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Things to check

 * Sep 28, 2024 -  -  Check if Air China PEK-MAD-HAV has ended?
 * Oct 1, 2024 - Kangaroo Route - Check to see if QR relaunched DOH-Cardiff?
 * Oct 27, 2024 -  & Southern Cross - AA DFW-BNE Starts (take it off discontinued (used to be operated by QF)
 * Oct 28, 2024 - Kangaroo Route - EK starts ADL-DXB
 * Oct 28, 2024 - Southern Cross - LATAM starts SYD-SCL direct
 * Nov 4, 2024 - Kangaroo Route - EK (re)starts XXX-DXB-EDI
 * Nov 6, 2024 - Longest Domestic - ATL-OGG (re)started by DL
 * Nov 21, 2024 - Longest Domestic - DL launches BOS-HNL (already served by Hawaiian so no shift in #'s)
 * Nov 28, 2024 - Kangaroo Route - CZ starts svc to CAN-PER
 * Dec 4, 2024 - Southern Cross - DL BNE-LAX Started
 * Dec 6, 2024 - Longest Domestic - ORY-SXM (re)started (Need to take off discontinued list (#9) )
 * Dec 15, 2024 - Kangaroo Route - QF starts svc DRW-SIN

Longest Flights

 * 1) (Heat)Map of top 10 longest routes as of 17 June 2021
 * 2) (Heat)Map of top 10 as of 1 Dec 2021 (PER->DRW)
 * 3) (Heat)Map of top 10 as of 1 Apr 2022 (SQ SIN-EWR)
 * 4) (Colorised) Map of Top 15 Longest Domestic Flights as of Dec 1 2021, coloured by Country
 * 5) As of Aug 9 2022
 * 6) Top 40
 * 7) Top 30 (live)
 * 8) Top 10
 * 9) Top 40 as of Sep 1 2023 (colorised by carrier)
 * 10) Top 40
 * 11) Top 30
 * 12) Top 10
 * 13) Top 10 (Bezier)
 * 14) Top 10 as of July 12, 2024 (forecasted on May 13 2024) (colorised by carrier)
 * 15) Top 30 (ugly/unformatted/needs work)
 * 16) Top 10 (Bezier)

Flights just off the top 30 (1-49+)
Map of Top 38 (includes launch of SEA-BLR in March 2022) as of Dec 12 (matches below table)

Longest domestic flights top 25 (as of Mar 22 2022) plus those just off of it....
GCMaps:


 * 1) Top 25 as of Jan 1 2022
 * 2) Top 25 as of Oct 30, 2023
 * 3) (Future) Top 25 as of Apr 14, 2024
 * 4) (Future) Top 30 as of Apr 14, 2024
 * 5) (Future) Top 25 as of Apr 14, 2024 (better cleaner flightmap build - could use label moving though)
 * 6) (Future) Top 30 as of Apr 14, 2024

Direct Flights
Mileage (legs combined) for the flights (think it still has a few defunct ones in here)

Mileage (GCD for origin - destination) for same list of flights

"Longest" Flight over the years compared
Map of Historical Longest Flights (Colour Coded) as of article on 30 Nov 2022

Kangaroo Route

 * Map showing the 13 example routes
 * Broken Down into easier to read (with Bezier):
 * 1935-1937 (The Early Years)
 * 1938-1940 (Flying Boat Service)
 * June 1940-1942 (Wartime Services, The Horseshoe Route, Reserve Routes)
 * July 1943-1946 (The Double Sunrise Service (1943-1945), and Route normalisation (1945-1946) )
 * 1947-1977 (Landbased Propeller and Jet Planes)
 * 1977- (The One Stop Era)
 * As of Nov 2023 ('''[http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=AUH%3D%22%22%2CLGW%3D%22%22%2CLHR%3D%22%22%2CSTN%3D%22%22%2CEDI%3D%22%22%2CTAO%3D%22%22%0D%0Ac%3Awhite%2Cb%3A20%40-45-10%2C%0D%0AADL-PER-LHR%0D%0ABNE-PER-LHR%0D%0ACNS-PER-LHR%0D%0ACBR-PER-LHR%0D%0ADRW-PER-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PER-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PER-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ablack%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2C%0D%0APER-MRU-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ared%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-TAO-LHR%0D%0ASYD-TAO-LHR%0D%0ABNE-PVG-LGW%0D%0ABNE-PVG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PVG-LGW%0D%0AMEL-PVG-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PVG-LGW%0D%0ASYD-PVG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PEK-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PEK-LHR%0D%0AADL-HKG-LHR%0D%0AADL-HKG-MAN%0D%0ABNE-HKG-LHR%0D%0ABNE-HKG-MAN%0D%0AMEL-HKG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-HKG-MAN%0D%0APER-HKG-LHR%0D%0APER-HKG-MAN%0D%0ASYD-HKG-LHR%0D%0ASYD-HKG-MAN%0D%0AMEL-CAN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-CAN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-CAN-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Acyan%2Cb%3A25%25%40%2B20%2B5%2CSYD-HND-LHR%0D%0ABNE-ICN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-ICN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-ICN-LHR%0D%0Ab%3A47%25%40%2B35%2B5%2CBNE-TPE-LHR%0D%0AMEL-TPE-LHR%0D%0ASYD-TPE-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3A%23800000%2Cb%3A35%25%40-25-5%2CMEL-AUH-LHR%0D%0AMEL-AUH-MAN%0D%0ASYD-AUH-LHR%0D%0ASYD-AUH-MAN%0D%0AADL-DOH-BHX%0D%0AADL-DOH-EDI%0D%0AADL-DOH-LGW%0D%0AADL-DOH-LHR%0D%0AADL-DOH-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DOH-BHX%0D%0ABNE-DOH-EDI%0D%0ABNE-DOH-LGW%0D%0ABNE-DOH-LHR%0D%0ABNE-DOH-MAN%0D%0AMEL-DOH-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DOH-EDI%0D%0AMEL-DOH-LGW%0D%0AMEL-DOH-LHR%0D%0AMEL-DOH-MAN%0D%0APER-DOH-BHX%0D%0APER-DOH-EDI%0D%0APER-DOH-LGW%0D%0APER-DOH-LHR%0D%0APER-DOH-MAN%0D%0ASYD-DOH-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DOH-EDI%0D%0ASYD-DOH-LGW%0D%0ASYD-DOH-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DOH-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-BHX%0D%0ABNE-DXB-GLA%0D%0ABNE-DXB-LGW%0D%0ABNE-DXB-LHR%0D%0ABNE-DXB-STN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-NCL%0D%0AMEL-DXB-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DXB-GLA%0D%0AMEL-DXB-LGW%0D%0AMEL-DXB-LHR%0D%0AMEL-DXB-STN%0D%0AMEL-DXB-MAN%0D%0AMEL-DXB-NCL%0D%0APER-DXB-BHX%0D%0APER-DXB-GLA%0D%0APER-DXB-LGW%0D%0APER-DXB-LHR%0D%0APER-DXB-STN%0D%0APER-DXB-MAN%0D%0APER-DXB-NCL%0D%0ASYD-DXB-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DXB-GLA%0D%0ASYD-DXB-LGW%0D%0ASYD-DXB-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DXB-STN%0D%0ASYD-DXB-MAN%0D%0ASYD-DXB-NCL%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ablue%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-SGN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SGN-LHR%0D%0AADL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AADL-SIN-MAN%0D%0ABNE-SIN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-SIN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-SIN-MAN%0D%0ACNS-SIN-LHR%0D%0ACNS-SIN-MAN%0D%0ADRW-SIN-LHR%0D%0ADRW-SIN-LHR%0D%0ADRW-SIN-MAN%0D%0AMEL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-SIN-MAN%0D%0APER-SIN-LHR%0D%0APER-SIN-LHR%0D%0APER-SIN-MAN%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-MAN%0D%0AADL-KUL-LHR%0D%0ABNE-KUL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-KUL-LHR%0D%0APER-KUL-LHR%0D%0ASYD-KUL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-HAN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-HAN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-BKK-LHR%0D%0ASYD-BKK-LHR%0D%0AMEL-BWN-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ayellow%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-DEL-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DEL-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DEL-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DEL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-CMB-LHR%0D%0ASYD-CMB-LHR%0D%0A%22AUH%22%40N23E57%0D%0A%22LHR+STN%5CnLGW%22%40N45w6%0D%0A%22EDI%22%40N61W1%0D%0A%22TAO%22%40N36E115&PM=b%3Adisc7%3Ablack%2B%22%25U%2212%3Awhite%2F%3Ablack&MS=ukraine&PW=2&PT=b&PB=35%25%40-20%2B10&DU=km Map showing all Kangaroo Routes by other operators (and Qantas) as of November 20, 2023])'''
 * '''(Inferior Map) [http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=AUH%3D%22%22%2CLGW%3D%22%22%2CLHR%3D%22%22%2CSTN%3D%22%22%2CLTN%3D%22%22%2CEDI%3D%22%22%2CTAO%3D%22%22%0D%0Ac%3Awhite%2Cb%3A20%40-45-10%2C%0D%0AADL-PER-LHR%0D%0ABNE-PER-LHR%0D%0ACNS-PER-LHR%0D%0ACBR-PER-LHR%0D%0ADRW-PER-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PER-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PER-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ablack%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2C%0D%0APER-MRU-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ared%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-TAO-LHR%0D%0ASYD-TAO-LHR%0D%0ABNE-PVG-LGW%0D%0ABNE-PVG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PVG-LGW%0D%0AMEL-PVG-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PVG-LGW%0D%0ASYD-PVG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-PEK-LHR%0D%0ASYD-PEK-LHR%0D%0AADL-HKG-LHR%0D%0AADL-HKG-MAN%0D%0ABNE-HKG-LHR%0D%0ABNE-HKG-MAN%0D%0AMEL-HKG-LHR%0D%0AMEL-HKG-MAN%0D%0APER-HKG-LHR%0D%0APER-HKG-MAN%0D%0ASYD-HKG-LHR%0D%0ASYD-HKG-MAN%0D%0AMEL-CAN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-CAN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-CAN-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Acyan%2Cb%3A25%25%40%2B20%2B5%2CSYD-HND-LHR%0D%0ABNE-ICN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-ICN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-ICN-LHR%0D%0Ab%3A47%25%40%2B35%2B5%2CBNE-TPE-LHR%0D%0AMEL-TPE-LHR%0D%0ASYD-TPE-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3A%23800000%2Cb%3A35%25%40-25-5%2CMEL-AUH-LHR%0D%0AMEL-AUH-MAN%0D%0ASYD-AUH-LHR%0D%0ASYD-AUH-MAN%0D%0AADL-DOH-BHX%0D%0AADL-DOH-EDI%0D%0AADL-DOH-LGW%0D%0AADL-DOH-LHR%0D%0AADL-DOH-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DOH-BHX%0D%0ABNE-DOH-EDI%0D%0ABNE-DOH-LGW%0D%0ABNE-DOH-LHR%0D%0ABNE-DOH-MAN%0D%0AMEL-DOH-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DOH-EDI%0D%0AMEL-DOH-LGW%0D%0AMEL-DOH-LHR%0D%0AMEL-DOH-MAN%0D%0APER-DOH-BHX%0D%0APER-DOH-EDI%0D%0APER-DOH-LGW%0D%0APER-DOH-LHR%0D%0APER-DOH-MAN%0D%0ASYD-DOH-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DOH-EDI%0D%0ASYD-DOH-LGW%0D%0ASYD-DOH-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DOH-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-BHX%0D%0ABNE-DXB-GLA%0D%0ABNE-DXB-LGW%0D%0ABNE-DXB-LHR%0D%0ABNE-DXB-STN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-MAN%0D%0ABNE-DXB-NCL%0D%0AMEL-DXB-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DXB-GLA%0D%0AMEL-DXB-LGW%0D%0AMEL-DXB-LHR%0D%0AMEL-DXB-STN%0D%0AMEL-DXB-MAN%0D%0AMEL-DXB-NCL%0D%0APER-DXB-BHX%0D%0APER-DXB-GLA%0D%0APER-DXB-LGW%0D%0APER-DXB-LHR%0D%0APER-DXB-STN%0D%0APER-DXB-MAN%0D%0APER-DXB-NCL%0D%0ASYD-DXB-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DXB-GLA%0D%0ASYD-DXB-LGW%0D%0ASYD-DXB-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DXB-STN%0D%0ASYD-DXB-MAN%0D%0ASYD-DXB-NCL%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ablue%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-SGN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SGN-LHR%0D%0AADL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AADL-SIN-MAN%0D%0ABNE-SIN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-SIN-LHR%0D%0ABNE-SIN-MAN%0D%0ACNS-SIN-LHR%0D%0ACNS-SIN-MAN%0D%0ADRW-SIN-LHR%0D%0ADRW-SIN-LHR%0D%0ADRW-SIN-MAN%0D%0AMEL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-SIN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-SIN-MAN%0D%0APER-SIN-LHR%0D%0APER-SIN-LHR%0D%0APER-SIN-MAN%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-SIN-MAN%0D%0AADL-KUL-LHR%0D%0ABNE-KUL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-KUL-LHR%0D%0APER-KUL-LHR%0D%0ASYD-KUL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-HAN-LHR%0D%0ASYD-HAN-LHR%0D%0AMEL-BKK-LHR%0D%0ASYD-BKK-LHR%0D%0AMEL-BWN-LHR%0D%0A%0D%0Ac%3Ayellow%2Cb%3A35%25%40-20%2B10%2CMEL-DEL-BHX%0D%0AMEL-DEL-LHR%0D%0ASYD-DEL-BHX%0D%0ASYD-DEL-LHR%0D%0AMEL-CMB-LHR%0D%0ASYD-CMB-LHR%0D%0A%22AUH%22%40N23E57%0D%0A%22LON%22%40N48w6%0D%0A%22EDI%22%40N61W1%0D%0A%22TAO%22%40N36E115&PM=b%3Adisc7%3Ablack%2B%22%25U%2212%3Awhite%2F%3Ablack&MS=ukraine&PW=3&PT=b&PB=35%25%40-20%2B10&DU=km Same Map but with thicker lines and London Airports combined into "LON"]'''

Final Kangaroo Route Table for Article
Note:

v1.1 - Other Australia-United Kingdom flight operators (Clumped by AU Origin + Transit)
Note MEL, PER, SYD accidently edited in v1.2 format, so if this were to be used would have to redo this

v2.0 - Other Australia-United Kingdom flight operators (Clumped by AU Origin + UK Destination)
Table Fully Complete and Ready to Insert (has all UK destinations if this is the definition of Kangaroo Route

Other Potential Kangaroo Route sources:

 * 1) https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/aviation-australia/qantas-passenger-flight-australia  (official pamphlets, including Indian Ocean Crossing showing Kangaroo Service name in use in ~1943
 * 2) https://www.reuters.com/article/qantas-international-idUKL4N1CR19G (2016 interview with Joyce citing Kangaroo Route competition and using the KR term to refer to London specifically)
 * 3) https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/6dbff5d31560fa49ca2569de0028b3fe?OpenDocument Rob.Au's excellent article from the talk page, cites 3 overnight stops in Australia in 1937 Brisbane-Croydon route
 * 4) https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/286086/will-qantas-make-the-century-old-london-sydney-dream-a-reality/ (with route analysis for current Kangaroo Route operations)
 * 5) https://www.airindiacollector.com/uploads/8/1/0/8/81084928/the_story_of_indian_air_transport_watermark.pdf  (Best history of Indian Trans-Continental Airways)
 * 6) https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/270356/qantas-takes-its-biggest-hop-on-the-kangaroo-route-between-australia-and-uk/ (lots of references as KR = AU to UK, also quote from Joyce citing London)
 * 7) https://openverse.org/image/9df0256d-0cd7-4406-b8a7-6fff61b4526c?q=qantas 1948 QEA Kangaroo Route Ad (the perfectly aligns with 1948 entry in the Kangaroo Route Table)
 * 8) https://openverse.org/image/40b8670b-d021-4440-800a-31b9c8e736a5 1960 Qantas Ad advertising 707 route SYD-LON in 27h10m
 * 9) https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/375758/Madden,%20Phillip_Final%20Thesis_Redacted.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 Extremely good thesis with info on Kangaroo Route and Double Sunrise, lots of sources within

Double Sunrise
Double Sunrise Maps:

More Accurate Label w/ Bezier to Karachi AND Cape Inscription correctly labeled:

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=VCCK%3D%22Lake+Koggala%5Cn%28Galle%2C+Ceylon%29%22%2CYSHK%3D%22%22%2CYMET%3D%22Crawley+Bay%5Cn%28Nedlands%2C+Australia%29%22%2COPKC%3D%22Karangi+Creek%5Cn%28Karachi%2C+British+India%29%22%2Cm%3A%22%22%2Cc%3A%23ffc600%2CVCCK-YSHK%2Cc%3A%23ffc600%2Ct%3Ab%2CYSHK-YMET%2Cm%3Adisc10%2B%25U%2Cb%3A25%40-35%2Cc%3A%23d525e5%2CVCCK-OPKC%2Cc%3A%23eb1010%2Ct%3Ag%2CYMET-VCCK%2Cc%3A%23cccccc%2Cm%3Ap%3A%22%2212IC%3Ap%2C%22Westbound+navigated%5Cnvia+Cape+Inscription%22%40s15E113%2C%22Extra+Hop%5Cnadded%5CnNov+1943%22%40N15E65%2C%22%27Double+Sunrise%27%5CnEastbound+Route%22%40s19E92&PM=p%3A%25U%2Ce%3Adisc10%2B%25U&MS=bm&PW=3&PB=25%25%40%2B30&DU=km

More Accurate Labels: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=VCCK%3D%22Lake+Koggala%5Cn%28Galle%2C+Ceylon%29%22%2CYEXM%3D%22%22%2CYMET%3D%22Crawley+Bay%5Cn%28Nedlands%2C+Australia%29%22%2COPKC%3D%22Karangi+Creek%5Cn%28Karachi%2C+British+India%29%22%2Cm%3A%22%22%2Cc%3A%23ffc600%2CVCCK-YEXM%2Cc%3A%23ffc600%2Ct%3Ab%2CYEXM-YMET%2Cm%3Adisc10%2B%25U%2Cc%3A%23d525e5%2Ct%3Ag%2CVCCK-OPKC%2Cc%3A%23eb1010%2CYMET-VCCK%2Cc%3A%23cccccc%2Cm%3Ap%3A%22%2212IC%3Ap%2C%22Westbound+navigated%5Cnvia+Exmouth+Gulf%22%40s14E117%2C%22Extra+Hop%5Cnadded%5CnNov+1943%22%40N15E67%2C%22%27Double+Sunrise%27%5CnEastbound+Route%22%40s19E92&PM=p%3A%25U%2Ce%3Adisc10%2B%25U&MS=bm&PW=3&PB=25%25%40%2B35&DU=km

Southern Cross Route
Southern Cross Maps (WIP):


 * 1) Colored by origin to midpoint + midpoint to Destination (not great)
 * 2) Slightly Better Benzier curves (TPAC looking good, TATL not great still)
 * 3) Colored by origin (with severe overlapping and readability issues)