1955: QANTAS Network

The following is a list of QANTAS (then known as QANTAS Empire Airways/QEA) routing offered during 1955 Northern Summer timetable season.

QANTAS Empire Airways’ 2-letter code was EM in the 1950s.

Australia/New Zeland/USA/Canada
EM702 Sydney – Nandi – Canton Is. – Honolulu – San Francisco Day 2
EM703 San Francisco – Honolulu – Nandi – Sydney Day 3

EM732 Sydney – Nandi – Canton Is. – Honolulu – San Francisco Day 4
EM733 San Francisco – Honolulu – Nandi – Sydney Day 5

EM736 Sydney – Nandi – Canton Is. – Honolulu – San Francisco – Vancouver Day 6
EM737 Vancouver – San Francisco – Honolulu – Nandi – Sydney Day 7

Aircraft: Super Constellation, most service includes First and Tourist Class
EM702/703: CONNOISSEUR – FIRST CLASS ONLY

1-Day arrival on eastbound
2-Day arrival on westbound

Australia/South Pacific
EM402 Sydney – Brisbane – Noumea – Suva – Vila – Espiritu Santo Day 3
EM403 Espiritu Santo – Vila – Suva – Noumea – Sydney Day 5

EM408 Noumea – Suva Alternate Day 5
EM409 Suva – Noumea Alternate Day 6

EM406 Sydney – Norfolk Alternate Day 4
EM407 Norfolk – Sydney Alternate Day 4

EM406/407 is operated by DC4 Skymaster; Others operated by Sandringham Flying Boat
EM402 1-day arrival

Tourist Class service

Australia/Far East
EM204 Sydney – Darwin – Manila – Tokyo Day 3
EM205 Tokyo – Manila – Darwin – Sydney Day 5

Operated by Super Constellation with First/Tourist Class
1-Day arrival

EM208 Sydney – Darwin – Labuan – Hong Kong – Iwakuni Day 5
EM209 Iwakuni – Hong Kong – Labuan – Darwin – Sydney Day 2

Operated by DC4 Skymaster in Tourist Class
3-Day arrival northbound
2-Day arrival southbound

Australia/New Guinea: Bird of Paradise Route
EM304 Sydney – Brisbane – Port Moresby – Lae Day 16
EM304 Sydney – Brisbane – Port Moresby – Lae – Bulolo – Wau Day 2
EM305 Lae – Port Moresby – Brisbane – Sydney Day 123

1-Day arrival northbound
Same Day arrival southbound

EM318 Sydney – Brisbane – Townsville – Cairns – Port Moresby – Lae Day 4
EM319 Wau – Lae – Port Moresby – Cairns – Townsville – Brisbane – Sydney Day 6

1-day arrival

DC4 Skymaster operating between Australia and New Guinea
DC3 operating intra New Guinea

Also servicing 39 points in Papia, New Guinea, Netherland New Guinea, British Solomons and adjacent islands from Port Moresby/Lae.
These service operated by Sardingham Flying Boat or DC3

Australia/Europe – Kangaroo Route
EM513 Sydney – Darwin – Jakarta – Singapore – Bangkok – Calcutta – Karachi – Cairo – Rome – London Day 6
EM514 London – Rome – Cairo – Karachi – Calcutta – Bangkok – Singapore = Jakarta = Darwin – Sydney Day 4

= Portion is technical stop
Operated by Super Constellation
3-Day arrival Westounbd
4-Day arrival Eastbound
EM513/514: CONNOISSEUR – FIRST CLASS ONLY

EM531 Sydney – Darwin – Jakarta – Singapore – Bangkok – Calcutta – Karachi – Beirut – Rome – Frankfurt – London Day 1
EM532 London – Frankfurt – Rome – Beirut – Karachi – Calcutta – Bangkok – Singapore – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney Day 5

EM535 Sydney – Darwin – Jakarta – Singapore – Colombo – Bombay – Karachi – Cairo – Rome – London Day 3
EM536 London – Rome – Cairo – Karachi – Bombay – Colombo – Singapore – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney Day 7

3-Day arrival Westbound
4-Day arrival Eastbound
Operated by Super Constellation with First/Tourist Class service

Joint-service with BOAC also available

Australia/South Africa – Wallaby Route
Service operating on alternate weeks; Tourist Class service

EM515 Sydney – Darwin – Jakarta – Singapore Day 36
EM516 Singapore – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney Day 12
1-Day arrival

EM519 Perth – Cocos Is. – Jakarta – Singapore Day 7
EM520 Singapore – Jakarta – Cocos Is – Perth Day 1
1-Day arrival

Operated by DC4 Skymaster
EM519/520 to/from Singapore able to connect EM601/602 to South Africa at Cocos Is.

EM601 Sydney – Melbourne – Perth – Cocos Is. – Mauritius – Johannesburg Day 4
EM602 Johannesburg – Mauritius – Cocos Is. – Perth – Melbourne – Sydney Day 7

2-Day arrival
Operated by Super Constellation