Campbelltown aims to join the mile high club
A report in the Macarthur Chronicle says that Campbelltown could soon become part of an exclusive “club” of prominent cities to have a Qantas plane named after them, with Campbelltown Council relaunched a four-year-old quest to name a Qantas plane “Campbelltown”.
Cr Steven Chaytor, who first proposed the Qantas idea, said it was fitting for Campbelltown to be included in the aircraft name club.
“Last week I caught a Qantas plane and it was named Port Stephens and the passionate Campbelltown person in me thought that Campbelltown is just as important, if not more important,” he said. “Campbelltown deserves its place in the skies and in airports around the world.
“It is a good way to promote the city and change the image others hold of our city.”
The council made its bold attempt at wider promotion when it wrote to Qantas in 2003 asking for one of its planes to be named Campbelltown.
Qantas told the council it could not include the city’s name in its fleet at the time but would consider it for future fleets.
The council confirmed it would write to Qantas about the status of the request.
Campbelltown Mayor Aaron Rule said the idea was a positive promotional initiative, adding, “We are a proud city and we want to make sure we are promoted to the wider community.” “We’ve got to have a go.”
A Qantas spokesman said the next fleet to be rolled out were the A380 airbuses which have already been named after famous Australians and the next fleet would not rollout until 2011.
“The A380 will be named after Nancy Bird Walton, a prominent female aviator,” he said.
“In August 2008, a fleet of 100 aircraft will be launched but the first 15 will go to Jetstar, our sister company.” “Qantas will not get any of those until 2008.”
He said no decision on the theme of that fleet’s names had been made, but another Qantas spokesman confirmed Campbelltown would be considered for inclusion in this fleet.
Cr Chaytor said the best way to promote Campbelltown was to always do simple things best.
“Good roads, parks and festivals will always be the best way to promote our city,” he said.
Report by The Mole
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