The Wallaby Route or "Wallaby Service" is a term coined by Qantas (formerly Qantas Empire Airways), referring to the commercial passenger air route between Australia and South Africa.[1]
First flown in 1948, its name was inspired by the route's short ‘hops’ used to cover the long distance,[1] similar to the hops of the wallaby; a marsupial largely endemic to, and culturally associated, with Australia. The name "Wallaby Route" for their new Australia-South Africa service was chosen by Qantas Empire Airways after considering hundreds of suggested titles.[2] The chosen name of "Wallaby" was suggested by Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter, then manager of South African Airways.[3] The name choice was also to indicate its relationship to Qantas' famous "Kangaroo Route" connecting Australia and the United Kingdom.[3]
^ abQantas celebrates 60 years of flying to South Africa, retrieved 2023-04-24
^Walkabout. Australian National Travel Association. 1953. p. 46.
^ abFlight: The Aircraft Engineer. IPC Transport Press Limited. 1952. p. 769.
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