What is airline travel like within Australia?
There are two major airlines operating within Australia – Qantas and Ansett. Qantas is the Australian international airline (with the flying red kangaroo as corporate emblem) which reached an unexpected level of US exposure when it featured heavily in one scene in the film Rain Man. And, yes, it is one of the world’s safest airlines and is not spelt with a “u” after the “Q”. The name is actually an acronym based on the original airline name of the Queensland And Northern Teritory Aerial Service. It is affiliated with the OneWorld Airline partnership which also includes American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, and Cathay Pacific. More information is available at www.qantas.com.au. Ansett Airlines is named after its founder Reg Ansett and has been the second Australian airline for as long as I can remember. Ansett is also involved in a large Global airline partnership with Air Canada, ANA, Air New Zealand, Lauda Air, Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa, Malaysian Airlines, Singapore
