Qantas

Qantas (QF/QFA) is the flag carrier of Australia and the world’s third oldest airline having been founded in 1920. The airline was a founding member of the Oneworld alliance. The airline currently operates a fleet of Airbus A330s and A380s, as well as Boeing 737s and Boeing 787s from its three main hubs in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Take a closer look at all of our Qantas news in the articles below.

Headquarters: Mascot, Australia

Qantas unveils incredible first A220 livery

The first QantasLink A220 will soon make its way from Montreal to Australia. When it does it’ll wear a stunning special livery as part…

Qantas’ QF28 winds its way south

Qantas’ QF28 took the far southern route between Santiago and Sydney yesterday, overflying the coast of Antarctica. The flight normally passes over the Southern…

The Qantas Boeing 717 that made an epic journey to its new home

The Boeing 717 is a twin-engined airliner that was produced by Boeing until 2006. It traces its origins back to the McDonnell Douglas MD80, which in…

Pride in the sky – how to track the world’s pride planes

June is Pride month. As celebrations are prepared around the world, we took a look at our top 5 airline pride liveries and how…

AvTalk Episode 162: Project Sunrise gets the green light

On this episode of AvTalk, Qantas orders its Project Sunrise fleet from Airbus, Spirit Airlines says no to JetBlue, and Airbus releases its first…

Qantas performs longest-ever commercial flight

Qantas performed its longest-ever commercial passenger flight this week, repatriating Australian citizens from South America on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs…

Where are A380s flying these days?

Anyone who has paid attention to the airline industry since March will know that the A380 has not fared well this year. The superjumbo…

Flight 1 round 2: which other routes get top billing?

Last week we covered some of the more high-profile routes that carry (or once carried) the flight number 1. The first round included Concorde…

Final Qantas 747 departure from Australia leaves a special message

The final Qantas 747 departure from Australia left Sydney Wednesday afternoon for Los Angeles. Before heading across the Pacific, VH-OEJ took to the sky…