QANTAS

QANTAS is the flag carrier and largest airline of Australia, operating scheduled domestic and international services.

= History = Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services was established in 1920, and in 1934 it established a new airline in conjunction with Imperial Airways called Qantas Empire Airways. QEA was nationalised in 1947, since which time it has operated as QANTAS.

QANTAS in British Columbia
QANTAS began services between Vancouver and Sydney in 1954 when it absorbed British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, taking over BCPA's Sydney – Auckland – Fiji – Canton Island – Hawaii – San Francisco – Vancouver route.

In 1996, QANTAS inherited nine De Havilland BC Trident 7C and ten Trident 7D trijets when it absorbed Trans-Australia Airlines, operating them until 2004.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A220-300 - 0, +20 on order, +50 options
 * Airbus A321XLR - 0, +20 on order, +50 options
 * Airbus A330-200 - 18
 * Airbus A330-300 - 10
 * Airbus A350-1000 - 0, +12 on order
 * Airbus A380-800 - 10
 * Boeing 737-800 - 75
 * Boeing 787-9 - 11, +9 on order, +15 options

Historic
incomplete


 * Trident 7C - 9 (1996-2003), inherited from TAA.

BC-made aircraft
''Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia.