QANTAS

/ (Ë?kwÉ’ntÉ™s) /

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noun

the Australian national airline

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Word Origin for QANTAS

acronym of Q ueensland a nd N orthern T erritory A erial S ervices, its original name: founded 1920

Words nearby QANTAS

qÄ?f, Qahar, Qairwan, qalandar, Q and A, QANTAS, Qaraghandy, QARANC, qasida, qat, Qatar

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How to use QANTAS in a sentence

It turned out that the engine on the Qantas airplane had a manufacturing fault.
Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously|Clive Irving|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Qantas captain in Singapore had 440 passengers aboard in broad daylight.
Asiana Flight 214: The Pilot Screwed Up, Right?|Clive Irving|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Aboard the Qantas A380, the computers were overwhelmed by a firestorm of error messages and basically gave up.
2010's Unsafe Skies|Clive Irving|December 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By chance, the Qantas A380 had five experienced pilots on the flight deck, rather than the normal two.
2010's Unsafe Skies|Clive Irving|December 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Eleven are operated by Singapore Airlines, six by Qantas, and three by Lufthansa.
Forty-Five Minutes of Chaos in the Sky|Clive Irving|November 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If a New Guinea savage wants to take passage aboard a Qantas airliner, what is the fare in cowrie shells?
A World by the Tale|Gordon Randall Garrett

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