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The uniform was complemented by a smart royal blue jacket with a burnt-orange collar and sleeve cuffs. The airline’s logo was affixed on the lapel. A matching scarf with the kangaroo pattern on black completed the ensemble. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.

In the mid-1980s, Qantas introduced a new line of cabin crew uniforms. Created by French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, the flight attendant uniforms featured a dress or blouse with a blue, red, yellow, and brown print on white with a new kangaroo logo. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.

See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek #Qantas This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.

On 747 flights, Qantas offered three levels of service. In first class, the airline offered wide, comfortable, fully-reclining seats and premium meal service cuisine on fine bone china tableware produced by Wedgwood of England. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.

One of these Boeing 747-400 was renamed and painted in a special livery in 1994 called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of the indigenous Yanyuwa people from Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.

In the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of Boeing 747-400 widebody airliners. With a range of more than 7,000 miles, the aircraft was ideal for flying just over 400 business travelers and tourists swiftly and in comfort between Oceania and North America. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.

See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #FlyingSouthernCross #Australia #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 27, 2022.

In the 1970s, Qantas contracted fine bone china maker, Wedgwood of England, to create a new inflight first-class meal service set. The set featured the “Alice Springs” pattern with the #Qantas winged-kangaroo logo in gold and a gold-lined border. #FlyingSouthernCross #Avgeek This tweet was posted on September 27, 2022.

See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek #Qantas #uniform #crewlife This tweet was posted on August 31, 2022.

The flight attendant dress featured an Australian Aboriginal pattern with boomerangs and circular motifs called “Wirriyarra,” or "My Spirit Home" in the Yanyuwa Aboriginal language. The pattern is also on the male flight attendant ties and pocket inserts. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on August 31, 2022.

In 2003, Qantas outfitted their ground staff and flight crews in new uniforms conceived by the celebrated Australian designer Peter Morrissey (b. 1961). #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 31, 2022.

See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 19, 2022.