Definition of kangaroo route in English:

kangaroo route

noun

the kangaroo routeAustralian trademark, informal

The air route between Australia (especially Sydney) and London, particularly via Asia or the Middle East.
the kangaroo route is immensely profitable at the moment
Example sentencesExamples
- A typical flight on the Sydney-London kangaroo route might attract close to $1 million in revenue.
- Asian airlines may be quietly giving up the fight on the once-prized Kangaroo route.
- The introduction of the new sleeper beds on the Kangaroo route have tightened capacity and boosted demand for business travel.
- The airline will undoubtedly benefit from the agreement, most particularly on that first hop of the kangaroo route, between Sydney and Hong Kong.
- The kangaroo route has brought many millions of Australian residents to London since the 1930s.
- The stranglehold that the airline enjoys on the Kangaroo route between Australia and London faces a new challenge tonight.
- Both of the airlines compete on a large number of routes into and out of Australia, not least on the kangaroo route, but also on routes into Asia.
- The deal saw the company's share price fall by as much as four per cent as investors faced the prospect of greater competition on the Kangaroo route.
- I find it incredible that they could so blithely scrap the hallowed Kangaroo route to London via Singapore, but scrap it they have.
- Relaxing Sydney's curfew would deliver a boost to tourists flying the Kangaroo route to London.

Origin

1940s: the route was originally flown by the airline Qantas, whose aircraft tail livery features a stylized kangaroo.

词汇	kangaroo route
释义	Definition of kangaroo route in English: kangaroo route noun the kangaroo routeAustralian trademark, informal The air route between Australia (especially Sydney) and London, particularly via Asia or the Middle East. the kangaroo route is immensely profitable at the moment Example sentencesExamples A typical flight on the Sydney-London kangaroo route might attract close to $1 million in revenue. Asian airlines may be quietly giving up the fight on the once-prized Kangaroo route. The introduction of the new sleeper beds on the Kangaroo route have tightened capacity and boosted demand for business travel. The airline will undoubtedly benefit from the agreement, most particularly on that first hop of the kangaroo route, between Sydney and Hong Kong. The kangaroo route has brought many millions of Australian residents to London since the 1930s. The stranglehold that the airline enjoys on the Kangaroo route between Australia and London faces a new challenge tonight. Both of the airlines compete on a large number of routes into and out of Australia, not least on the kangaroo route, but also on routes into Asia. The deal saw the company's share price fall by as much as four per cent as investors faced the prospect of greater competition on the Kangaroo route. I find it incredible that they could so blithely scrap the hallowed Kangaroo route to London via Singapore, but scrap it they have. Relaxing Sydney's curfew would deliver a boost to tourists flying the Kangaroo route to London. Origin 1940s: the route was originally flown by the airline Qantas, whose aircraft tail livery features a stylized kangaroo.
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