Qantas Airways-Did you know?

Did you know? Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier airline of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size?

Qantas Airways Limited was founded 16 November 1920. Commenced operations march 1921. As of 2015, has a fleet size of 131. Flies to 85 destinations,
Revenue A$ 15.8 Billion
Operating Income A$975 million
Total Assets A$ 17.5 billion
Total equity A$ 3.45 billion
Employees 28,622

While it is true that the company has neither lost a jet airliner nor had any jet fatalities, it had eight fatal accidents and an aircraft shot down between 1927 and 1945, with the loss of 63 people. Half of these accidents and the shoot-down occurred during world war II, when the Qantas aircraft were operating on behalf of Allied military forces. Post-war, it lost another two aircraft with the loss of 17 lives. To this date, the last fatal accident suffered by Qantas was in 1951. For this reason, Qantas has been consistently ranked as one of the world’s safest airlines.

Source:wikipedia