Australia Pty Ltd was established in 1958 and it is owned by Noritake Co., Limited. By the late 1960s Noritake brand had become a household name. [citation needed] Noritake is an official supplier to Qantas Airways for in-flight and ground-based operations.
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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. [32] [33] 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 ...
Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 by Hudson Fysh, McGinness and Fergus McMaster as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. [5] [6] The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K. It moved its headquarters to Longreach, Queensland in 1921 and Brisbane, Queensland in 1930. [7]
On 23 December 2003, Australia Post and Qantas went into a joint venture to acquire StarTrack from the company's founder, Greg Poche. On 18 May 2011, it was announced the merger of the retail division of Australian airExpress (AaE) with StarTrack. StarTrack will be a solely retail-focused business and AaE will focus solely on domestic air ...
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 engaged Morrissey to design its uniforms in 2003. [10] The uniforms featured the Wirriyarra print by Indigenous-owned design agency Balarinji and were used until 2013. Morrissey also designed the complimentary business class pyjamas provided from 2007 to 2016. [11] [12] [13] He also acted as a mentor for the airline's Spirit of Youth Awards.