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See article Qantas Club. Individual species may employ a number of methods of hunting:. Since that time, new fleet have been given names from a specific theme:. There are no known reports of cannibalism amongst dolphins. This aircraft was named Iris, by the Wife of the Governor General of the time. The larger species, especially the orca, are capable of eating marine mammals, even large whales. Naming of Qantas' fleet has occured since the arrival of the first DH50. Usually, the prey is swallowed whole.

Although Qantas chose neither the Boeing 777 or Airbus 340, it is rumored that Qantas is still looking into buying planes from one of these two manufacturers for the LHR-SYD/SYD-LHR non-stop route. Some dolphins may take crustaceans. In the meantime, Qantas will use its A330 on international routes to Asia. The dentition is adapted to the animals they hunt: Species with long beaks and many teeth forage on fish, whereas short beaks and lesser tooth count are linked to catching squid. Delivery of the 787 will start in 2008, with the 787-900 coming in 2011. Dolphins are predators, chasing their prey at high speed. Qantas will use the Boeing 787 to cut travel time to Asia to less than 10 hours. Since dolphins spend most of their time below the surface in the wild, just tasting the water could act as a sense of smell.

This annoucement came after a long battle between Boeing and Airbus to meet the airline's needs for fleet renewal and future routes. However, they seem to lack a well-developed sense of smell, but they most likely can taste and do show preferences for certain kinds of fish. On December 14, 2005, Qantas announced an order for 65 Boeing 787s with purchase rights on 50 more, with some going to JetStar. The dolphin's sense of touch is also well-developed. The interior design for the A380 aircraft is expected to feature new seat design, special lounge areas, AVOD, internet capability, and larger entertainment screens. Hearing is also used for echolocation which seems to be an ability all dolphins have. Qantas will also make aviation history by operating the longest 500-passenger service in the world, flying between Melbourne and Los Angeles (12,749 km). Though they have a small ear opening on each side of their head it is believed hearing underwater is also if not exclusively done with the lower jaw which conducts the vibrations to the middle ear via a fat filled cavity in the lower jaw bone.

Qantas intends to place the first 4 aircraft on trans-Pacific routes from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles and later aircraft on services between Australia and London via Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore (ref: Airliner World, March 2005). Most dolphins have acute eyesight both in and out of the water and their sense of hearing is far above our own. The aircraft will be operated in a three class, 501 seat configuration on international services. Compare also: whale behavior. It will be the second airline (after launch customer Singapore Airlines) to receive an A380 and will take delivery of its first aircraft in April 2007. She most likely died of self induced asphyxiation in the presence of her trainer Richard O'Barry.[1]. Qantas has placed an order for 12 Airbus A380-800, with options for 10 more. Probably one of the best known cases of dolphin suicide is that of a dolphin named Cathy, one of the bottlenose dolphins that performed in the television series Flipper.

The QantasLink fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005):. They either do so by repeatedly slamming their head against the pool walls or other solid objects or simply by not coming up for air anymore. The Qantas fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005):. In captivity, many dolphins seem to have committed suicide. See full article: Qantas destinations. The technology to use sponges as mouth protection is not genetically inherited but a taught cultural behaviour. [3]. Other than with primate simians, the knowledge to use a tool is mostly handed over only from mothers to daughters.

No passengers were injured in the incident. The animals break off sponges and put them onto their mouths thus protecting the delicate body part during their hunt for fish on the seabed. United released a statement saying its flight 840 from Melbourne to Los Angeles "reported a wingtip touch with a Qantas aircraft as it taxied". In May 2005, researchers in Australia discovered a cultural aspect of dolphin behaviour: Some dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) teach their offspring to use a tool. On 2 February 2006, a Qantas Boeing 767, carrying 155 passengers and 11 crew, and a United Airlines 747, carrying 99 passengers and 14 crew, were involved in a wing clipping incident while on the runway of Melbourne's Tullamarine International Airport. Such military dolphins, however, drew scrutiny during the Vietnam War when rumors circulated that dolphins were being trained to kill Vietnamese Skin Divers. The aircraft was only 15 months old at the time of the incident. The military has employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped persons.

Subsequent investigation found no sign of smoke or fire, and it is believed that the cargo fire sensors were faulty. Dolphin/Human interaction is also employed in a curative sense at places where dolphins work with autistic or otherwise disabled children. 9 passengers were injured and hospitalised. Dolphins trained to perform in front of an audience have become a favorite attraction in dolphinaria, for example SeaWorld. The Osaka Control Tower reported seeing smoke on landing, so an emergency evacuation was declared as a precaution and emergency slides were deployed. Because of their high capacity for learning, dolphins have been employed by humans for any number of purposes. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan after an indication of smoke in the cargo hold. This leads to them staying with injured or ill fellows for support.

On 21 August 2005, an incident occurred involving Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPE with 178 passengers and 13 crew aboard. However, the animals can establish strong bonds between each other. It also returned to service after repairs. Membership in schools is not rigid; interchange is common. The following year 747-300 VH-EBW was damaged when its landing gear collapsed while taxiing at Rome. They also use ultrasonic sounds for echolocation. [2] Repairs to the nine-year-old aircraft were undertaken in China by TAECO at a cost in excess of A$100 million and it was suggested at the time that this expense was solely to avoid a hull-loss being recorded, a claim Qantas denied. The individuals communicate using a variety of clicks, whistles and other vocalizations.

[1] There were no fatalities; however, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau criticised numerous inadequacies in Qantas' operational and training processes. In places with a high abundance of food, schools can join temporarily, forming an aggregation called a superpod; such groupings may exceed 1000 dolphins. Qantas' record in the jet era was spotless until Boeing 747-400 VH-OJH over-ran the runway by 220 metres while landing in a rainstorm at Bangkok in 1999. Dolphins are social animals, living in pods (also called "schools") of up to a dozen animals. Other fatal accidents occurred in 1927, 1934, 1942, 1943 (×2), and 1944. There are many stories of dolphins protecting shipwrecked sailors against sharks by swimming circles around the swimmers. One was on 16 July 1951, when De Havilland Drover VH-EBQ crashed in New Guinea after an engine failure, killing all seven passengers and crew. In return, in some cultures like in Ancient Greece they were treated with welcome; a ship spotting dolphins riding in their wake was considered a good omen for a smooth voyage.

Prior to the jet era, Qantas had fatal crashes. They are also famous for their willingness to occasionally approach humans and playfully interact with them in the water. However, the company's official line is that it has never lost a "jet" aircraft. Frequently dolphins will accompany boats, riding the bow waves. It is often claimed, most notably in the 1988 movie Rain Man, that Qantas has never had a fatal crash. They have even been seen harassing other creatures, like seabirds and turtles. There are also plans to increase services to India, by making the current three times weekly service to Mumbai (Bombay) into a daily return flight. Play is a very important part of dolphins' lives and they can often be observed playing with seaweed or playfighting with other dolphins.

On 30 November 2005 Qantas annouced that services to New York would go from 3 per week to 5 per week from 27 February 2006. Perhaps they just do it for fun. Also in mid-2005 Qantas annouced it would increase services to Shanghai and Johannesburg. They could also be communicating to other dolphins to join a hunt, or attempting to dislodge parasites. In mid-2005 Qantas announced it would recommence services to Beijing, Seoul, Vancouver and San Francisco. Scientists aren't quite certain about the purpose of this behavior, but it may be to locate schools of fish by looking at above water signs, like feeding birds. The first of the 787s are scheduled to be delivered to Jetstar in August 2008. the spinner dolphin).

Jetstar, Qantas' low-cost subsidiary, will also operate 10 of the new aircraft on international routes. Dolphins often leap above the water surface, sometimes performing acrobatic figures (e.g. The aircraft will allow Qantas to replace their current 767-300 fleet, increase capacity and establish new routes. See the Dolphin intelligence article for more details. The 787 was chosen after a very competitive selection process in which it competed directly with the Airbus A350. Straightforward comparisons of species' relative intelligence are complicated by differences in sensory apparatus, response modes, and nature of cognition; furthermore, the difficulty and expense of doing experimental work with a large marine animal mean that even such tests as can meaningfully be done have still not been done, or have been carried out with inadequate sample size and methodology. On 14 December 2005, Qantas announced an order for 115 Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft (45 firm orders, 20 options and 50 purchase rights). However, experts in comparative psychology or animal cognition would be reluctant to make any such estimate, as quantitative comparisons of intelligence between species are notoriously difficult to make in principle.

In 2005, the first visit of an Airbus A380 to Australia coincided with Qantas's 85th birthday. A typical statement would be that dolphins are roughly as intelligent as a two-year-old human. Qantas is responsible for some of the most successful marketing campaigns in Australian history, with many advertising campaigns featuring renditions by children's choirs of Peter Allen's "I Still Call Australia Home," set to footage of breathtaking scenery. Dolphins are widely believed to be amongst the most intelligent of all animals. Commentators believe the sale, and resultant greater Australian ownership, will free up hurdles for Qantas to expand into Asia. See individual species articles for details. By law, Qantas must be at least 51% Australian-owned, and the British Airways holding had brought foreign ownership to the maximum permissible level. It is often combined with lines and patches of different hue and contrast.

British Airways' original 25% share had been diluted to 18.5% by the issue of more shares. The basic coloration patterns are shades of gray with a light underside and a distinct dark cape on the back. In September 2004, British Airways disposed of its share in Qantas, expected to amount to A$1.1bn. The dolphin brain is large and has a highly structured cortex, which often is referred to in discussions about their high intelligence. In 1993, British Airways bought a 25 % share in Qantas for A$665m. Teeth can be very numerous (up to 250) in several species. In 2003, Qantas attempted and failed to obtain regulatory approval to purchase a larger (but still minority) stake in Air New Zealand. In many species, the jaws are elongated, forming a distinct beak; for some species like the Bottlenose, there is a curved mouth that looks like a fixed smile.

It now wholy owns and operates JetConnect which operates NZ domestic services under the Qantas brand. The head contains the melon, a round organ used for echolocation. Qantas has attempted to expand into the New Zealand domestic air travel market, first with a shareholding in Air New Zealand and then by a franchise takeover of Ansett New Zealand. Dolphins have a fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. Qantas is already the second-largest airline operating out of Singapore Changi Airport, while Singapore Airlines is the second-largest operator of international flights into and out of Australia. See evolution of cetaceans for the details. On 13 December 2004, the first flight of Jetstar Asia Airways took off from its Singapore hub to Hong Kong, marking Qantas' entry into the Asian cut-price market, and its intentions in battling key competitor Singapore Airlines on its home ground. They entered the water roughly 50 million years ago.

Prior to Jetstar, Qantas had also developed a full-service all economy international carrier focussed on the holiday and leisure market, which has taken on the formerly used Australian Airlines name. Modern dolphin skeletons have two small rod shaped pelvic bones thought to be left-over hind legs. Qantas hopes that this move will "crowd out" the cut-price segment of the market, allowing Qantas to remain the superdominant player in the Australian domestic aviation market and one of the few profitable full-service airlines in the world. Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of land-living mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. The introduction of Virgin Blue, a cut-price competitor, has eaten into this market share somewhat, and Qantas has responded by creating a new cut-price subsidiary airline Jetstar. See also wolphin. After September 2001 and the collapse of Ansett Airlines, Qantas held a near-monopoly on the Australian domestic air travel market. There has also been a reported hybrid between a beluga and a narwhal.

Over the years, several domestic Australian airlines have gone out of business amid complaints of anti-competitive pricing by Qantas and exorbitant prices on new non-competed routes. Dall's Porpoises and Harbour Porpoises have hybridized in the wild. Qantas has a reputation for being an aggressive competitor in the Australian aviation market. Blue Whales, Fin Whales and Humpback Whales all hybridize in the wild. It also flies many international routes to and from Australia. In the wild, bands of males of one dolphin species have been observed to mate with lone female Spinners. Since the merger with Australian Airlines in 1993, Qantas has flown an extensive schedule between all Australian capital cities, as well as many regional cities and towns. In the wild, Spinner Dolphins have sometimes hybridised with Spotted Dolphins and Bottlenose Dolphins.

The airline ceased operations in 1996. In captivity, a Bottlenose Dolphin and a Rough-Toothed Dolphin produced hybrid offspring. Several Boeing 747SP and 767 aircraft were transferred from Qantas service. This mating has since been repeated in captivity and a hybrid calf was born. In 1990, Qantas established Australia Asia Airlines to operate services to Taiwan. In 1933, three strange dolphins were beached off the Irish coast; these appeared to be hybrids between Risso's Dolphin and the Bottlenose Dolphin. Qantas was privatised in 1995 by Prime Minister Keating's labor government. They are sometimes called "blackfish":.

Many of these routes were dropped in the 1970s following the airline slump after wide-body aircraft were introduced. Six animals in the family Delphinidae are commonly called "whales" but are strictly speaking dolphins. By the 1960s, Qantas was operating round-the-world services from Australia to London via Asia and the Middle East and via the USA and Mexico. . The network was expanded across the Pacific in 1954 when Qantas took over the operations of British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA). The family Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacea, and relatively recent: dolphins evolved about 10 million years ago, during the Miocene. In 1948, the airline took delivery of Lockheed L.049 Constellations. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and all are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid.

Immediately after World War II, Qantas began operating Avro Lancastrian aircraft between Sydney and London in cooperation with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Most species weigh about 50 to 200 kg (110 to 440 lb). Subsequent conservative governments maintained this arrangement. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (88 lb) (Maui's Dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (the Orca). In 1967, the name was changed to Qantas Airways Limited. There are almost 40 species of dolphin in 17 genera. It remained an unlisted public company with the government holding 100 % of the shares. Orcas and some related species belong to the Delphinidae family and therefore qualify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.

After World War II, QEA Limited was in dire financial straits and was taken over by the Australian labor government led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley. Porpoises (suborder Odontoceti, family Phocoenidae) are thus not dolphins in our sense. The flights operated in complete radio silence and took more than twenty-four hours. In this article, the second definition is used. QEA operated a non-stop flying boat service between Perth, Western Australia and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1943-44. It can mean:. Most of the QEA fleet was taken over by the Australian government for war service between 1939 and 1945, and most of these aircraft were lost in action. The word is used in a few different ways.

The Sydney to Southampton service took nine days, with passengers staying in hotels overnight. "a 'fish' with a womb". In 1938, this operation was replaced by a flying boat service using Shorts S.23 Empire Flying Boats. The name is from Ancient Greek δελφίς delphis meaning "with a womb", viz. Imperial Airways operated the rest of the service through to London. Dolphins are aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises. Qantas Empire Airways commenced services between Brisbane and Singapore using deHavilland DH-86 Commonwealth Airliners. In the William Gibson short story Johnny Mnemonic and the film by the same name (starring Keanu Reeves), cyborg dolphins were used in war-time by the military to find submarines and, after the war, by a group of revolutionaries to decode encrypted information.

Each partner held 49 %, with two per cent in the hands of an independent arbitrator. One of the mates of the ship is named Akeakamai, in honor of the real-life dolphin from Louis Herman's animal language research. In 1934, QANTAS Limited and Britain's Imperial Airways (the forerunner of British Airways) formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways Limited. In the book Startide Rising by author David Brin, the spaceship Streaker is manned by neo-dolphins (dolphins genetically engineered to match human intelligence). It operated air mail services subsidized by the Australian government, linking railheads in western Queensland. In one scene, the dolphins' misbehavior elicits the following quote from Zissou: "Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins.". Qantas was founded in Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territorial Aerial Services Limited. In The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, marine researcher Zissou (played by Bill Murray) has trained reconaissance dolphins which apparently are temperamental and rarely follow their instructions.

. In seaQuest DSV and seaQuest 2032, Darwin the dolphin could communicate with English speakers using a vocoder, an invention that translated the clicks and whistles to English and back. Qantas was formerly an acronym for the "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services." The company is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange as "QAN.". Mike and the 'Bots then quickly apoligize. Qantas is the third oldest airline in the world after KLM, the national airline of the Netherlands, and Avianca from Colombia. While doing so, the SOL gets blasted by a ship that turns out to be piloted by dolphins. "Qantas" (IATA: QF, ICAO: QFA, and Callsign: Qantas) is the name and callsign of the oldest and largest airline of Australia. In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Devil Fish," Mike and the 'Bots mock dolphins.

He is also qualified for flying the Boeing 747-400 as a First Officer - he commenced and completed his training with Qantas. Their logo depicts an aqua-colored bottlenose dolphin wearing an American football helmet and jumping in front of a coral-colored sunburst. Actor John Travolta personally owns and flies an ex-Qantas Boeing 707 painted in the Qantas livery of the 1960's. An American National Football League (NFL) team is named the Miami Dolphins. Its first international destination was to Singapore. A book called 'The Music of Dolphins' was written by Karen Hesse, about a girl who had lived with dolphins since the age of four. British Airways used these designs on their tailfins as part of their 1997 "ethnic art" relaunch. Ecco the Dolphin stars in a series of games for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear, Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.

All three carry striking, colourful liveries, designed by Australian Aborigines. After study at the Dolphins Plus research center in Key Largo, Florida, fantasy author Ken Grimwood wrote dolphins into his 1995 novel Into the Deep, including entire chapters written from the viewpoint of his dolphin characters. Qantas has three planes painted in Australian Aboriginal art liveries: Wunala Dreaming (Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ), Nalanji Dreaming (Boeing 747-338 VH-EBU) and Yananyi Dreaming (Boeing 737-838 VH-VXB). Their story is told in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. In 1979 Qantas was the only airline in the world to operate a fleet consisting entirely of Boeing 747's. However, their behavior was misinterpreted as playful acrobatics. Qantas Boeing 707s were nicknamed V jets from the latin vannus meaning fan. In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dolphins are the most intelligent creatures on Earth and tried in vain to warn humans of the impending destruction of the planet.

The first Qantas Boeing 707 was delivered to the airline in Seattle on 26 June 1959. The television show was based on a 1963 film, and remade as a feature film in 1996 starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan (actor), as well as a television series running from 1995-2000 starring Jessica Alba. In 1928 a chartered Qantas aircraft conducted the inaugural flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, departing from Cloncurry. The popular television show Flipper, created by Ivan Tors, portrayed a dolphin in a friendly relationship with two boys, Sandy and Bud; a kind of sea going Lassie, Flipper understood English unusually well and was a marked hero: "Go tell Dad we're in trouble, Flipper! Hurry!" The show's theme song contains the lyric no one you see / is smarter than he. In the 1920s Qantas built a number of aircraft (De Havilland DH50s and a single DH9) under licence in its Longreach hangar. Foraging - A recent study reported that wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops) in Western Australia use sponges to forage in the sea bed for food.[2]. Cruising speed was 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph), carrying 1 pilot and 2 passengers. Stunning - using the echolocation melon, very loud clicks are directed at prey, stunning them.

The first aircraft owned by Qantas was Avro 504K G-AUBG, purchased for £1425. Fish Wacking - where the dolphin uses its fluke to strike the fish, stunning it and sometimes sending it clear out of the water. 2006/7 (Airbus A380) - First A380 will be named Nancy Bird Walton, remainder as yet are un-named however will be themed on Australian Aviation Pioneers. Corralling - where fish are chased to shallow water where they are more easily captured. 2002 - Re-establishment of naming practice of fleet after Towns & Cities of Australia, celebrating Qantas' coverage of Australia. Herding - where a superpod will control a school of fish while individual members take turns plowing through the herd, feeding. 1980s - Wildlife (Bellbird, Lorikeet and Kestrel). Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus.

1980s - Inspirational Names (Daring, Integrity, Resolute). Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas.  ???? (Flying Boats) - Capella, Carpentaria, Challenger, Champion, Calypso and Camilla. False Killer Whale, Psudoorca crassidens. 1929 (DH61 Aircraft) - Grecian Theme (Apollo, Diana, Hermes and Athena). Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata. 34 Dash 8 (further 7 on order). Killer Whale, Orcinus orca.

5 BAe 146. Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephalia electra. 5 Boeing 717-200 (further 4 on order). La Plata Dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei. 35 Boeing 787s (on order). Genus Pontoporia