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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Hudson Fysh, History of Qantas, Qantas Flight 32, Trans Australia Airlines, Lester Brain, Qantas Flight 30, Jetstar Airways, Qantas Flight 72, Naming of Qantas aircraft, Sunstate Airlines, List of Qantas fatal accidents, Jetstar Asia Airways, Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, QantasLink, Air Pacific, Kangaroo Route, Valuair, Compass Airlines, Nancy Bird Walton, Margaret Jackson, Impulse Airlines, Australian Airlines, John Flynn, Qantas destinations, Everyday Rewards, Qantas Flight 1, Jetstar Pacific Airlines, Jetconnect, Australian air Express, Qantassaurus, Star Track Express, Qantas Freight, QIK, Qantas Flight 1737, Eastern Australia Airlines, Southern Cross Route, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Edgar Johnston, Express Freighters Australia, Geoff Dixon, Paul McGinness, Fergus McMaster, Thai Air Cargo, Orange Star, Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Qantas Defence Services. Excerpt: Qantas Airways Limited ( ) (ASX: QAN) is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS," an acronym/initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services." Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo," the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport. It is Australia's largest airline, the oldest continuously operated airline in the world and the second oldest in the world overall. Qantas headquarters are located in the Qantas Centre in the Mascot suburb of the City of Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. Currently the airline is considered a four-star airline by research consultancy firm Skytrax. In 2011, Qantas was voted the eighth best airline in the world by the firm, a drop from 2010 (seventh), 2009 (sixth), 2008 (third), 2007 (fifth), 2006 (second), and 2005 (second). Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. The airli...
