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===QEA era===
In 1934, QANTAS and Britain's [[Imperial Airways]], a forerunner of [[British Airways]], formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways Limited (QEA).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Move to Brisbane|work=Our Company|publisher=Qantas|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details7|access-date=16 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060646/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details7|archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref> In December 1934, the new airline began operations, flying between Brisbane and [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]]. QEA flew internationally from May 1935, when the service from Darwin was extended to [[Singapore]]. Imperial Airways operated the rest of the service through to London.<ref name=VenturingOverseas>{{cite web|title=Venturing Overseas|work=Our Company|publisher=Qantas|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8|access-date=16 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060355/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8|archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref> When World War II began, enemy action and accidents destroyed half of the fleet of ten. Most of the fleet was taken over by the [[Australian Government|Australian government]] for war service.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World at War|work=Our Company|publisher=Qantas|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10|access-date=16 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060532/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10|archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref>

In 1943, [[flying boat]] services resumed, with flights between the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] at [[Crawley, Western Australia|Crawley]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia and [[Koggala Airport|Koggala Lake]] in Ceylon, now [[Sri Lanka]]. This linked up with the [[British Overseas Airways Corporation]], BOAC, the successor airline to Imperial Airways, service to London.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Rise of Civil Aviation to 1970|work=National Stories|publisher=Australian Heritage Commission|url=http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/national-stories/transport/chapter8.html|access-date=7 January 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206065231/http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/national-stories/transport/chapter8.html|archive-date=6 December 2006}}</ref><ref name=Thiedeman>{{cite web|author=Roger Thiedeman|title=Koggala, Catalinas, and the double sunrise|work=The Sunday Times|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|date=27 February 2007|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/000227/plus6.html|access-date=15 February 2009|archive-date=10 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410000329/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000227/plus6.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Qantas' kangaroo logo was first used on the "[[Kangaroo Route]]", commencing in 1944, from Sydney to Karachi, where BOAC crews took over for the rest of the journey to the UK.<ref name=Thiedeman/><ref>{{cite web|title=Australia/Asia/Europe during World War II|work=Air Routes|publisher=Petan.net|url=http://www.petan.net/aviation/AirRoute/aust_asia_europe.htm|access-date=15 February 2009|archive-date=7 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107090023/http://www.petan.net/aviation/AirRoute/aust_asia_europe.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Ocean – New Guinea – Kangaroo Service – 1950–1946|work=Archive|publisher=Flight Global website|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1950/1950%20-%201946.html|access-date=15 February 2009|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314054323/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1950/1950%20-%201946.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1947, QEA was [[Nationalization|nationalised]] by the Australian government led by Labor Prime Minister [[Ben Chifley]]. QANTAS Limited was then wound up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS) – Corporate Body |url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000233b.htm |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation |language=en-gb}}</ref> After nationalisation, Qantas' remaining domestic network, in Queensland, was transferred to the nationally owned [[Trans-Australia Airlines]], leaving Qantas with a purely international network. Shortly after nationalisation, QEA began its first services outside the [[British Empire]], to Tokyo.<ref name=postwar>{{cite web|title=Post War Expansion|work=Our Company|publisher=Qantas|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details12|access-date=16 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009061308/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details12|archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref> Services to Hong Kong began around the same time. In 1957, a head office, [[Qantas House]], opened in Sydney.<ref>Easdown, Geoff. "[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/qantas-through-the-years/story-e6frf7l6-1111112565160 Qantas through the years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809002330/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/qantas-through-the-years/story-e6frf7l6-1111112565160 |date=9 August 2011 }}." ''[[The Herald Sun]]''. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref>