Latest archived mark · 2022
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Latest archived mark · 2016
Qantas
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Virgin Australia | Qantas |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Australia | Australia |
| Founded | 2000 | November 16, 1920 |
| Founder | Richard Branson and Brett Godfrey | Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster |
| Headquarters | South Bank, Queensland, Australia | Mascot, New South Wales, Australia |
| Name origin | The airline launched as Virgin Blue in 2000. The Virgin part comes from Richard Branson's Virgin Group, and Blue came from an open naming competition, as a play on the red livery and the Australian slang for a red-haired man. It became Virgin Australia in 2011. | Qantas is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, written Q.A.N.T.A.S. when the company was founded in Winton, Queensland, in 1920. Fergus McMaster later said the name was created with Anzac as its inspiring factor. |
| Highlights | Boeing 737, V Australia 777-300ER | Empire flying boats, Boeing 747-400, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 2000 | 1920 |
| Latest archived logo | 2022 | 2016 |
| Archived logo assets | 5 | 8 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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