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Qantas dropped its Southern Cross Route and Fiesta Route in 1975. By 1969, Qantas had 11 Kangaroo Route flights a week from Sydney to London, taking 29–32 hours with 5–6 stops each; BOAC's 7-9 weekly flights previously had 7 stops.
[4]: 145 The name is in honor of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's historic 1928 flight in the aircraft Southern Cross. [5] The equivalent route running through the Eastern Hemisphere is known as the Kangaroo Route. [6] Qantas operated on the route from 1949 — 1974, when it discontinued the London leg of the trip.
Flight QF9, was a 17-hour, 14,498 km (9,009-mile) journey from Perth to London Heathrow. In 2019 Qantas launched 19-hour flights on a restricted payload between New York and London to Sydney with 787-9s. [71] [72] In April 2018, Qantas sold its Q Catering arm to dnata. [73] In February 2019, Qantas purchased a 20% shareholding in Alliance Airlines.
The final pair of flights on the rear-engined long-haul jets are charters for enthusiasts. 1983 (25 January): First Boeing 757, named Windsor Castle, is delivered to British Airways.
The fire causes the wing to collapse in flight, and the Noratlas crashes near the air base, killing all 11 people on board. [37] September 27 – A hijacker commandeers an Olympic Airways Short SC.7 Skyvan during a domestic flight in Greece from Athens to Mikonos. The hijacker is taken down at Mikonos. [38]
Passengers boarding a Trans Australian Airline flight at Adelaide Airport, 1968. Up until World War II, Australia had been one of the world's leading centres of aviation.. With its tiny population of about seven million, Australia ranked sixth in the world for scheduled air mileage, had 16 airlines, was growing at twice the world average and had produced a number of prominent aviation pioneers ...
When Cathy Poyser heard the announcement that her flight was delayed, her heart sank. It was Christmas Eve, 1975. LAX Airport. Cathy, who’d moved to Los Angeles earlier that year, was desperate ...
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