Airlines - A to Z (Q - November 2022)

The goal is to create a compendium of ALL the airlines from A to Z (and numbers), using both Google Streetview (ground level views), Google Photo Sphere (ground level views), and Google Earth (top down views). Each month, we'll go through a different letter of the alphabet (A, B, C, ... G...Z) and everyone will share google streetview/photo sphere links and/or google earth kml files (and a pic thereof) of an airplane airline showing the livery of an airline/organization whose name starts with the letter of that month (example: A = American Airlines, C = Copa Airlines, I = Icelandair), etc. The plane must be on the ground (parked or taxiing). You may need to go into historical imagery to find defunct airlines!

When posting - please include the Airline Name at the top and a little information about the airline.
For Google Earth: coordinates and date
For Street View: link and date
For Photo Sphere: link

Last month, we posted airlines that started with the letter P and found 178 airlines! This is the 4th most (following A with 440, M with 189, and H with 179)

This month, November 2022, we will be posting airlines that start with the letter Q! Going to be a tricky month - I don't anticipate many airlines starting with a Q.

Happy Hunting!

CURRENT LIST OF AIRLINES [as of 11/16/2023] - 28 Airlines!
Key: 🌎 = Google Earth/Maps Find | 📷 = Google Street View | 🖼️ = Photo Sphere Find

Contributors: willi1 and SpiderX22

Qanot Sharq Airlines [🌎]
Qantas Airways [🌎]
Qantas Freight [🌎]
QantasLink [🌎📷]
Qatar Airways [🌎]
Qatar Airways Cargo [🌎]
Qatar Amiri Flight [🌎]
Qatar Executive [🖼️]
Qazaq Air [🌎🖼️]
Qeshm Air [🌎🖼️]
QinetiQ [🌎🖼️]
Qingdao Airlines [🖼️]
Qualicum Flight Center [📷]
Quality Aviation [🖼️]
Quantum Air [🌎]
Quebec Service Aérien Gouvernemental [🌎]
Queen Charlotte Airlines [📷]
Queensland Pacific Airlines [📷]
Quest Aircraft [🌎]
Quest Diagnostics [📷]
Quick Air Jet Charter GmbH [🌎]
Quicksilver Air Inc [📷]
QuikCharter Air Taxi [🖼️]
Quikjet Airlines [🖼️]
Quikway Air Services [🌎🖼️]
Quinn Aviation [🌎📷]
Quiver River Flying Service [📷]
Qwest Helicopters [🖼️]

Qatar Amiri Flight is a VIP airline owned and operated by the government of Qatar. Most of the aircraft in the airline are painted in Qatar Airways livery, however, this airplane (A7-HBJ, Boeing 747 BBJ) is wearing its own livery.

GE 31°36'10.73"N 8° 1'15.22"W (10/31/2017)

Queen Charlotte Airlines was a Canadian airline that operated from 146 to 1955. Seen here, at the Royal Air Force Museum London, is 920/CF-BXO, a Supermarine Stranraer that operated for the airline from 1947 to 1952.

GSV (June 2014)

Quest Diagnostics is an American company that specializes in laboratory analysis and diagnostic testing that has a fleet of 25 aircraft that deliver medical lab supplies such as blood, urine, and tissues.
Interesting article about the aircraft that fly for the company.

Google Street View (August 2016)

Qazaq Air is a Kazakh airline operating 5 Dash 8s out of Nur-Sultan

GE 51° 1'28.99"N 71°27'42.87"E (4/26/2021)
Photo Sphere

Quest Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer that made the single engine Quest Kodiak from 2001 until 2019, at which point it was bought out by French industrial group Daher, which now manufacturers the Daher Kodiak.

GE 48°17'59.78"N 116°33'41.57"W (7/14/2013)

QinetiQ is a multinational defence technology company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire

GM Link

Quicksilver Air Inc offers heli service in Fairbanks, Alaska

GM Link

QuikCharter Air Taxi is a private Air Charter provider in the SF Bay Area

PS Link

Qwest Helicopters is a heli operator in  Fort Nelson, BC

PS Link

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia

34.615004° -117.378311°

10/3/2020

QantasLink is a brand name of the Australian airline Qantas Airways for regional flights within Australia

GM Link (Apr 2015)

Qeshm Air is an Iranian airline based out of Tehran with 19 airplanes flying to 11 different countries

GE 35°41'54.05"N 51°17'56.06"E (9/15/2022)
Photo Sphere

Quebec Service Aérien Gouvernemental operated CL415 waterbombers for Quebec, but was rolled into new department in 2011: Transports Québec.

GE 46°47'47.42"N 71°22'46.72"W (3/25/2010)

Qanot Sharq Airlines is a small Uzbeki airline operating out of Tashkent airport with three airplanes

GE 41°15'47.53"N 69°16'26.31"E (9/5/2022)

Qatar Airways Cargo is the world's third largest international cargo carrier, operating 64 aircraft.

GE 49°38'10.44"N 6°13'36.97"E (3/30/2021)

Quantum Air was a short-lived Spanish airline that operated from March 2009 to January 2010, operating a fleet of five Boeing 717s. Sadly, the only imagery of it is this low-res image from 2009.

GE 40°27'41.14"N 3°34'5.36"W (7/16/2009)

Qatar Airways is the flag carrier of Qatar operating a fleet of more than 200 aircraft

GE 45°37'53.74"N 8°42'48.02"E (5/20/2017)

Qatar Executive is a business jet subsidiary of Qatar Airways

PS Link

Queensland Pacific Airlines was an Australian airline which commenced operations on 4 December 1988; the following year purchased Sungold Airlines and on 1 March 1991 ceased operations while the assets were acquired by Southern Pacific Regional Airlines

GM Link SV (Sep 2019)

Qingdao Airlines is a Chinese airline based in Qingdao and based at Qingdao Liuting Airport.

PS Link

It is very likely that this jet belongs to Quick Air Jet Charter, an air ambulance and charter provider in Cologne (Germany), in front of whose hangar it is.

50.871453° 7.126751°

7/17/2022

Quinn Aviation is a agricultural air company in Jonesboro, Arkansas

 

35.777363° -90.763471°

4/12/2019

GM Link

Quality Aviation is a flight school and charter provider in Atlanta, Georgia

PS Link

QUIVER RIVER FLYING SERVICE LLC offers agricultural air service in Ruleville, Mississippi

33.738820° -90.468612°

11/2/2011

GM Link

Qualicum Flight Center is a Canadian aircraft flight school

Street View (Sep 2011)

Quikway Air Services Inc in Brooks, Canada, offering aerial pipeline patrols, aerial crop applications, as well as chartered flights

50.634173° -111.920994°

10/1/2022

PS Link

Qantas Freight is a subsidiary company of Qantas, operating air cargo operations for the group.

GE 33°55'46.90"S 151°10'3.61"E (12/2/2018)

Quikjet Airlines is an Indian cargo airline based out of Bangalore

Photo Sphere