Civil aviation profile prints. Available prints options: Design / Dark Theme / Plain background; Size Panorama (914×305 mm / 36"×12"); Size Standard (610×305 mm / 24"×12").
Airbus A330-300 Qantas Airways
Registration: VH-QPI Named: Cairns Type: 330-303 Engines: 2 × GE CF6-80E1A3 Serial Number: 705 First flight: Oct 11, 2005
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded in November 1920, it began international passenger flights in May 1935. Qantas is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, as it originally served Queensland and the Northern Territory, and is popularly nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo". The airline is based in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, adjacent to its main hub at Sydney Airport. Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.