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So, if we have a route: BNE-ROK-TSV-ISA then you can bid for the entire route in one bid:  Eg: BNE-ISA .
(Although you could bid for that route as: BNE-ROK-TSV-ISA, there's no need to do that)
But if you wish, you can bid for any part of that route eg: BNE-ROK-TSV.

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Category 1 Historic Aircraft

Avro 504

CVL-CNJ
CNJ-CVL

 Charleville-Cloncurry
Cloncurry - Charleville		 The beginning of QANTAS.

CNJ-LRE
LRE-CNJ

Cloncurry-Longreach
Longreach-Cloncurry

 
 

QANTAS DHA3 Drover
TAA DHA3 Drover
BNE-LRE
LRE-BNE		 Brisbane-Longreach
Longreach-Brisbane		 Some of the the fledgling airline's early  passenger flights.
BNE-LIS
LIS-BNE		 Brisbane-Lismore
Lismore-Brisbane		  

BNE-ROK-TSV-ISA
ISA-WTN-LRE-ROM-BNE

Brisbane-Rockhampton-Townsville-Mt.Isa 
Mt.Isa-Winton-Longreach-Roma-Brisbane

 
 

P2B-2 Catalina

SYD-LDH
LDH-SYD

Sydney-Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island-Sydney

From the Sydney Opera House to the Lord Howe Island lagoon
 

TAA F-27 VH-TFG (FS98)
TAA F-27 VH-TFD (FS2000/FS2002)
MEB-ABX-CBR
CBR-MER-MEB		 Essendon-Albury-Canberra
Canberra-Merimbula-Essendon
SYD-CFS-BNA
BNA-ARM-SYD

Sydney-Coffs Harbour-Ballina
Ballina-Armidale-Sydney
 

Sunstate DHC6 Twin Otter  
TAA DHC6 Twin Otter (FS2000)
ASP-AYQ
AYQ-ASP		 Alice Springs-Ayres Rock
Ayres Rock-Alice Springs		 A sightseeing trip out to Ayres Rock.
NTL-PQQ
PQQ-NTL

Newcastle-Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie-Newcastle

 This is a low level VFR trip up the NSW coast (follow the coastline - visual navigation only - max 1500 ft)
 

QANTAS Jetstream 31
Australian Airlines Jetstream J31
BNE-CBR
CBR-BNE

Brisbane-Canberra
Canberra-Brisbane
CBR-PQQ-LDH
LDH-PQQ-CBR

Canberra-Port Macquarie-Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island-Port Macquarie-Canberra

 A popular flight with  politicians and senior Public Servants.
SYD-KMP
KMP-PQQ-SYD

Sydney-Kempsey
Kempsey-Port Macquarie-Sydney
SYD-GFN
GFN-SYD

Sydney-Grafton
Grafton-Sydney
CBR-NTL-LDH-NLK
NLK-LDH-NTL-CBR

Canberra-Newcastle-Lord Howe Is.-Norfolk Is.
Norfolk Is.-Lord Howe Is.-Newcastle-Canberra
 

Category 2 Historic Aircraft

QANTAS DC-3
TAA DC-3
DRW-GOV-GTE-DRW Darwin-Gove-Groote Eylandt-Darwin Regular Commuter Services including Mail deliveries.
MEB-KNS-LST
LST-KNS-MEB		 Essendon-King Island-Launceston
Launceston-King Island-Essendon
CNS-POM
POM-CNS		 Cairns-Port Moresby
Port Moresby-Cairns
 

S23 Empire Flying Boat
OOL-NLK
NLK-OOL

Coolangatta-Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island-Coolangatta

 From the beach outside Coolangatta airport to the bay at Norfolk Island
 

Vickers Viscount 756D (FS98)
Vickers Viscount 756D (FS2002)
SYD-ADL
ADL-SYD

Sydney-Adelaide
Adelaide-Sydney
 

Category 3 Historic Aircraft

DC4 (FS98)
DC4 (FS2002)

BNE-NOU-NAN
NAN-NOU-BNE

 Brisbane-Noumea-Nadi
Nadi-Noumea-Brisbane		 Settle back in the comfort of an old fashioned airliner for a trip to the South Pacific.
SYD-MEB-ADL
ADL-DRW
DRW-BNE-SYD		 Sydney-Essendon-Adelaide
Adelaide-Darwin
Darwin-Brisbane-Sydney

 This round trip covers the Eastern Captals
MEB-ADL-PER-CGK-SIN
SIN-CGK-PER-ADL-MEB		 Essendon-Adelaide-Perth-Jakarta-Singapore
Singapore-Jakarta-Perth-Adelaide-Essendon
 

TAA DC9 (1979):   FS98   FS2002
TAA DC9 (1983):   FS98   FS2002
SYD-CNS
CNS-SYD		 Sydney-Cairns
Cairns-Sydney
ADL-BNE
BNE-ADL		 Adelaide-Brisbane
Brisbane-Adelaide
 

QANTAS Airbus A300  
TAA Airbus A300
Australian Airlines Airbus A300

SYD-AKL
AKL-SYD

 Sydney-Auckland
Auckland-Sydney

BNE-POM
POM-BNE

 Brisbane-Port Moresby
Port Moresby-Brisbane

DRW-POM
POM-DRW

 Darwin-Port Moresby
Port Moresby-Darwin
 

Category 4 Historic Aircraft

Lockheed Constellation
SYD-AKL
AKL-SYD		 Sydney-Auckland
Auckland-Sydney
 The Connie provided luxury overseas travel for thousands.
SYD-DRW-SIN-HKG
HKG-SIN-DRW-SYD		 Sydney-Darwin-Singapore-Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Singapore-Darwin-Sydney 		  NOTE: Hong Kong Airport for this historic route is Kai-Tak and not Chep Lap Kok
SYD-NAN-HNL-LAX
LAX-HNL-NAN-SYD		 Sydney-Nadi-Honolulu-Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney		  
 

Lockheed Electra L188
MEB-SYD-BNE
BNE-SYD-MEB		 Essendon(Melbourne)-Sydney-Brisbane
Brisbane-Sydney-Essendon(Melbourne)		 NOTE:  This was before Tullamarine (Melbourne International) was built!
PER-DPS
DPS-PER		 Perth-Denpasar
Denpasar-Perth
 

B707-138 and B707-338
MEL-SYD-PPT
PPT-SYD-MEL		 Melbourne-Sydney-Tahiti (Papeete)
Tahiti (Papeete)-Sydney-Melbourne		 Explore Paradise
MEL-ASP
ASP-MEL		 Melbourne - Alice Springs
Alice Springs - Melbourne
MEL-DRW-HKG
HKG-DRW-MEL

Melbourne-Darwin-Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Darwin-Melbourne
 

 NOTE: Hong Kong Airport for this historic route is Kai-Tak and not Chep Lap Kok
 

Australia Asia B767-338
SYD-TPE
TPE-SYD		 Sydney-Taipei
Taipei-Sydney		 This QANTAS subsidiary served the Asian market
PER-DPS
DPS-PER		 Perth-Denpasar
Denpasar-Perth
SYD-DPS
DPS-SYD		 Sydney-Denpasar
Denpasar-Sydney
 

Category 5 Historic Aircraft

QANTAS B747sp 
Australia Asia B747sp
SYD-CGK-SIN
SIN-CGK-SYD		 Sydney-Jakarta-Singapore
Singapore-Jakarta-Sydney		 Keep the "SP" flying on its old route

QANTAS 747 238b
SYD-LRE Sydney-Longreach Fly VH-EBQ on its last journey November 16 2002 as QF6191 to the Qantas Museum in Longreach from Sydney. Click here to see actual photo of the landing