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Qantas Airways is the ___MASK91___ carrier ___MASK81___ of Australia and its largest ___MASK81___ by fleet size , international flights and international destinations . It is the third oldest ___MASK81___ in the world , after KLM and Avianca having been founded in November 1920 ; it began international passenger flights in May 1935 . The Qantas name comes from "" QANTAS "", an acronym for its original name , "" Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services "", and it is nicknamed " The Flying Kangaroo ". Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld ___MASK81___ alliance . QantasLink is a regional ___MASK43___ of Australian ___MASK81___ Qantas and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld ___MASK81___ alliance . It is a major competitor to Regional Express Airlines and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines . As of September 2010 QantasLink provides 1 , 900 flights each week to 54 domestic and international locations . Oneworld ( marketed as oneworld ; CRS : * O ) is an ___MASK81___ alliance founded on 1 February 1999 . The alliance ' s stated objective is to be the first - choice ___MASK81___ alliance for the world ' s frequent international travelers . Its central alliance office is currently based in New York City in the United States . Its member airlines include Air Berlin , American Airlines , British Airways , Cathay Pacific , Qantas , Iberia , Finnair , Japan Airlines , LATAM Airlines , Malaysia Airlines , Qatar Airways , Royal Jordanian , S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airlines , plus some 21 affiliated airlines . As of August 2016 , Oneworld is the third largest global alliance in terms of passengers with more than 557 . 4 million passengers carried , behind Star Alliance ( 641 . 1 M ) and SkyTeam ( 665 . 4 M ). Its slogan is " An alliance of the world ' s leading airlines working as one ." Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK60___ comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the ___MASK25___ of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK60___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Queensland ( abbreviated as QLD ) is the second - largest and third - most - populous ___MASK48___ in the Commonwealth of Australia . Situated in the north - east of the country , it is bordered by the Northern Territory , South Australia and New South Wales to the west , south - west and south respectively . To the east , Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean . Queensland has a population of 4 , 750 , 500 , concentrated along the coast and particularly in the ___MASK48___ ' s South East . The ___MASK48___ is the world ' s sixth largest sub - national ___MASK52___ , with an area of 1 , 852 , 642 km . The capital and largest city in the ___MASK48___ is Brisbane , Australia ' s third largest city . Often referred to as the " Sunshine State ", Queensland is home to 10 of Australia ' s 30 largest cities and is the nation ' s third largest economy . Tourism in the ___MASK48___ , fuelled largely by its warm tropical climate , is a major industry . KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , legally " Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N . V .", is the ___MASK91___ carrier ___MASK81___ of the Netherlands . KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen , with its hub at nearby Amsterdam ___MASK3___ Schiphol . It is part of the Air France  KLM group , and is a member of the SkyTeam ___MASK81___ alliance . KLM was founded in 1919 ; it is the oldest ___MASK81___ in the world still operating under its original name and had 32 , 505 employees . KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to approximately 130 destinations . An ___MASK81___ alliance is an aviation industry arrangement between two or more airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level . Alliances may provide marketing branding to facilitate travelers making inter - ___MASK81___ codeshare connections within countries . This branding may involve unified aircraft liveries of member aircraft . A ___MASK91___ carrier is a transportation company , such as an ___MASK81___ or shipping company , that , being locally registered in a given state , enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations . The term also refers to any carrier that is or was owned by a government , even long after their privatization when preferential rights or privileges continue . Avianca S . A . ( acronym in Spanish for "", Airways of the American Continent ) has been the national ___MASK81___ and flag carrier of Colombia since 5 December 1919 , when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA . It is headquartered in Bogotá , D . C . with its main hub at El Dorado International ___MASK3___ . Avianca also comprises a group of seven Latin American airlines , whose operations are combined to function as one ___MASK81___ using a code sharing system . Avianca is the largest ___MASK81___ in Colombia and second largest in Latin America . Avianca together with its subsidiaries has the most extensive network of destinations in Latin America . It is wholly owned by Synergy Group S . A ., a South American holding company established by Germán Efromovich and specializing in air transport . It is listed on the Colombia Stock Exchange . The Northern Territory ( abbreviated as NT ) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia . It shares borders with Western Australia to the west ( 129th meridian east ), South Australia to the south ( 26th parallel south ), and Queensland to the east ( 138th meridian east ). To the north , the territory is bordered by the Timor Sea , the Arafura Sea and the ___MASK28___ of Carpentaria . Despite its large area  over , making it the third largest Australian federal division  it is sparsely populated . The Northern Territory ' s population of 244 , 000 ( 2016 ) makes it the least populous of Australia ' s eight major states and territories , having fewer than half as many people as Tasmania . Following is a list of destinations Qantas flies to as part of its scheduled services , as of February 2016 . It also includes destinations served by Qantas subsidiaries Jetstar and QantasLink . Terminated destinations are also listed . Regional Express ( also known as Rex ) is an Australian ___MASK81___ based in Mascot , New South Wales . It operates scheduled regional services . It is Australia ' s largest regional ___MASK81___ outside the Qantas group of companies and serves New South Wales , South Australia , Victoria , North Queensland , Tasmania and Western Australia . Its entire fleet consists of 52 Swedish built Saab 340 turboprop aircraft seating 33 , 34 or 36 passengers .