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title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a></figcaption></figure> The Kangaroo Route is a term coined by <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a>, referring to the commercial passenger air routes flown between <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kangaroo_southerncross-1">[1]</a> The route has been operated since 1934,<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> but found its name in 1944 from the unique mode of travel of the <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo" title="Kangaroo">kangaroo</a>, as the route's "hops" were reminiscent of a <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo#Locomotion" title="Kangaroo">kangaroo's</a>, and both are used to cover long distances.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The term is trademarked and traditionally used by <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> although it is often used in the media and by airline competitors to describe all Australia to United Kingdom flights. In addition to Qantas, by 2003, over 20 airlines operated routes connecting Australia and the UK, including <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cathay_Pacific" title="Cathay Pacific">Cathay Pacific</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emirates_(airline)" title="Emirates (airline)">Emirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Etihad" class="mw-redirect" title="Etihad">Etihad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines" title="Malaysia Airlines">Malaysia Airlines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Airways" title="Qatar Airways">Qatar Airways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Airlines" title="Singapore Airlines">Singapore Airlines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thai_Airways" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai Airways">Thai Airways</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Airlines" title="Turkish Airlines">Turkish Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-QFPRNOV03-5">[5]</a> with most involving a single transfer between flights at their respective hubs. Only <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> and Qantas offer through <a href="/wiki/Direct_flight" title="Direct flight">direct flights</a> (not requiring passengers to change plane en route), both making a fuel stop at <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Changi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Singapore Changi Airport">Singapore Changi Airport</a> as of 2024. Qantas commenced operating non-stop flights from <a href="/wiki/Perth_Airport" title="Perth Airport">Perth</a> to <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">London</a> with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_787" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 787">Boeing 787s</a> on 25 March 2018. This ended the era of the continents of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> not being connected by non-stop flights, marking the first time that all of the world's continents, excluding <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, are connected by non-stop flights.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins_of_the_name">Origins of the name</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins of the name">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qantas_Empire_Airways_Kangaroo_Service_logo_1944%E2%80%931947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Qantas_Empire_Airways_Kangaroo_Service_logo_1944%E2%80%931947.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="142" data-file-height="160" /></a><figcaption>Qantas Logo for its "Kangaroo Service", used from 1944-1947<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></figcaption></figure> Qantas operated the Australian part of the Kangaroo Route for nine years before coining (and later trademarking) the name. After starting airmail operations between Brisbane and Singapore in 1934,<a href="#cite_note-Cloncurry_Advocate-9">[9]</a> Qantas began operating passenger flights connecting Brisbane to Singapore in 1935 following successful awarding of the Australian government's tender.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> After disruption to the route due to the emerging hostilities of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the connectivity was famously restored by Qantas with its "<a href="/wiki/The_Double_Sunrise" title="The Double Sunrise">Double Sunrise</a>" service connectivity between Perth and Ceylon on the Indian Ocean Route with Catalina flying boats in 1943.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> With the addition of the land based Liberator aircraft to the route in 1944, the "Indian Ocean Route" was officially renamed "The Kangaroo Service"<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-Cloncurry_Advocate-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> by Qantas' Managing Director Hudson Fysh and pilot Bill Crowther; a play on words of the aviation term "hop" (referring to a leg of a route), and the hop of a kangaroo, an Australian icon.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Along with the newly created Qantas logo of the flying kangaroo, the terms "Kangaroo Service" and "Kangaroo Route"<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> were trademarked by Qantas and became the airline's branded term to describe Qantas' Australia-United Kingdom connectivity.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> A significant milestone in 1947 when Qantas began operating the entire Kangaroo Route independently.  This April 1947 inauguration is referred to as the birth date of the Kangaroo Route by Qantas, even though it had been operating a part of that route for almost a decade.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_(DH_86)_advertisement,_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._(3532443184).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg/170px-Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg/255px-Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg/340px-Brisbane-Singapore_air_service_%28DH_86%29_advertisement%2C_ca._1935_-_H.B._Green_and_Co._%283532443184%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="631" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for the <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> Singapore service using the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Express" title="De Havilland Express">De Havilland 86</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1935–1940)">Early years (1935–1940)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years (1935–1940)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 402px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 400px; height: 240px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -30px; left: -30px; width: 480px"><div class="noresize"><a href="/wiki/File:StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa,_ca._1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A QEA De Havilland 86 at Mt. Isa, operating the Kangaroo Route circa 1937." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg/480px-StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="480" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg/720px-StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg/960px-StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa%2C_ca._1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="629" /></a></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:StateLibQld_2_242617_Qantas_Empire_Airways_DH.86a_at_the_aerodrome_at_Mount_Isa,_ca._1937.jpg" title="File:StateLibQld 2 242617 Qantas Empire Airways DH.86a at the aerodrome at Mount Isa, ca. 1937.jpg"> </a></div>A QEA De Havilland 86 at Mt. Isa, operating the Kangaroo Route circa 1937. </div> </div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27,_operated_by_QANTAS,_circling_over_Brisbane,_1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg/220px-Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg/330px-Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg/440px-Empire_flying_boat_%27Cooee%27%2C_operated_by_QANTAS%2C_circling_over_Brisbane%2C_1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4364" /></a><figcaption>The QEA Short S23 Empire Flying Boat "Cooee", which inaugurated Qantas' seaplane-operated Kangaroo Route service to Singapore on 5 July 1938.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></figcaption></figure> In 1935 <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> started flying passengers to <a href="/wiki/Seletar_Airport" title="Seletar Airport">Singapore</a> in a <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Express" title="De Havilland Express">De Havilland 86</a> to connect with <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Airport" title="Croydon Airport">London</a>-bound <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a>. London to <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Farm_Airport" title="Eagle Farm Airport">Brisbane</a> service commenced on 13 April 1935. Imperial Airways and Qantas Empire Airways opened the 12,754-mile (20,526 km) London to Brisbane route for passengers for a single fare £195 (equivalent to $42,700 in 2022). There were no through bookings on the first service because of heavy sector bookings, but there were two through passengers on the next flight that left London on 20 April. The route opened for passengers from Brisbane to London on 17 April; flights were weekly and the journey time was 12<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>1⁄2 days.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Eastbound passengers from London would first fly from <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Airport" title="Croydon Airport">Croydon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, take an overnight train to <a href="/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, and fly onward with stops at <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharjah" title="Sharjah">Sharjah</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Gwadar" title="Gwadar">Gwadar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur" title="Jodhpur">Jodhpur</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanpur" title="Kanpur">Cawnpore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allahabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad">Allahabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Sittwe" title="Sittwe">Akyab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Rangoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Alor_Setar" title="Alor Setar">Alor Star</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Batavia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surabaya" title="Surabaya">Sourabaya</a>, Rambang (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Kupang" title="Kupang">Koepang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a> (overnight), <a href="/wiki/Longreach_Airport" title="Longreach Airport">Longreach</a> (overnight), and <a href="/wiki/Charleville,_Queensland" title="Charleville, Queensland">Charleville</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> London-Karachi was operated by Imperial Airways, Karachi-Singapore jointly by Imperial and Indian Trans-Continental Airways, and Singapore-Brisbane by Qantas.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wartime_modified_operations_(1940–1946)">Wartime modified operations (1940–1946)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wartime modified operations (1940–1946)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Impediment_and_interruption_due_to_WWII_(June_1940_–_Feb_1942)">Impediment and interruption due to WWII (June 1940 – Feb 1942)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Impediment and interruption due to WWII (June 1940 – Feb 1942)">edit</a>]</div> On 11 June 1940 <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II#Italy_enters_the_war:_June_1940" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">Italy entered WWII</a> and the Kangaroo Route connection across the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt was severed with the resulting loss of all access to commercial air routes.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a> While direct passenger air connectivity was lost, previous contingency plans were put into action, utilising the structure of the "<a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_route" title="Horseshoe route">Horseshoe Route</a>" that connected Australia and England for passengers and airmail via Durban, South Africa where passengers would connect to steamboat service.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-32">[32]</a> This service was swiftly started just 8 days later with the first flight leaving Australia on 19 June 1940<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> and continuing its operation, modifying as necessary until its final reserve route ("Reserve Route 3") via Broome was lost on 15 February 1942 with the fall of Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Plans for restoration of the connectivity were started in early 1943, resulting in the ideation, equipping, and successful testing of what would become the Double Sunrise service.<a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a> Earlier in 1939 an alternative route via the Indian Ocean was proposed and designed by the Australian Government for potential use in case of emergency.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The designed route was Port Hedland - Batavia - Christmas Island - Cocos Island - Diego Garcia - The Seychelles - Mombasa.<a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-32">[32]</a> This route was surveyed and tested in June 1939 but would ultimately not be used, in part as <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Batavia</a> had already fallen in March 1942 in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Java_(1942)" title="Battle of Java (1942)">Battle of Java (1942)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Innovation_and_resumption_via_"The_Double_Sunrise"_(July_1943_–_July_1945)">Innovation and resumption via "The Double Sunrise" (July 1943 – July 1945)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Innovation and resumption via "The Double Sunrise" (July 1943 – July 1945)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 402px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 400px; height: 275px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -50px; left: -90px; width: 550px"><div class="noresize"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service_1939-1945-_Consolidated_Model_28_Catalina._CH14924.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The QEA Catalina G-AGFL "Altair Star" flying along the coast of Ceylon at the conclusion of a 'Double Sunrise' flight from Australia which operated from July 1943-July 1945." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service_1939-1945-_Consolidated_Model_28_Catalina._CH14924.jpg/550px-American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service_1939-1945-_Consolidated_Model_28_Catalina._CH14924.jpg" decoding="async" width="550" height="380" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service_1939-1945-_Consolidated_Model_28_Catalina._CH14924.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="552" /></a></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service_1939-1945-_Consolidated_Model_28_Catalina._CH14924.jpg" title="File:American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 28 Catalina. CH14924.jpg"> </a></div>The QEA Catalina G-AGFL "Altair Star" flying along the coast of Ceylon at the conclusion of a 'Double Sunrise' flight from Australia which operated from July 1943-July 1945. </div> </div> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/The_Double_Sunrise" title="The Double Sunrise">The Double Sunrise</a></div> On 29 July 1943 Qantas resumed the kangaroo route's modified operation, using a fleet of 5 <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_in_Australian_service" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina in Australian service">Consolidated PBY Catalina</a> aircraft to cross the Indian ocean nonstop. The planned route was for flights between <a href="/wiki/Crawley,_Western_Australia" title="Crawley, Western Australia">Crawley, Western Australia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SLAF_Koggala" class="mw-redirect" title="SLAF Koggala">RAF Base Koggala</a> in southern Ceylon. Designed to exploit the Catalina's extreme flight range, the flights became the longest non-stop commercial air route, covering over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 kilometres; 4,000 miles) across the Indian Ocean. Navigated without the aid of radio, the crews relied solely on rudimentary navigation by compass and stars during the trip. Taking between 27 and 33 hours, with departure timed so that the flight crossed <a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">Japanese occupied territory</a> during darkness, the crew and passengers would observe the sunrise twice, which led to the service being known as "<a href="/wiki/The_Double_Sunrise" title="The Double Sunrise">The Double Sunrise</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Senior-37">[37]</a> The Double Sunrise flights remain the longest (in terms of airtime) commercial flights in history. Initially, passengers and mail were then transferred via ground transport from Galle to Karachi connecting with BOAC service onwards to London. In November 1943, this was replaced by adding an additional hop to the kangaroo route operated by the Qantas Catalinas up the Indian coast to Karangi Creek in Karachi.<a href="#cite_note-Senior-37">[37]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport,_ca._1945_(AGKT).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg/220px-Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg/330px-Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg/440px-Qantas_Kangaroo_Service_Liberator_refuelling_at_Learmonth_Airport%2C_ca._1945_%28AGKT%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2962" data-file-height="1873" /></a><figcaption>The first QEA Liberator G-AGKT refuelling at Learmonth Airport prior to departing for Colombo in 1945. This was the first plane to have the new Qantas Kangaroo logo applied to it (below cockpit window).<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></figcaption></figure> In June 1944, Qantas augmented the Kangaroo Route's Catalina service with an additional route operated by converted <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated Liberator</a> bombers. The Liberators flew from Perth to <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Learmonth" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Learmonth">Learmonth</a> before flying a shorter 3,077 mi (4,952 km) over-water route to an airfield northeast of <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, but they could make the journey in 17 hours with 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) of payload, whereas the Catalinas usually required at least 27 hours and their payload was limited to only 1,000 pounds (450 kg). This route was named 'The Kangaroo Service' and was the genesis for the Kangaroo Route's naming. It also marked the first time that Qantas's now-famous Kangaroo logo was used; passengers received a certificate proclaiming them as members of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-28/51-1.jpg">The Order of the Longest Hop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In June 1945, <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian" title="Avro Lancastrian">Avro Lancastrians</a> were introduced on the England–Australia service, and the Liberators and Catalinas were soon shifted to other Qantas routes. The Catalina operated Double Sunrise service ended on 18 July 1945.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Route_normalization_-_Western_legs_(May_1945)">Route normalization - Western legs (May 1945)</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Route normalization - Western legs (May 1945)">edit</a>]</div> On 30 May 1945, following the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">end of the war in the European Theatre</a>, Lancastrian operated flights by <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation" title="British Overseas Airways Corporation">BOAC</a> resumed from <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Airport" title="Bournemouth Airport">Hurn Airport</a> in southern England, connecting in Karachi to Qantas' operated service which flew via Karachi - Minneriya (Ceylon) - Learmonth to Sydney.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a> Covering the Kangaroo Route in a scheduled time of 70 hours.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Route_normalization_-_Eastern_legs_(April_1946)">Route normalization - Eastern legs (April 1946)</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Route normalization - Eastern legs (April 1946)">edit</a>]</div> On 7 April 1946 - Qantas ended its Indian Ocean Service, and reverted the Kangaroo Route back via Darwin and Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> For the first time flying directly from Sydney to Darwin to Singapore, eliminating all previous domestic Australian stops.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> BOAC and Qantas service combined to operate the Kangaroo Route from Sydney to London time in a new record of 63 hours.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_stops_(1947–1974)">Multiple stops (1947–1974)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Multiple stops (1947–1974)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg/220px-Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg/330px-Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg/440px-Lockheed_L1049_VH-EAK_Qantas_LAP_04.06.55_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="659" /></a><figcaption>The Qantas Super Constellation "Southern Mist" landing at Heathrow Airport in 1955 after operating the Kangaroo route in 9 hops.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg/220px-G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg/330px-G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg/440px-G-APDC_DH106_Comet_4_and_Qantas_707_LHR_02SEP63.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1281" /></a><figcaption>A Qantas <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> behind a <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">De Havilland Comet</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation" title="British Overseas Airways Corporation">British Overseas Airways Corporation</a> at Heathrow in 1963</figcaption></figure> In 1947, Qantas took over complete operation of the route from Australia to The United Kingdom utilizing their new Lockheed Constellations. BOAC would continue to run its own service in parallel. Qantas first flew the Kangaroo Route on 1 December 1947. A <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation" title="Lockheed Constellation">Lockheed Constellation</a> carried 29 passengers and 11 crew from Sydney to London with stops in <a href="/wiki/Parap_Airfield" title="Parap Airfield">Darwin</a>, Singapore, <a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhash_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport">Calcutta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jinnah_International_Airport" title="Jinnah International Airport">Karachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Almaza_Air_Base" title="Almaza Air Base">Cairo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tripoli_International_Airport" title="Tripoli International Airport">Tripoli</a> (passengers stayed overnight in Singapore and Cairo).<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> A return fare was £585 (equivalent to $89,400 in 2022), equivalent to 130 weeks average pay.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In the 1950s and 1960s some Qantas Kangaroo Routes featured other stops, including <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport" title="Frankfurt Airport">Frankfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zurich_Airport" title="Zurich Airport">Zürich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ciampino%E2%80%93G._B._Pastine_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellinikon_International_Airport" title="Ellinikon International Airport">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beirut%E2%80%93Rafic_Hariri_International_Airport" title="Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mehrabad_International_Airport" title="Mehrabad International Airport">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport">Bombay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" title="Bandaranaike International Airport">Colombo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> In May 1958 the Kangaroo Route had 11 westward flights a week: four Qantas <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation">Super Constellations</a>, four BOAC <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Britannia" title="Bristol Britannia">Britannias</a>, and one Air India Super Constellation from Sydney to London, one KLM Super Constellation Sydney to Amsterdam, and one <a href="/wiki/Transports_A%C3%A9riens_Intercontinentaux" title="Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux">TAI</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6B</a> Auckland to Paris. In February 1959 Qantas' fastest Super Constellation took 63 hr 45 min Sydney to Heathrow and BOAC's Britannia took 49 hr 25 min. Jet flights (Qantas with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a>) started in 1959; in April 1960 the fastest trip from Sydney to London was 34 hr 30 min with eight stops. In the late 1950s, Qantas had a round-the-world network, flying Australia to Europe westward on the Kangaroo Route and eastward on the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_Route" title="Southern Cross Route">Southern Cross Route</a> (via the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>).<a href="#cite_note-kangaroo_southerncross-1">[1]</a> In 1964 Qantas started a third route to London via Tahiti, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, called the Fiesta Route.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Qantas dropped its Southern Cross Route and Fiesta Route in 1975. By 1969, Qantas had 11 Kangaroo Route flights a week from Sydney to London, taking 29–32 hours with 5–6 stops each; BOAC's 7-9 weekly flights previously had 7 stops. In 1971 Qantas added <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747s</a>, reducing the travel time and number of stops (in the late 1970s flights typically stopped at Singapore and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_International_Airport" title="Bahrain International Airport">Bahrain</a>). Fares fell, opening air travel to more people with more competition. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="One-stop_flights_(1974–2018)">One-stop flights (1974–2018)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: One-stop flights (1974–2018)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg/220px-Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg/330px-Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg/440px-Qantas_b747_over_houses_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1533" data-file-height="1095" /></a><figcaption>A Qantas <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-400" title="Boeing 747-400">Boeing 747-400</a> over London</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_(6058867734).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg/220px-VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg/330px-VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg/440px-VH-OQF_A380_Qantas_%286058867734%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A Qantas <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A380" title="Airbus A380">Airbus A380</a> at Heathrow</figcaption></figure> In April 1974 Qantas commenced operating a one stop service from <a href="/wiki/Perth_Airport" title="Perth Airport">Perth</a> to London with only one stop in <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport">Bombay</a> with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707s</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In 1989 Qantas set a world distance record for commercial jets when a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-400" title="Boeing 747-400">Boeing 747-400</a>, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Canberra_(aircraft)" title="City of Canberra (aircraft)">City of Canberra (VH-OJA)</a>, flew non-stop from London to Sydney in just over 20 hours (with special fuel<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> and without passengers or cargo). This was the only nonstop flight ever made between both cities for the next 3 decades.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Starting in January 2009, Qantas began utilising its new A380 aircraft on the Kangaroo Route, raising its capacity to 450 passengers per flight.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> As part of a partnership approved in 2013 with <a href="/wiki/Emirates_(airline)" title="Emirates (airline)">Emirates</a>, Qantas announced that its services to London would stop in <a href="/wiki/Dubai_International_Airport" title="Dubai International Airport">Dubai</a> rather than Singapore, beginning that same year.<a href="#cite_note-QFandEmirates-56">[56]</a> Qantas also announced that its services to <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport" title="Frankfurt Airport">Frankfurt</a> via Singapore would be discontinued in April 2013, leaving London as its only European destination.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In 2017, Qantas announced a renewal of this partnership for another 5 years with the modification of the Qantas' Kangaroo Route reverting to operating with a stopover in Singapore instead of Dubai from 25 March 2018.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-stop_flights_(2018–_)">Non-stop flights (2018– )</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Non-stop flights (2018– )">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg/220px-Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg/330px-Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg/440px-Airbus_A350_1041_MSN_59_F-WMIL_at_Paris_Air_Show_June_2019_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3472" data-file-height="1961" /></a><figcaption>Qantas selected the <a href="/wiki/A350-1000" class="mw-redirect" title="A350-1000">A350-1000</a> for non-stop flights</figcaption></figure> Non-stop flights from Perth to London commenced in March 2018 with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_787" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 787">Boeing 787s</a>,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> with the Kangaroo route becoming a non-stop route for the first time, while also connecting Australia and Europe via a non-stop route for the first time. These flights operate out of Perth's Terminal 3 rather than the traditional T1 in order to facilitate seamless transfers from Qantas domestic flights. The route also opens up the possibility of further direct flights to Europe from Perth such as Rome (launched June 2022)<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> and Paris (launched July 2024).<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In late March 2020, prior to Qantas cutting all international services due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, several repatriation flights were operated with a routing of Sydney-<a href="/wiki/Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin</a>-London.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> The Singaporean government had banned transit passengers and airspace in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> was closed, due to the pandemic. This was the first time an Airbus A380 flew nonstop between Australia and Europe.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In November 2021, Qantas resumed non-stop Kangaroo Route flights, this time from Darwin to London<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> before resuming the non-stop route between Perth and London in May 2022 following the reopening of Western Australia for international travel.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qantas'_evolution_of_the_Kangaroo_Route">Qantas' evolution of the Kangaroo Route</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Qantas' evolution of the Kangaroo Route">edit</a>]</div> Since its founding in 1935, Qantas has evolved the Kangaroo Route over time in terms of "hops" (routings), duration, and aircraft used. Illustrated in the below table are snapshots of that ongoing evolution over the years. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Number of stops </th> <th>Total duration<a href="#endnote_noteA">note</a> </th> <th style="width:30em">Route (From-via-To) </th> <th>Aircraft and operator </th> <th>Passengers </th></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td>38<a href="#cite_note-1935timetable-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-1935timetablemap-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </td> <td>12.5 days<a href="#cite_note-1935timetable-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-1937timetable-73">[73]</a> </td> <td>Brisbane <div style="font-size:85%;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 1-17 operated by <a href="/wiki/History_of_Qantas" title="History of Qantas">Qantas Empire Airways</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">1. Roma</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">2. Charleville</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">3. Blackall</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">4. Longreach</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">5. Winton</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">6. Cloncurry</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">7. Mt. Isa</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">8. Camooweal</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">9. Brunette Downs</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">10. Newcastle Waters</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">11. Daly Waters</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">12. Darwin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">13. Koepang (Kupang, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">14. Rambang (Lombok, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">15. Sourabaya (Surabaya, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">16. Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">17. Singapore</li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 18-27 operated by Indian Trans-Continental Airways</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">18. Alor Setar, Kedah (Malaysia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">19. Bangkok</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">20. Rangoon (Yangon)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">21. Akyab (Sittwe)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">22. Calcutta (Kolkata)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">23. Allahabad</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">24. Cawnpore (Kanpur)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">25. Delhi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">26. Jodhpur</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">27. Karachi</li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 28-38 operated by <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">28. Gwadar</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">29. Sharjah (Sharjah, UAE)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">30. Bahrain</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">31. Basra</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">32. Baghdad</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">33. Gaza, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">34. Alexandria</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">35. Mirabello</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">36. Athens</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">37. Brindisi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">38. Paris via Train</li></ul> </div></div></div> Croydon (then train to London) </td> <td><div style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dh-86" class="mw-redirect" title="Dh-86">De Havilland 86</a> (Qantas Empire Airways)<a href="#cite_note-express-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atalanta" title="Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta">Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta</a> (Indian Trans-continental Airways) <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42#H.P.42" title="Handley Page H.P.42">Handley Page H.P.42</a> "Hannibal" (Imperial Airways) <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42#H.P.45" title="Handley Page H.P.42">Handley Page H.P.45</a> "Heracles" (Imperial Airways)<a href="#cite_note-heracles-76">[76]</a></div> </td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-express-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td>41<a href="#cite_note-1937timetable-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-1935timetablemap-68">[68]</a> </td> <td>12.5 days<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> </td> <td>Brisbane <div style="font-size:85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 1-18 operated by <a href="/wiki/History_of_Qantas" title="History of Qantas">Qantas Empire Airways</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">1. Roma</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">2. Charleville</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">3. Blackall</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">4. Longreach</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">5. Winton</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">6. Cloncurry</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">7. Mt. Isa</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">8. Camooweal</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">9. Avon Downs</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">10. Newcastle Waters</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">11. Daly Waters</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">12. Katherine</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">13. Darwin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">14. Koepang (Kupang, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">15. Rambang (Lombok, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">16. Sourabaya (Surabaya, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">17. Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">18. Singapore</li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 19-28 operated by Indian Trans-Continental Airways</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">19. Penang</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">20. Bangkok</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">21. Rangoon (Yangon)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">22. Akyab (Sittwe)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">23. Calcutta (Kolkata)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">24. Allahabad</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">25. Cawnpore (Kanpur)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">26. Delhi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">27. Jodhpur</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">28. Karachi</li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 29-41 operated by <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">29. Gwadar</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">30. Sharjah (Sharjah, UAE)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">31. Bahrain</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">32. Kuwait</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">33. Basra</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">34. Baghdad</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">35. Gaza, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">36. Alexandria</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">37. Athens</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">38. Brindisi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">39. Rome</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">40. Marseilles</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">41. Macon</li></ul> </div></div></div> Southampton, England (then train to London) </td> <td><div style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dh-86" class="mw-redirect" title="Dh-86">De Havilland 86</a> (Qantas Empire Airways) <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atalanta" title="Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta">Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta</a> (Indian Trans-continental Airways) <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42#H.P.42" title="Handley Page H.P.42">Handley Page H.P.42</a> "Hannibal" (Imperial Airways) <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42#H.P.45" title="Handley Page H.P.42">Handley Page H.P.45</a> "Heracles" (Imperial Airways)</div> </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td>35<a href="#cite_note-1938timetable-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-longesthop-79">[79]</a> </td> <td>9 days 20 hours<a href="#cite_note-1938timetable-78">[78]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 1-12 operated by Qantas Empire Airways</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">1. Brisbane</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">2. Gladstone</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">3. Townsville</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">4. Karumba</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">5. Groote Eylandt</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">6. Darwin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">7. Koepang (Kupang, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">8. Bima (Bima, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">9. Sourabaya (Surabaya, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">10. Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">11. Klabat Bay (Belinyu, Indonesia)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">12. Singapore</li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Stops 13-35 operated by Imperial Airways</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">13. Penang</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">14. Koh Samui</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">15. Bangkok</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">16. Rangoon (Yangon)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">17. Akyab (Sittwe)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">18. Calcutta (Kolkata)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">19. Allahabad</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">20. Gwalior</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">21. Rajsamand</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">22. Karachi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">23. Gwadar</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">24. Dubai (Dubai, UAE)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">25. Bahrain</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">26. Basra</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">27. Habbaniyeh</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">28. Tiberias, Palestine (Tiberias, Israel)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">29. Alexandria</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">30. Mirabello</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">31. Athens</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">32. Brindisi</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">33. Rome</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">34. Marseilles</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">35. St. Nazaire</li></ul> </div></div></div> Southampton, England (then train to London) </td> <td><div style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">Short S23 ‘C’ Class Empire flying boat</a> (Qantas Empire Airways)<a href="#cite_note-SydneySeaplanes-80">[80]</a> <a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">Short S23 ‘C’ Class Empire flying boat</a> (Imperial Airways)<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></div> </td> <td>15<a href="#cite_note-SydneySeaplanes-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-1948timetable-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-longesthop-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </td> <td>3 days 20 hours<a href="#cite_note-1948timetable-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Darwin</li> <li>Singapore</li> <li>Calcutta (Kolkata)</li> <li>Karachi</li> <li>Cairo</li> <li>Tripoli</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation" title="Lockheed Constellation">Lockheed Constellation</a><a href="#cite_note-1948timetable-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </td> <td>29<a href="#cite_note-longesthop-79">[79]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-timetable1955-87">[87]</a> </td> <td>3 days 6 hours<a href="#cite_note-timetable1955-87">[87]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Darwin</li> <li>Jakarta</li> <li>Singapore</li> <li>Bangkok</li> <li>Calcutta (Kolkata)</li> <li>Karachi</li> <li>Cairo</li> <li>Rome</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation">Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation</a> </td> <td>57<a href="#cite_note-futurebook-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rimmer-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-1959timetable-90">[90]</a> </td> <td>38 hours<a href="#cite_note-1959timetable-90">[90]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Darwin</li> <li>Singapore</li> <li>Bangkok</li> <li>Calcutta (Kolkata)</li> <li>Karachi</li> <li>Bahrain</li> <li>Cairo</li> <li>Rome</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707-138</a> </td> <td>120<a href="#cite_note-longesthop-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rimmer-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-1965timetable-91">[91]</a> </td> <td>30 hours<a href="#cite_note-1965timetable-91">[91]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Singapore</li> <li>Calcutta (Kolkata)</li> <li>Karachi</li> <li>Cairo</li> <li>Rome</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707#707-320" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707-320</a> </td> <td>220<a href="#cite_note-futurebook-88">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>2<a href="#cite_note-historyofflights-92">[92]</a> </td> <td>26 hours<a href="#cite_note-ShortestRoute-93">[93]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Singapore</li> <li>Bahrain</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747#747-200" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-200B</a> </td> <td>356<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-historyofflights-92">[92]</a> </td> <td>23 hours<a href="#cite_note-longesthop-79">[79]</a> </td> <td>Perth <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Bombay (Mumbai)</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747#747-200" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-200B</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </td> <td>436<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td> <td>24 hours<a href="#cite_note-futurebook-88">[88]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Singapore</li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747#747-400" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-400</a> </td> <td>412<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </td> <td>23 hours 30 min<a href="#cite_note-centreforaviation.com-101">[101]</a> </td> <td>Sydney <div style="font-size:85%;"> <ol><li>Dubai (aka ˈThe Falcon Routeˈ)<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></li></ol></div> London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A380" title="Airbus A380">Airbus A380-800</a><a href="#cite_note-centreforaviation.com-101">[101]</a> </td> <td>484<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-futurebook-88">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>17 hours 20 min<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> </td> <td>Perth London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner" title="Boeing 787 Dreamliner">Boeing 787-9</a> </td> <td>236<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2026<a href="#cite_note-:4-106">[106]</a> </td> <td>0<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> </td> <td>20 hours (estimated)<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> </td> <td>Sydney London </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A350#A350-1000" title="Airbus A350">Airbus A350-1000</a> </td> <td>238<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Note: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_noteA">^</a> Duration is total elapsed travel time westbound (including stops) <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competing_one-stop_flights">Competing one-stop flights</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Competing one-stop flights">edit</a>]</div> While "The Kangaroo Route™ " is a trademarked term belonging to Qantas,<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> it is often <a href="/wiki/Genericized" class="mw-redirect" title="Genericized">genericized</a> by the media, other operators, and even Qantas themselves to refer to all flights between Australia and the United Kingdom. Today Qantas remains the sole operator of "The Kangaroo Route" as well as the only nonstop flight between Australia and the United Kingdom. British Airways continues to operate its legacy route it has served since 1935 when it was Imperial Airways,<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> offering the only other <a href="/wiki/Direct_flight" title="Direct flight">direct flight</a> from Australia to the United Kingdom. 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td:nth-child(19),.mw-parser-output .col20right td:nth-child(20),.mw-parser-output .col21right td:nth-child(21),.mw-parser-output .col22right td:nth-child(22),.mw-parser-output .col23right td:nth-child(23),.mw-parser-output .col24right td:nth-child(24),.mw-parser-output .col25right td:nth-child(25),.mw-parser-output .col26right td:nth-child(26),.mw-parser-output .col27right td:nth-child(27),.mw-parser-output .col28right td:nth-child(28),.mw-parser-output .col29right td:nth-child(29){text-align:right}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable col1right"> <caption>Competing one-stop Australia-United Kingdom flights<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a>(sorted by transiting country) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a> Origin </th> <th>Airline </th> <th>Transit </th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> Destination </th></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Air_China" title="Air China">Air China</a><a href="#cite_note-CA-PEK-112">[112]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Capital_International_Airport" title="Beijing Capital International Airport">Beijing–Capital</a> </td> <td>Gatwick, Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Beijing_Capital_Airlines" title="Beijing Capital Airlines">Beijing Capital Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-JD-113">[113]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Qingdao_Jiaodong_International_Airport" title="Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport">Qingdao</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/China_Eastern" class="mw-redirect" title="China Eastern">China Eastern</a><a href="#cite_note-MU-114">[114]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Pudong_International_Airport" title="Shanghai Pudong International Airport">Shanghai–Pudong</a> </td> <td>Gatwick, Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/China_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="China Southern">China Southern</a><a href="#cite_note-CZ-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-CZ-PKX-116">[116]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Daxing_International_Airport" title="Beijing Daxing International Airport">Beijing–Daxing</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou_Baiyun_International_Airport" title="Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport">Guangzhou</a> </td> <td>Gatwick,<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Airlines" title="Hainan Airlines">Hainan Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Haikou_Meilan_International_Airport" title="Haikou Meilan International Airport">Haikou</a> </td> <td>Heathrow<a href="#cite_note-HU-CSX-120">[note 1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Juneyao_Air" title="Juneyao Air">Juneyao Air</a><a href="#cite_note-HO-121">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Pudong_International_Airport" title="Shanghai Pudong International Airport">Shanghai–Pudong</a> </td> <td>Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Tianjin_Airlines" title="Tianjin Airlines">Tianjin Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Chongqing_Jiangbei_International_Airport" title="Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport">Chongqing</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Cathay_Pacific" title="Cathay Pacific">Cathay Pacific</a><a href="#cite_note-CX-125">[124]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong"><img alt="Hong Kong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport" title="Hong Kong International Airport">Hong Kong</a> </td> <td>Heathrow, Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne </td> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a><a href="#cite_note-AI_BOM-126">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-AI-128">[127]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport">Mumbai</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_International_Airport" title="Indira Gandhi International Airport">New Delhi</a> </td> <td>Heathrow + Birmingham </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways" title="All Nippon Airways">All Nippon Airways</a><a href="#cite_note-NH-129">[128]</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo–Haneda</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Japan_Airlines" title="Japan Airlines">Japan Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-JL-130">[129]</a> </th> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines" title="Malaysia Airlines">Malaysia Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-MH-131">[130]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_International_Airport" title="Kuala Lumpur International Airport">Kuala Lumpur</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Perth </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Air_Mauritius" title="Air Mauritius">Air Mauritius</a><a href="#cite_note-MK-132">[131]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius"><img alt="Mauritius" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam_International_Airport" title="Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport">Port Louis</a> </td> <td>Gatwick </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Qatar_Airways" title="Qatar Airways">Qatar Airways</a><a href="#cite_note-QR-133">[132]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Hamad_International_Airport" title="Hamad International Airport">Doha</a> </td> <td>Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Perth </td> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-QF-SIN-135">[134]</a> </th> <th>Non-Stop </th> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast,<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> Melbourne, Sydney, eight minor towns/cities in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">WA</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[note 2]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Perth_Airport" title="Perth Airport">Perth</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane, Darwin<a href="#cite_note-QF-DRW-139">[note 3]</a>, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Changi_Airport" title="Changi Airport">Singapore</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a><a href="#cite_note-BA-140">[137]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Changi_Airport" title="Changi Airport">Singapore</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Airlines" title="Singapore Airlines">Singapore Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-SQ-141">[138]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Changi_Airport" title="Changi Airport">Singapore</a> </td> <td>Gatwick,<a href="#cite_note-142">[139]</a> Heathrow + Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Asiana_Airlines" title="Asiana Airlines">Asiana Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-OZ-143">[140]</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Incheon_International_Airport" title="Incheon International Airport">Seoul–Incheon</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Korean_Air" title="Korean Air">Korean Air</a><a href="#cite_note-KE-144">[141]</a> </th> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines" title="SriLankan Airlines">SriLankan Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-UL-145">[142]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka"><img alt="Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Airport" title="Ratmalana Airport">Colombo</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane, Melbourne<a href="#cite_note-CI-AKL-146">[note 4]</a>, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/China_Airlines" title="China Airlines">China Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-CI-147">[143]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Taoyuan_International_Airport" title="Taoyuan International Airport">Taipei–Taoyuan</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brisbane </td> <th><a href="/wiki/EVA_Air" title="EVA Air">EVA Air</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Taoyuan_International_Airport" title="Taoyuan International Airport">Taipei–Taoyuan</a> </td> <td>Heathrow<a href="#cite_note-BR-BKK-148">[note 5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Perth, Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Thai_Airways" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai Airways">Thai Airways</a><a href="#cite_note-TG-149">[144]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Suvarnabhumi_Airport" title="Suvarnabhumi Airport">Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne<a href="#cite_note-TK-MEL-150">[note 6]</a>, Sydney<a href="#cite_note-CI-SYD-151">[note 7]</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Airlines" title="Turkish Airlines">Turkish Airlines</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Airport" title="Istanbul Airport">Istanbul</a> </td> <td>Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Etihad_Airways" title="Etihad Airways">Etihad Airways</a><a href="#cite_note-EY-152">[145]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Emirates_(airline)" title="Emirates (airline)">Emirates</a><a href="#cite_note-EK-153">[146]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Dubai_International_Airport" title="Dubai International Airport">Dubai</a> </td> <td>Birmingham, Edinburgh,<a href="#cite_note-154">[147]</a> Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Manchester, Newcastle, Stansted </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Sydney </td> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Airlines" title="Vietnam Airlines">Vietnam Airlines</a><a href="#cite_note-VN-SGN-155">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-VN-HAN-156">[149]</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Noi_Bai_International_Airport" title="Noi Bai International Airport">Hanoi</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr> <tr> <td>Melbourne, Perth, Sydney </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Tan_Son_Nhat_International_Airport" title="Tan Son Nhat International Airport">Ho Chi Minh City</a> </td> <td>Heathrow </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Project_Sunrise">Project Sunrise</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Project Sunrise">edit</a>]</div> On 25 August 2017, Qantas announced Project Sunrise, aiming to fly non-stop from the East Coast of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane) to London, Paris, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro and New York City by 2022, and challenged <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus</a> to create aircraft that can travel to such places without stopping.<a href="#cite_note-157">[150]</a> Both Boeing and Airbus submitted proposals in 2019. Boeing announced some delays in the <a href="/wiki/777-8" class="mw-redirect" title="777-8">777-8X</a> project in August 2019 after <a href="/wiki/Etihad_Airways" title="Etihad Airways">Etihad Airways</a> dropped orders made in 2013, but the company made it clear that it remained in contention for Project Sunrise.<a href="#cite_note-158">[151]</a> On 18–20 October 2019, Qantas made a 19-hour test flight QF7879 with a Boeing 787-9 from <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">New York</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Airport" title="Sydney Airport">Sydney</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[152]</a> The next month, Qantas operated its first 19-20 hour test flight from <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">London</a> to Sydney using again a Boeing 787-9.<a href="#cite_note-160">[153]</a> Two months later, on 13 December 2019, Qantas announced that their preferred aircraft for the project was the <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A350_XWB" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A350 XWB">Airbus A350-1000</a>. The aircraft will have an additional fuel tank and slightly increased <a href="/wiki/Maximum_takeoff_weight" title="Maximum takeoff weight">MTOW</a> to deliver the performance required on the Project Sunrise routes. Qantas stated they were working with Airbus to order up to 12 aircraft, with the final decision expected within 2020.<a href="#cite_note-161">[154]</a> On 2 May 2022, after the project was put on hold for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic,<a href="#cite_note-162">[155]</a> Qantas placed a formal order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft for Project Sunrise flights to commence in "late 2025" between its first two routes: Sydney to London, and Sydney to New York.<a href="#cite_note-:4-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[156]</a> The 238 seats will be split into 6 <a href="/wiki/First_class_(aviation)" title="First class (aviation)">first class</a> suites (three-abreast), 52 <a href="/wiki/Business_class" title="Business class">business class</a> suites (four-abreast), 40 <a href="/wiki/Premium_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Premium economy">premium economy</a> seats at 40″ pitch (eight-abreast) and 140 <a href="/wiki/Economy_class" title="Economy class">economy class</a> seats at 33″ pitch (nine-abreast).<a href="#cite_note-164">[157]</a> Qantas expects these ultra-long-haul flights to drive an annual earnings increase of A$400 million ($261 million) in the first full year with all 12 aircraft in service.<a href="#cite_note-165">[158]</a> In February 2024, Qantas announced that due to manufacturing delays (which were blamed on a regulator-required fuel tank redesign<a href="#cite_note-166">[159]</a>), delivery of the A350-1000 aircraft would be delayed by six months, thus delaying the launch of the first project Sunrise flights until mid-2026.<a href="#cite_note-167">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[161]</a> The third centre fuel tank was certified by June 2024; deliveries were then expected from the third quarter of 2026.<a href="#cite_note-169">[162]</a> Throughout the summer of 2024, Qantas announced more details regarding its development of Project Sunrise. News publications revealed features such as "Wellness Zone" that would be available for passengers onboard as a "stretch and movement space" in order to mitigate <a href="/wiki/Jet_lag" title="Jet lag">jetlag</a>. Additionally, "fast and free" Wi-Fi onboard was promised.<a href="#cite_note-170">[163]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_literature">In literature</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In literature">edit</a>]</div> The book Beyond the Blue Horizon by travel correspondent <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Frater" title="Alexander Frater">Alexander Frater</a> documents the author's attempt to fly all the sectors on the original 1935 Imperial/Qantas London-Brisbane route in 1984. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_Route" title="Southern Cross Route">Southern Cross Route</a> – the Kangaroo Route's counterpart traveling via the Western Hemisphere</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallaby_Route" title="Wallaby Route">Wallaby Route</a> - Route launched by Qantas in 1952 connecting Sydney to Johannesburg</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://londonairtravel.com/2022/05/02/history-of-flight-uk-australia">Fiesta Route</a> - Qantas' route that existed from 1964-1975 connecting Sydney to London via Fiji, Tahiti, Acapulco, Mexico City, The Bahamas, and Bermuda.<a href="#cite_note-171">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[165]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HU-CSX-120"><a href="#cite_ref-HU-CSX_120-0">^</a> Routes operates with stopover in Changsha, as flight number HU7963/4. The same aircraft is used </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a> Exmouth, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Newman, Onslow, Paraburdoo, Port Headland </li> <li id="cite_note-QF-DRW-139"><a href="#cite_ref-QF-DRW_139-0">^</a> (begins 30 March 2025)<a href="#cite_note-138">[136]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-CI-AKL-146"><a href="#cite_ref-CI-AKL_146-0">^</a> Routes to Brisbane and Melbourne continue to Auckland, New Zealand. </li> <li id="cite_note-BR-BKK-148"><a href="#cite_ref-BR-BKK_148-0">^</a> Routes operates with stopover in Bangkok, as flight number BR67/8. The same aircraft is used </li> <li id="cite_note-TK-MEL-150"><a href="#cite_ref-TK-MEL_150-0">^</a> Flight operates with stopover in Singapore; operates as TK168/9 </li> <li id="cite_note-CI-SYD-151"><a href="#cite_ref-CI-SYD_151-0">^</a> Flight operates with stopover in Kuala Lumpur; operates as TK174/5 </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_Route&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-kangaroo_southerncross-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kangaroo_southerncross_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kangaroo_southerncross_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071210035648/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details13">"About Qantas – Our Company – History – Constellations Span the World"</a>. 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Retrieved 16 April 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=This+is+how+the+journey+from+Britain+to+Australia+went+from+28+days+to+17+hours&rft.date=2018-03-22&rft.aulast=Calder&rft.aufirst=Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Ftravel%2Fnews-and-advice%2Fuk-australia-flight-time-travel-100-years-change-london-perth-direct-a8268311.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKangaroo+Route" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGebicki2023" class="citation web cs1">Gebicki, Michael (13 August 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.watoday.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/non-stop-flights-v-layovers-which-is-the-best-option-20230811-p5dvuk.html">"Non-stop flights v layovers: Which is the best option?"</a>. Traveller. Retrieved 14 August 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Traveller&rft.atitle=Non-stop+flights+v+layovers%3A+Which+is+the+best+option%3F&rft.date=2023-08-13&rft.aulast=Gebicki&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watoday.com.au%2Ftraveller%2Freviews-and-advice%2Fnon-stop-flights-v-layovers-which-is-the-best-option-20230811-p5dvuk.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKangaroo+Route" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1">Benson, Shan (director) (1962). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/big-boomerang">The Big Boomerang</a> (Motion picture). 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