kangaroo route

noun

Etymology

From kangaroo (“marsupial associated with Australia and with Qantas”) + route; a registered trademark of Qantas.

Definitions

  1. An air route between the United Kingdom and Australia via Asia, especially that route…

    An air route between the United Kingdom and Australia via Asia, especially that route flown by Qantas.

    • The old first class in the nose of the aircraft has become a sleeperette area for sixteen premium class passengers who pay ten per cent above the first class price on the Kangaroo route.
    • As the 1950s ended Qantas and BOAC saw their comfortable hold on the Kangaroo route changed forever with the emergence of Air India and India′s demand for participation in their pooling arrangement.

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