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Qantas Airbus
A220 a Winner
By Geoffrey Thomas
ne of the aircraft that the more aircraft enter the fleet. Qantas to create the fuselage
Qantas Group in Australia design for all of the Flying Art
O is pinning its fleet revival The first A220 spent Series liveries, in collaboration
hopes on is the 137-seat Airbus with First Nations artists and
A220 regional jet to be operated two weeks in the paint their families.
by QantasLink and it is a real shop where a strik-
winner. ing Aboriginal paint The latest Flying Art Series livery
features the artwork of senior
Asian Airlines and Aerospace scheme was applied, Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka
was given a sneak peek at the making this aircraft Baker and tells the Dreaming
sleek jet on a flight from Sydney story of two sisters who traverse
to Ayers Rock (Uluru) and it is a the sixth to join the remote Australia together, cov-
class above – quiet, spacious, national carrier’s ering vast distances to find their
light, airy and with plenty of longstanding Flying way home.
overhead bin space.
Art Series. The aircraft is named after the
The next-generation QantasLink artwork Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa
A220s will gradually replace the The Qantas Flying Art Series – The Two Sisters Creation
Boeing 717s operating flights was launched in 1994 with the Story.
across Australia. unveiling of the first Indigenous
livery aircraft, a Boeing 747 Around 100 painters were
With double the range of the jumbo jet named Wunala involved in completing the livery,
717, the A220 is expected to Dreaming. Leading Indigenous with the Airbus teams working
open up new domestic and Australian design agency, with 130 stencils to replicate the
short-haul international routes as Balarinji, has worked with detailed designs.
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