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Australia Qantas aircraft, Megawallpapers: "Qantas" (IATA: QF, ICAO: QFA, and Callsign: Qantas) is the name and callsign of the oldest and largest airline of Australia. Qantas is the third oldest airline in the world after KLM, the national airline of the Netherlands, and Avianca from Colombia. Qantas was formerly an acronym for the "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services." The company is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange as "QAN." [br]On 14 December 2005, Qantas announced an order for 115 Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft (45 firm orders, 20 options and 50 purchase rights). The 787 was chosen after a very competitive selection process in which it competed directly with the Airbus A350. The aircraft will allow Qantas to replace their current 767-300 fleet, increase capacity and establish new routes. Jetstar, Qantas' low-cost subsidiary, will also operate 10 of the new aircraft on international routes. The first of the 787s are scheduled to be delivered to Jetstar in August 2008. [br]In mid-2005 Qantas announced it would recommence services to Beijing, Seoul, Vancouver and San Francisco. Also in mid-2005 Qantas annouced it would increase services to Shanghai and Johannesburg. On 30 November 2005 Qantas annouced that services to New York would go from 3 per week to 5 per week from 27 February 2006. There are also plans to increase services to India, by making the current three times weekly service to Mumbai (Bombay) into a daily return flight. [br]Fleet - The Qantas fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005): [br]5 BAe 146 [br]4 Airbus A330-201 [br]10 Airbus A330-303 [br]20 Boeing 737-400 (comprising 19 Boeing 737-476 and 1 Boeing 737-4L7) [br]29 Boeing 737-838 (further 4 on order) [br]6 Boeing 747-338 [br]30 Boeing 747-400 (comprising 21 Boeing 747-438, 6 Boeing 747-438ER, 2 Boeing 747-4H6 and 1 Boeing 747-48E) [br]24 Boeing 767-300ER (comprising 17 Boeing 767-338ER and 7 Boeing 767-336ER) [br]35 Boeing 787s (on order) [br]The QantasLink fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005): [br]5 Boeing 717-200 (further 4 on order) [br]34 Dash 8 (further 7 on order) [br]Qantas has placed an order for 12 Airbus A380-800, with options for 10 more. It will be the second airline (after launch customer Singapore Airlines) to receive an A380 and will take delivery of its first aircraft in April 2007. The aircraft will be operated in a three class, 501 seat configuration on international services. Qantas intends to place the first 4 aircraft on trans-Pacific routes from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles and later aircraft on services between Australia and London via Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore (ref: Airliner World, March 2005). Qantas will also make aviation history by operating the longest 500-passenger service in the world, flying between Melbourne and Los Angeles (12,749 km). The interior design for the A380 aircraft is expected to feature new seat design, special lounge areas, AVOD, internet capability, and larger entertainment screens. [br]On December 14, 2005, Qantas announced an order for 65 Boeing 787s with purchase rights on 50 more, with some going to JetStar. This annoucement came after a long battle between Boeing and Airbus to meet the airline's needs for fleet renewal and future routes. Qantas will use the Boeing 787 to cut travel time to Asia to less than 10 hours. Delivery of the 787 will start in 2008, with the 787-900 coming in 2011. In the meantime, Qantas will use its A330 on international routes to Asia. Although Qantas chose neither the Boeing 777 or Airbus 340, it is rumored that Qantas is still looking into buying planes from one of these two manufacturers for the LHR-SYD/SYD-LHR non-stop route. [br]

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