Flying the original Kangaroo Route today?

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JackMiles

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Hi all,
Wondering if anyone has properly looked into flying the original 1947 Qantas "Kangaroo Route". This is, according to the internet, Sydney to London with stops in Darwin, Singapore, Calcutta, Karachi, Cairo, and Tripoli.
I started trying to price it but sites like google flights and skyscanner won't even let you input that many segments using the multi-city function. Of course I could halve it and price up two separate multi-city bookings, or go even more granular, looking for each segment separately....and I might do just that!
But thought there's a good chance someone else has looked into this in (relatively) recent times and reported back their findings here. If so, I'd be very interested in reading up on that before covering the same ground.
Yeah, I suppose this is pretty much a hypothetical/fantasy travel plan for me. I do think it would be genuinely really fun to research, plan and take all these flights, and decide whether to roughly keep to the original schedule or space it out with more layovers...amongst other questions.
In short - I'd be thankful for a link if anyone remembers any threads covering this topic. Or external articles for that matter. [I did try to search through the forums but found nothing.]
 
Yeh it would be possible but I don't think on a single ticket.

Another fantasy idea I've always floated around is - around the world on only 737's... this is the best I've come up with.

Brisbane - Cairns (Qantas 737)
Cairns - Singapore (SilkAir 737)
Singapore - Mumbai (Vistara 737)
Mumbai - Dubai (SpiceJet 737)
Dubai - Krakow (FlyDubai 737)
Krakow - Glasgow (RyanAir 737)
Glasgow - Halifax (WestJet 737)
Halifax - Calgary (WestJet 737)
Calgary - Honolulu (WestJet 737)
Honolulu - Nadi (Fiji Airways 737)
Nadi - Brisbane (Virgin Australia 737)
 
Yeh it would be possible but I don't think on a single ticket.

Another fantasy idea I've always floated around is - around the world on only 737's... this is the best I've come up with.

Brisbane - Cairns (Qantas 737)
Cairns - Singapore (SilkAir 737)
Singapore - Mumbai (Vistara 737)
Mumbai - Dubai (SpiceJet 737)
Dubai - Krakow (FlyDubai 737)
Krakow - Glasgow (RyanAir 737)
Glasgow - Halifax (WestJet 737)
Halifax - Calgary (WestJet 737)
Calgary - Honolulu (WestJet 737)
Honolulu - Nadi (Fiji Airways 737)
Nadi - Brisbane (Virgin Australia 737)

In Y? Middle seats only?

Sounds more like a nightmare than a fantasy to me...
 
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In Y? Middle seats only?

Yep and must fly in the very back row :p

Some of those 737's have got flatbeds however the 737 MAX grounding makes it much harder now that Norwegian and Air Canada are not able to use them trans Atlantic. Given the lack of A320 connection between Honolulu and Fiji I think it's also impossible to fly RTW in only A320's.
 
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Yeh it would be possible but I don't think on a single ticket.

Another fantasy idea I've always floated around is - around the world on only 737's... this is the best I've come up with.

Brisbane - Cairns (Qantas 737)
Cairns - Singapore (SilkAir 737)
Singapore - Mumbai (Vistara 737)
Mumbai - Dubai (SpiceJet 737)
Dubai - Krakow (FlyDubai 737)
Krakow - Glasgow (RyanAir 737)
Glasgow - Halifax (WestJet 737)
Halifax - Calgary (WestJet 737)
Calgary - Honolulu (WestJet 737)
Honolulu - Nadi (Fiji Airways 737)
Nadi - Brisbane (Virgin Australia 737)

On 737s? - you must be a masochis_...
 
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I imagine this city pair would be the most difficult.
Impossible at the moment. But then I don’t like your chances of flying through Tripoli either.
 
Yeh it would be possible but I don't think on a single ticket.

Another fantasy idea I've always floated around is - around the world on only 737's... this is the best I've come up with.

Brisbane - Cairns (Qantas 737)
Cairns - Singapore (SilkAir 737)
Singapore - Mumbai (Vistara 737)
Mumbai - Dubai (SpiceJet 737)
Dubai - Krakow (FlyDubai 737)
Krakow - Glasgow (RyanAir 737)
Glasgow - Halifax (WestJet 737)
Halifax - Calgary (WestJet 737)
Calgary - Honolulu (WestJet 737)
Honolulu - Nadi (Fiji Airways 737)
Nadi - Brisbane (Virgin Australia 737)

No offence at all to your hard work but I just vomited in my mouth 😊
 
How about this one...
 

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All I could find was that route map...Ive been unable to find any more details...sorry!

Edit: It appears that is a simplified route map of the 1935 route.... only showing MAJOR stops....not the 20 odd others...lol 3 and a half days to... Singapore..in a DH-86. great start to the 12 day trip!!!
 

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