QANTAS AIRPLANE
Cette photographie montre un Boeing 747-438ER longreach immatriculé VH-OEH nommé Hervey Bay de la compagnie Aérienne Australienne Qantas.
Histoire
Fondée le 16 novembre 1920 comme "Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited", par Paul McGuiness, Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster et Arthur Baird, elle fut rapidement appelée Qantas et adopta ce nom officiellement. Le premier avion de la compagnie fut un Avro 504K. Le premier passager fut Alexander Kennedy, âgé de 84 ans lors du vol inaugural, entre Charleville et Cloncurry, le 2 novembre 1922. De 1926 à 1928, elle construit sept de Havilland DH.50 et un DH.9 à son hangar de Longreach. En 1928, création du Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, service d'avions ambulance pour desservir les zones difficiles d'accès en Australie utilisant les appareils de Qantas. En 1929, elle commence à desservir Brisbane. En 1931, elle vole entre Brisbane et Darwin transportant du courrier. En 1934, elle change de nom et devient Qantas Empire Airways. Mai 1935, QEA commence à voler entre Darwin et Singapour avec un de Havilland Express transportant du courrier, pour par la suite poursuivre sa route jusqu'au Royaume-Uni avec la coopération de la Imperial Airways. En 1938, elle déménage son siège social à Sydney. En 1944, elle adopte son logo actuel, le kangourou. En 1946, elle recommence ses vols vers le Royaume-Uni avec son partenaire British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), ajoute à sa flotte le Douglas DC-3 pour desservir la Nouvelle-Guinée et étend son réseau à l'Inde ainsi qu'aux îles du Pacifique. En 1954, elle commence à voler vers San Francisco et Vancouver avec des Lockheed Constellation. En 1959, elle est la première compagnie aérienne non américaine à introduire à sa flotte le Boeing 707. En 1967, elle change son nom pour Qantas Airways Limited. En 1971, elle introduit à sa flotte le Boeing 747. En 1985, elle introduit dans sa flotte le Boeing 7672. En 1989, elle établit un record mondial de distance en parcourant 18 001 km avec un Boeing 747-400 de Londres à Sydney en 20 heures 9 minutes 5 secondes. En 1995, Qantas est désormais une des plus grandes compagnies aériennes mondiale, comptant 130 avions et transportant plus de 14 millions de passagers annuellement. En 1997, 50e anniversaire de la 'route Kangourou' entre l'Australie et le Royaume-Uni ainsi que du 50e anniversaire de service entre l'Australie et le Japon. En 2004, elle lance une filiale, Jetstar Airways, compagnie aérienne à bas prix pour desservir l'Australie. En 2008, Qantas introduit à sa flotte l'Airbus A380, elle est la 2e compagnie aérienne à avoir le plus commandé d'Airbus A380 avec 20 commandes. En effet, le 20 octobre 2008, Qantas inaugure son premier vol commercial avec l'Airbus A380, entre Melbourne et Los Angeles. Actuellement, les Airbus A380 de Qantas volent sur différentes routes aériennes; de Melbourne à Los Angeles, Sydney à Los Angeles, Sydney à Singapour, Sydney à Londres via Singapour. Le 4 novembre 2010, lors du vol Qantas 32, un moteur Rolls-Royce Trent 900 sur un Airbus A380 explose au dessus de l'île indonésienne de Batam, forçant un atterrissage d'urgence à l'aéroport Changi de Singapour. Par la suite un Boeing 747-400 a subi le même dommage au niveau d'un de ses réacteurs. Le 9 novembre 2010, la Commission européenne condamne Qantas ainsi que dix autres compagnies aériennes pour entente illicite qui viole les règles des traités européens. Ces entreprises s'étaient secrètement entendues pour exiger des surtaxes sur le transport de fret à partir de ou vers l'Union européenne. Qantas est condamnée à verser une amende de 8,9 millions d'euros au budget européen. Jeudi 24 mars 2011, un appareil A330-200 a été contraint a un atterrissage forcé après qu'un incendie se soit déclaré dans le cockpit de l'avion reliant Manille et Sydney. Les 147 passagers et 11 membres d'équipage n'auraient subi aucune blessure. À la fin d'octobre 2011, conséquence d'une série de grèves de différents corps de métiers parmi ses employés - que Qantas qualifie d'"industrial action" (littéralement, "grève industrielle") -, la société met en lock-out ses employés, ce qui annule tous ses vols. Le 4 décembre 2012, la compagnie aérienne annonce le retrait de son offre d'accès à l'internet à bord de ses appareils, avançant un manque d'intérêt des passagers.
Flotte
Fin juin 2012, Qantas exploitait 137 avions.
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Qantas (Qantas Airways Limited) (ASX: QAN) is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, New South Wales, 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. Qantas carries a 65% share of the Australian domestic market and carries 18.7% of all passengers travelling in and out of Australia.
Fin juin 2012, Qantas exploitait 137 avions.
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Qantas (Qantas Airways Limited) (ASX: QAN) is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, New South Wales, 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. Qantas carries a 65% share of the Australian domestic market and carries 18.7% of all passengers travelling in and out of Australia.
History
Qantas is Australia's largest airline and one of the oldest airlines in the world. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul McGinness, Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird. Initially the airline operated air mail services subsidised by the Australian government, linking railheads in western Queensland. Between 1926 and 1928 Qantas built several aircraft in Longreach and made the inaugural flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, departing from Cloncurry. Qantas Empire Airways Limited (QEA) was formed by Qantas and Britain's Imperial Airways in 1934. They flew internationally from May 1935, when the service from Darwin was extended to Singapore. As operations expanded with flying boat service World War disrupted air travel until 1943. In 1947, QEA was nationalised, with the Australian Labor government buying the shares. In the same year the airline took delivery of Lockheed L-749 Constellations and these took over the trunk route to London. In 1958, Qantas became the second round-the-world airline, flying Super Constellations westward from Australia to London through Asia and the Middle East. In 1956, Qantas ordered the Boeing 707–138 jet airliner and the first was delivered in June 1959. The first jet service operated by Qantas was on 29 July 1959 from Sydney to San Francisco via Nadi and Honolulu. On 5 September 1959 Qantas became the third airline to fly jets across the North Atlantic. In 1966, the airline diversified its business by opening the 450 room Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. In 1967, the airline placed orders for the Boeing 747 and Qantas Empire Airways changed its name to Qantas Airways. When Cyclone Tracy devastated the town of Darwin at Christmas 1974, Qantas established a world record for the most people ever embarked on a single aircraft when it evacuated 673 people on a single Boeing 747 flight. In March 1979, Qantas operated its final Boeing 707 flight from Auckland to Sydney, and became the only airline in the world to have a fleet that consisted of Boeing 747s only. The Boeing 747 fleet was upgraded from 1989 with the arrival of the new Boeing 747-400 series. The delivery flight of the first 747-400 was a world record for commercial aircraft, flying the 18,001 kilometres (11,185 mi) from London to Sydney non-stop. The Australian Government sold the domestic carrier Australian Airlines to Qantas in August 1992. This provided Qantas access to the Australian domestic market for the first time in its history. Qantas was privatised in March 1993. Qantas ordered twelve Airbus A380-800s in 2000 and was soon the third airline to receive A380s, after Singapore Airlines and Emirates. The airline created a new cut-price subsidiary airline, Jetstar Airways after Virgin Blue expanded in October 2001. On 13 December 2004, the first flight of Jetstar Asia Airways took off from its Singapore hub to Hong Kong, marking Qantas' entry into the Asian cut-price market. Before 29 October 2011, Qantas operated a significant number of international flights into and out of Singapore Changi, Auckland Airport, Brisbane Airport, Los Angeles International and London Heathrow airports. Qantas has been one of the most profitable airlines in the world. In 2008, the first Qantas Airbus A380 was handed over by Airbus at a ceremony on 19 September. The first route for the A380 was Melbourne to Los Angeles.
Qantas is Australia's largest airline and one of the oldest airlines in the world. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul McGinness, Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird. Initially the airline operated air mail services subsidised by the Australian government, linking railheads in western Queensland. Between 1926 and 1928 Qantas built several aircraft in Longreach and made the inaugural flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, departing from Cloncurry. Qantas Empire Airways Limited (QEA) was formed by Qantas and Britain's Imperial Airways in 1934. They flew internationally from May 1935, when the service from Darwin was extended to Singapore. As operations expanded with flying boat service World War disrupted air travel until 1943. In 1947, QEA was nationalised, with the Australian Labor government buying the shares. In the same year the airline took delivery of Lockheed L-749 Constellations and these took over the trunk route to London. In 1958, Qantas became the second round-the-world airline, flying Super Constellations westward from Australia to London through Asia and the Middle East. In 1956, Qantas ordered the Boeing 707–138 jet airliner and the first was delivered in June 1959. The first jet service operated by Qantas was on 29 July 1959 from Sydney to San Francisco via Nadi and Honolulu. On 5 September 1959 Qantas became the third airline to fly jets across the North Atlantic. In 1966, the airline diversified its business by opening the 450 room Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. In 1967, the airline placed orders for the Boeing 747 and Qantas Empire Airways changed its name to Qantas Airways. When Cyclone Tracy devastated the town of Darwin at Christmas 1974, Qantas established a world record for the most people ever embarked on a single aircraft when it evacuated 673 people on a single Boeing 747 flight. In March 1979, Qantas operated its final Boeing 707 flight from Auckland to Sydney, and became the only airline in the world to have a fleet that consisted of Boeing 747s only. The Boeing 747 fleet was upgraded from 1989 with the arrival of the new Boeing 747-400 series. The delivery flight of the first 747-400 was a world record for commercial aircraft, flying the 18,001 kilometres (11,185 mi) from London to Sydney non-stop. The Australian Government sold the domestic carrier Australian Airlines to Qantas in August 1992. This provided Qantas access to the Australian domestic market for the first time in its history. Qantas was privatised in March 1993. Qantas ordered twelve Airbus A380-800s in 2000 and was soon the third airline to receive A380s, after Singapore Airlines and Emirates. The airline created a new cut-price subsidiary airline, Jetstar Airways after Virgin Blue expanded in October 2001. On 13 December 2004, the first flight of Jetstar Asia Airways took off from its Singapore hub to Hong Kong, marking Qantas' entry into the Asian cut-price market. Before 29 October 2011, Qantas operated a significant number of international flights into and out of Singapore Changi, Auckland Airport, Brisbane Airport, Los Angeles International and London Heathrow airports. Qantas has been one of the most profitable airlines in the world. In 2008, the first Qantas Airbus A380 was handed over by Airbus at a ceremony on 19 September. The first route for the A380 was Melbourne to Los Angeles.