Southern Cross Route

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Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:EngvarB Southern Cross Route is a term for passenger flights from Australasia (or Oceania) to Europe via the Western Hemisphere. The term was coined by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines when they began services from Sydney to Vancouver in 1949.[1][2] The route was extended to Europe following the signing of an air services agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom in 1957,[3] which saw Qantas flying from Sydney to London via Los Angeles and New York using Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellations.[4]Template:Rp The name is in honor of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's historic 1928 flight in the aircraft Southern Cross.[5] The equivalent route running through the Eastern Hemisphere is known as the Kangaroo Route.[6]

Qantas operated on the route from 1949 — 1974, when it discontinued the London leg of the trip.[4]Template:Rp BOAC began flying to Australia via the South Pacific in April 1967.[7] Air New Zealand operated an Auckland–Los Angeles–London Heathrow from 1982 — 2020.[8] Other airlines to use the route include Air Tahiti Nui, French Bee, Air France, Air Canada, Aerolíneas Argentinas, and LAN Airlines.

Operations

Aside from codeshares and alliances/partners, airlines on the Southern Cross Route (with seasonal destinations in italics) are the following:

Airline Destination in Oceania Intermediate Stop Destination(s) in Europe
Air Canada Template:Flagicon Auckland, Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon Vancouver Template:Flagicon Dublin, Template:Flagicon Frankfurt, Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow, Template:Flagicon Zurich
Air France Template:Flagicon Papeete Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Template:Flagicon Paris–CDG
Air Tahiti Nui Template:Flagicon Papeete Template:Flagicon Los Angeles
Template:Flagicon Seattle[9]
American Airlines Template:Flagicon Auckland, Template:Flagicon Brisbane Template:Flagicon Dallas/Fort Worth[10] Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Template:Flagicon Dublin, Template:Flagicon Frankfurt, Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow, Template:Flagicon Madrid, Template:Flagicon Paris–CDG, Template:Flagicon Rome–Fiumicino
Template:Flagicon Auckland,[11] Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow
Delta Air Lines Template:Flagicon Auckland,[12][13] Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Template:Flagicon Papeete, Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon Paris–CDG[14]
French Bee Template:Flagicon Papeete Template:Flagicon San Francisco Template:Flagicon Paris–Orly
LATAM Chile Template:Flagicon Auckland, Template:Flagicon Melbourne[15] Template:Flagicon Sydney[16] Template:Flagicon Santiago Template:Flagicon Madrid[17]
United Airlines Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon Houston[18] Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Template:Flagicon Frankfurt, Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow, Template:Flagicon Munich
Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow
Template:Flagicon Adelaide,[19] Template:Flagicon Auckland, Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Template:Flagicon Christchurch,[20][21]Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Template:Flagicon Papeete, Template:Flagicon Sydney Template:Flagicon San Francisco Template:Flagicon Amsterdam[22], Template:Flagicon Barcelona[23][24] Template:Flagicon Frankfurt, Template:Flagicon London–Heathrow, Template:Flagicon Munich, Template:Flagicon Paris–CDG, Template:Flagicon Rome–Fiumicino[25], Template:Flagicon Zurich

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See also

  • Kangaroo Route – the Southern Cross Route's counterpart traveling via the Eastern Hemisphere
  • Wallaby Route - Route launched by Qantas in 1952 connecting Sydney to Johannesburg
  • Fiesta Route - Qantas' route that existed from 1964-1975 connecting Sydney to London via Fiji, Tahiti, Acapulco, Mexico City, The Bahamas, and Bermuda.[26][27]

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