- Joined
- Aug 20, 2003
- Posts
- 7,689
At a quiz night the answer was1934. I don't believe this please help !!!
At a quiz night the answer was1934. I don't believe this please help !!!
1930 | Qantas establishes its headquarters in Brisbane. | |
1931 | Qantas carries airmail from Brisbane to Darwin as part of an experimental service to the UK. | |
1934 | The company name changes to Qantas Empire Airways Limited. | |
1935 | A Qantas DH86 operates the airline's first overseas flight, from Darwin to Singapore, carrying airmail bound to the UK in cooperation with Imperial Airways (later BOAC). |
AFF Supporters can remove this and all advertisements
Captain P W Lynch Blosse took off in 'Cooee' on 5 July to inaugurate the Sydney-Southampton service. The first official service left Rose Bay for Singapore on 4 August 1938 It was a heady time in Australian civil aviation, but there was little more than a year of peacetime flying ahead for Qantas.
From the Qantas site: Venturing Overseas | Qantas