Qantas’ third Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner might be named after one among Australia’s cutest native animals, the quokka.
Distinctive to Australia and largely discovered on Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth, quokkas are described because the happiest animal on Earth and are even identified to get pleasure from a selfie with vacationers.
Quokka was among the many hottest strategies in a nationwide ballot of greater than 60,000 entries to call the airline’s fleet of eight Dreamliners.
“Our pristine Rottnest Island, only a 30-minute ferry trip from Perth, is the one place on the planet the place individuals can mingle with the beloved marsupial, and now the title fittingly sits on the aspect of a Qantas Dreamliner bringing vacationers to our nice State,” West Australian Tourism Minister Paul Papalia mentioned.
Quokka, which has the official registration of VH-ZNC, will function the brand new Perth to London route in addition to different Dreamliner routes to america. It’s at present present process remaining supply in Seattle and is predicted to land in Australia in late January.
Quokka may even be joined by a Dreamliner known as Skippy later this 12 months.
Qantas’ first two Dreamliner plane have been named Nice Southern Land and Waltzing Matilda, with every title painted beneath cockpit window. The sequencing of the remaining names might be revealed because the plane are delivered.
For extra info on Qantas’ historical past of naming plane go to the Qantas weblog Roo Tales
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