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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 6:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
The name of the airline is Qantas Airways ... it was derived from the old long name, but it is actually Qantas Airways these days

( Qantas Airways Limited ABN 16 009 661 901 )

Dave
Exactly. If QANTAS was still an abbreviation then for the long name then it would seem odd to call it "...Aerial Services Airways". Kind of like ATM machine
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