QANTAS OFFICES Qantas has offices in Auckland in New Zealand, Noumea in New Caledonia, and Nadi and Suva in Fiji.
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September 2010
THE QANTAS GROUP IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
HISTORY Qantas first began services to southern Africa in 1948 with a survey flight from Sydney via Perth, the Cocos Islands and Mauritius to Johannesburg. This was to become known as the Wallaby Route because of the ‘short hops’ between ports on the route. On 1 September 1952, the first scheduled passenger service left Sydney for Johannesburg on a Lockheed Constellation L-749A aircraft, arriving three days later on 4 September. Fortnightly services continued until 1955, when the Super Constellation L-1049 aircraft type was introduced. In 1957, Qantas and South African Airways (SAA) announced a partnership to operate services between the two countries on alternate weeks. SAA would operate DC7B aircraft between Johannesburg and Perth while Qantas would operate Super Constellations from Perth to Sydney and return. New speed records were set when Electra aircraft were introduced on the route, with aircraft VH-ECD recording a commercial flight time in June 1963 of 54 hours against the Super Constellation time of 61 hours 40 minutes. Qantas suspended services between Australia and southern Africa between 1977 and 1982. In November 1982, weekly services began from Australia to Zimbabwe (Harare). Passengers initially flew Sydney-Harare via Perth and then to Johannesburg, with direct Johannesburg services later added. Qantas ceased services to Harare in October 2000.
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