The third-oldest airline in the world, Qantas is the flag carrier of Australia and its name is actually an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services. Interestingly, Qantas also claims to have invented the world's first Business Class in 1979, although similar concepts, like Club World aboard British Airways and Clipper Class on Pan Am, were introduced a year earlier.

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