This airline was founded in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
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Qantas - Wikipedia  Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier airline of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, international flights and international destinations. It is the third oldest airline in the world, after KLM and Avianca having been founded in November 1920; it began international passenger flights in ... In 1920 Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd had its...
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Qantas Airways Limited | Australian company | Britannica.com  Qantas Airways Limited, Australian airline, the oldest in the English-speaking world, founded in 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
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Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited ...  (1920-1947) ... The Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited, or QANTAS, was ... In 1937 the two airlines formed Qantas Empire Airways.
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History of Qantas Airways Ltd.  FundingUniverse  Read about the history of Qantas Airways Ltd. Explore the company's history, ... Incorporated: 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
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History of Qantas - Wikipedia  Qantas is Australia's largest airline and one of the oldest airlines in the world. Qantas has gone from two fragile biplanes carrying two passengers and a pilot, to an Airbus A380 flying 450 people around the world. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as ... 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul...
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Wright Flyer - Wikipedia  The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. It was designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, US.
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Jeopary Question, AVIATION - TriviaBistro.com  Jeopardy Question: AVIATION - In 1918 Argentine lieutenant Luis C. Candelaria made the first flight over these mountains.
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Sky Harbor's Early Years - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport  Aug 30, 2010 ... Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board  Self-Guided Tours ... It got its start in 1928 when Scenic Airways, Inc. wanted to get flights going in the ... the land for Scenic, made numerous improvements and named the new airport Sky Harbor. ... The City of Phoenix was not interested in purchasing Sky Harbor at that...
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qantas 1919-1939 - UQ eSpace - University of Queensland  Avro 504K, Townsville, 7 July 1921 .... Imperial Airways in 1934 (when a young CO. Turner was .... It was an Australia that had sent ...... Australian Aircraft and Engineering Company, agents in .... Avro 504K, but had managed thirty minutes and one landing ...... worth, the chairman and directors of Qantas assembled for the.
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Qantas - Wikipedia  Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier airline of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, ... Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance. ... In 1920 Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd had its ... of British Airways) formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways Limited (QEA).
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Timeline of airline | Delta News Hub  Jun 12, 2015 ... 1924: The Huff Daland Dusters crop-dusting operation, which formed the roots for Delta, founded in Macon, Ga. ... 1959: Delta is first airline to launch Douglas DC-8 jet service. .... Completion of Open Skies agreement between U.S. and European Union allows Delta to fly to London-Heathrow; service...
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The World's 10 Oldest Airlines - KLM Blog  Nov 3, 2014 ... KLM is the oldest airline still flying under its original name. ... In 1920, pilot Jerry Shaw captained the first KLM flight, flying from London to Schiphol in a De Havilland DH-16. ... Lufthansa was established in 1926, following a merger between Deutsche Aero Lloyd (DAL) and .... Lufthansa started with a F-11?
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History of Aviation - First Flights - Avjobs  Charles Furnas became the first American airplane passenger when he flew with ... The salvation of the U.S. commercial aviation industry following World War I was a ... Airplanes still could not fly at night when the service first began, so the mail ... of United Air Lines (originally a joint venture of the Boeing Airplane Company...
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Our Company | Qantas  Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be ... Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited...
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Translation of Qantas in English  The Qantas name comes from "QANTAS", an acronym for its original name, ... acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service; Australian...
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Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service - definition of ...  [acronym of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, its original name: founded 1920] ... airline, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS), announced that it has changed its flight path from Iraq to Iran.
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List of airlines by foundation date - Wikipedia  This is a list of airlines by foundation date, founded by December 31, 1929. For airlines founded ... Founding member of International Air Traffic Association in 1919. ... rebranded as Aropostale in 1927; its assets were incorporated into Air France in 1933 ... As well as "Oldest Continuously Operating Airline in the World.
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The Impossible Flight | History | Air & Space Magazine  London to Sydney: 12000 miles that started an airline. ... Operating the 12,000-mile trek from Sydney to London, known as the Kangaroo Route, was ... The first aircraft purchased was a two-passenger Avro 504K, and the first scheduled service ... the DC-3 was unsuitable for the long-haul U.K.-Australia route as there was a...
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Airline History 1960s  5 July 1960, The B.720 goes into service with United Airlines, USA ... JAL began independent service on polar routes to Europe (DC-8) ... The first commercial plane to land at Maldives airport was an Air Ceylon flight ..... 15 July 1968, The first direct airline service between the Soviet Union and the US was inaugurated, ten...
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Northwest Airlines - Wikipedia  Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major United States airline founded .... On July 15, 1947 Northwest became the first airline to begin direct service ... A flight between Tokyo and Seoul (Gimpo Airport) began on October 20, ...... The aircraft later landed safely in Reno, NV but Cooper's fate remains...
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Laker Airways - Wikipedia  Laker Airways was a wholly private, British independent airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide. Its head office was located at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England. It became the second long-haul, low-cost, "no frills" airline in 1977, operating ... The airline commenced commercial operations from its London Gatwick...