I-Qantas inika i-Boeing 747s iinqwelo-moya zayo.

NgoLwesithathu, iQantas yokugqibela iBoeing 747 isuke e-Australia, iphawula ukuphela kweminyaka engama-50 phakathi kwenqwelomoya nenqwelomoya. Kodwa, endaweni yokuhamba nje ukusuka kwindawo engu-A ukuya kwindawo B, inqwelo-moya endaweni yayo yathatha ixesha elincinci ukubhala umyalezo okhethekileyo emoyeni ngohlobo lwekhangaru, eyenzeka njenge-logo yeenqwelo moya.

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'Le nqwelo moya yayihamba phambili kwexesha layo kwaye inamandla kakhulu,' u-Alan Joyce, umphathi weQantas Group, ekwabelwana ngayo kwingxelo . 'Iinjineli kunye nabasebenzi bekhabhathi bathanda ukusebenza kuzo kwaye abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bakuthanda ukubaphaphazela. Nabakhweli ngokunjalo. Bazobe indawo ebaluleke kakhulu kwimbali yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwaye ndiyazi ukuba baya kuphoswa ngabantu abaninzi, kubandakanya nam.

Ngokwengxelo, uQantas wazisa i-747 yakhe yokuqala ngo-Agasti 1971, kwakuloo nyaka uWilliam McMahon waba yi-Nkulumbuso, owokuqala u-McDonalds wavulwa e-Australia kunye ne-Eagle Rock ngu-Daddy Cool wenza iitshathi zomculo. Ukufika kwenqwelomoya, utshilo uQantas, kwenza ukuba ukuhamba kwamazwe aphesheya kwenzeke kwizigidi zabantu okokuqala ngqa.

Kunzima ukugqitha kwiimpembelelo ezazinama-747 kwindiza kunye nelizwe elikude njenge-Australia, wongeze watsho uJoyce. Yatshintsha i-707, eyayiyinto enkulu yokutsiba ngokwayo kodwa yayingenobungakanani obukhulu kunye nomlinganiso wokuhlisa ii-airfares ngendlela i-747 eyenze ngayo. Oko kubeka ukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya kufikelela kumndilili weAustralia kwaye abantu balitsiba elo thuba.

Ngaphandle kohambo lokuzonwabisa, ii-Qantas's 747s zikwasetyenzisiwe kwinani lemishini yokuhlangula kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo. I-airline icacisile, isebenzise iinqwelomoya ukukhupha abakhweli eDarwin emva kwenkanyamba uTracy kwaye ibasebenzise ukukhupha abantu base-Australia ngaphandle kweCairo ngexesha lezidubedube zezopolitiko ngo-2011. Ikwasebenzise iinqwelomoya ukubhabha amayeza kunye nabakhenkethi bagoduka IMaldives neSri Lanka zilandela iTsunami ngoDisemba ka-2004. Kwaye, ngoFebruwari walo nyaka, iQantas yasebenzisa iinqwelomoya ukuzisa amakhulukhulu abantu baseAustralia ababhadlileyo ekhaya ukusuka kwindawo ye-COVID-19 yaseWuhan ngoFebruwari walo nyaka.