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Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330.On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations ...
Qantas' first aircraft was an Avro 504K, with a 100-horsepower (74 kW) water-cooled Sunbeam Dyak engine. A replica of which can be seen at Qantas Campus, Mascot. By 1921 it also operated a Royal Aircraft Factory BE2E with a 90-horsepower (67 kW) air-cooled engine. [citation needed]
[74] In August 2021, Qantas required all of its 22,000 employees to be fully vaccinated against the virus. [75] In May 2022, Qantas ordered twelve A350-1000 aircraft from Airbus, to be used in non-stop flights from Sydney to London in late 2025. [76] [77] [78] In the same month, Qantas agreed terms to purchase Alliance Airlines.
Following is a list of destinations Qantas flies to as part of its scheduled services, ... [51] [74] Washington, D.C. Dulles International Airport: Terminated [31 ...
74 Total 747-200 Series: 393 747SP March 5, 1976 Pan American World Airways: December 9, 1989 Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE) 45 Total 747SP: 45 747-300 March 1, 1983 Union de Transports Aériens: October 18, 1988 Japan Asia 56 747-300M (Combi) March 5, 1983 Swissair: September 25, 1990 Sabena: 21 747-300SR December 10, 1987 Japan Airlines: February 19, 1988
In 1964 Qantas started a third route to London via Tahiti, Mexico, and the Caribbean, called the Fiesta Route. [50] 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 ...
Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh KBE DFC (7 January 1895 – 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania.
The City of Canberra, registered VH-OJA and named after Australia's capital city, was the first Boeing 747-400 delivered to Qantas. [note 1] It was not modified for the flight in any way – such as by the installation of extra fuel tanks – but some items of equipment were removed from the galleys and cargo compartments to save weight.