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Australian airline Qantas celebrates its 100th anniversary – CNN
Australian airline Qantas is celebrating its 100th anniversary on November 16, a rare piece of upbeat news for an aviation industry hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic….
Lilit Marcus, CNNUpdated 16th November 2020
(CNN) Australian airline Qantas is celebrating its 100th anniversary on November 16, a rare piece of upbeat news for an aviation industry hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.
The airline began life as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, which was abbreviated to QANTAS, on — as you may have figured out — November 16, 1920.
The three founders, Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster, believed that the then-nascent business of…
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