Here are the 'Aussie icon' names of Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliners
By David Flynn, June 21 2017
After a public competition to name the first eight members of the Qantas Boeing 787 fleet after 'Aussie icons', the airline has revealed which monikers made the cut.
And they are:
- Dreamtime
- Great Southern Land
- Uluru
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Skippy
- Quokka
- Boomerang
- Waltzing Matilda
Those names will be painted under the cockpit window of each aircraft.
Qantas hasn't revealed which name will be given to the very first red-tailed Boeing 787 until it arrives in October (our money is on Uluru or Dreamtime).
David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
04 Nov 2011
Total posts 359
Pretty much spot on I reckon, good choices. Waltzing Matilda to be the first.
28 May 2016
Total posts 127
I think the names are okay, certainly better than the likes of 'Vegemite', but Skippy and Waltzing Matilda really?
Etihad - Etihad Guest
02 Jul 2015
Total posts 15
Very disappointing that Planey McPlaneface didn't get over the line.
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
31 Oct 2016
Total posts 68
I recommended the aircraft be named
17 May 2012
Total posts 80
Very poor Qantas. You run a competition but don't reveal the results in order of vote!! No transparency, no accountability again. I'm one of 45,000 mugs who voted.
31 Mar 2014
Total posts 397
Who really cares? It was a bit of fun and public involvement. Not an election.
Asiana Airlines - Asiana Club
09 Feb 2017
Total posts 41
What happened to the AFR's suggested 'David Boon'?
29 Apr 2016
Total posts 2
what about Barnesy or Farnsy:)
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
31 Oct 2016
Total posts 68
They both would be a bad omen.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
18 Jun 2013
Total posts 28
Do you book Boomerang for return flights? ;)
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
22 Apr 2013
Total posts 143
Oh nice. That's not anywhere near as cringe-worthy as I expected them to be. That said, Skippy and Waltzing Matilda are borderline on the cringe-worthy scale, but passable ;-)
02 Apr 2014
Total posts 1
I was hoping the aircraft were going to be named after native Australian birds ... starting with Emu and Cassowary
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
15 Mar 2016
Total posts 167
Nobody in their right mind would name a plane after something as terrifying as a cassowary!
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
22 Apr 2013
Total posts 143
Why? What's wrong with naming an aeroplane after a large ungainly flightless bird? 😂😂😂
08 Oct 2011
Total posts 49
Because that bird cannot fly. Not a good representation of a new aircraft, or any aircraft for the matter.
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
22 Apr 2013
Total posts 143
Really? Do I really need to explain that I was being facetious? Oh man.
12 Dec 2012
Total posts 1031
The 737-400s were named after birds.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
28 Jul 2016
Total posts 105
No true blue :(. Oh well, I guess that is the name of JetBlue's FF scheme.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
18 Feb 2015
Total posts 124
Surely is Quokka first up.... FIrst non stop to London to Perth
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
18 Jun 2015
Total posts 57
One for Mark Cosgrove and Mount Buffalo please!
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
20 Feb 2016
Total posts 25
I like Dreamtime
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
31 Oct 2016
Total posts 68
Be great if Dreamtime wears a Dreamtime Livery too!
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