How would you feel about jumping on Qantas’ next Vegemite Dreamliner? Or perhaps a Quokka 787? Well, that could certainly be a possibility as the Australian airline revealed the shortlist of 20 names that are being voted on by the public for their newest fleet of aircraft.
More than 40,000 submissions were received over the last two weeks when a call to name eight Dreamliners was made.
“There were so many great entries that truly reflected the spirit of Australia and we’re thrilled with the response,” Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said.
“It was obvious that people really put some thought into different themes we could use to name our fleet of eight new Dreamliners including famous explorers to some of their favourite Aussie sayings.”
20 names have been released with eight to be chosen by the Australian public to represent the spirit of Australia on the airline’s fleet.
People have shared their favourite options on Twitter, rallying support for their preferred Aussie words.
@qantas are you ready to rock your new look?
✈️ https://t.co/UI9nYDLY0F#voteuluru #qantasdreamliner #ulurudreamliner #nameaplane pic.twitter.com/14hY8GajSu
— VoteUluru (@VoteUluru) June 1, 2017
Help us spread Quokka happiness globally by voting for “Qantas Quokka” as the name of a new @Qantas Dreamliner https://t.co/n0AKrkjDhY pic.twitter.com/qZntTgKnLd
— Western Australia (@WestAustralia) May 25, 2017
Aussies Want The New Qantas Dreamliner To Be Named ‘David Boon’. https://t.co/feRrrsSRgU pic.twitter.com/XgUxMgV1eI
— GQ Australia (@GQAustralia) May 22, 2017
. @Vegemite hijacks @Qantas to spread its message https://t.co/Xb2ojDPoPc pic.twitter.com/HUVEoldgOD
— AdNews (@AdNews) May 28, 2017
The final eight names will be announced on the 7th of June and votes can be lodged on the Qantas website.