Qantas began on 16/Nov/1920 as "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited". It quickly became known simply as 'Qantas', and then soon adopted that name formally. It was nationalised in 1947, and remained so until 1995, when it was privatised.
Qantas' longtime competitor Ansett, collapsed in 2001, leading to a near monopoly on domestic routes. Since VirginBlue entered the market in 2000, Qantas has responded by creating the low-budget airline Jetstar. The company hopes this will restrict VirginBlue's growth, and allow it to remain the dominant airline in Australia. Qantas remains one of the few profitable full-service airlines world-wide.
Qantas airline owns and operates a range of aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, as well as the Dash 8 and BAe 146. The actor John Travolta owns an ex-Qantas Boeing 707, and has appeared at PR functions for the airline.
JAL to stay with Oneworld: source - ABC Online
Desperate to keep JAL from defecting to Skyteam, executives from other Oneworld group carriers such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways and Qantas ...
Twitter: From user 'jasonlangenauer'
Super-impressed with @tripit - It's choked down everything I threw at it - emails, Qantas PDF e-tickets... Fantastic.
Best Job in the World's Ben Southall invites almost four million North ... - Australia.TO
Ms Bligh said while at G'Day USA she had also launched of two fantastic vacation deals to Queensland with Qantas and V Australia. ";Brisbane is actually the ...
Brumbies tackle Force with Elsom, Giteau - ARU Rugby
Qantas Wallaby captain Rocky Elsom and playmaker Matt Giteau have been named to make their Brumbies' debuts amid injury concerns in the Investec Bank Super ...
Japan Air Said to Keep American Ties, Shun Delta Bid - Bloomberg
JAL and American are both members of the Oneworld alliance, along with British Airways Plc and Qantas Airways Ltd. Delta's SkyTeam also includes Korean Air ...
Twitter: From user 'MissReneeLJ'
Man, Qantas has the greatest sale on.....$1,200 return to LA....keep these prices coming!
Twitter: From user 'chrisberg'
@Pollytics making the jobs of people who read qantas' ";how did we do?"; surveys much much harder. have you no heart?
Qantas buys My Tehran for Sale - encore
Qantas will show the unofficial Iran/Australia co-production My Tehran for Sale as part of its in-flight entertainment selection from February to April. ...
Twitter: From user 'perfectclarity'
@flyairnz I think Air NZ definitely have a better product than QANTAS!
Twitter: From user 'tourismawards'
Qantas Australian Tourism Awards SOLD OUT in Hobart for 26th Feb. Look's like it'll be one BIG party.