-QANTAS Empire Airways- #1130818
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Description
In 1934, QANTAS Limited and Britain's Imperial Airways formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways Limited. Each partner held 49%, with two per cent in the hands of an independent arbitrator. The new airline commenced operations in December 1934 flying between Brisbane and Darwin using obsolescent DH.50 and de Havilland DH.61 biplanes. QEA flew internationally from May 1935, when the service from Darwin was extended to Singapore using newer de Havilland DH.86s. Imperial Airways operated the rest of the service through to London. In July 1938 this operation was replaced by a thrice weekly flying boat service using Shorts S.23 Empire flying boats. The Sydney to Southampton service took nine days, with passengers staying in hotels overnight. After Italy entered the war in June 1940, this became the Horseshoe Route between Sydney and Durban in South Africa.
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Membership history
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| Measured (UTC) | Members | Change |
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| 2 Nov 2026, 03:18 | 5 | first reading |
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Owned by @babalu_aye as measured.
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Members we’ve seen
@babalu_aye — CEO (rank 255)
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Rank structure
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