Qantas has announced they are replacing their B717s with A220s and will be naming them after Australian wildlife.
https://www.beatthatflight.com.au/in...ew-a220-fleet/
Now it's not often there's something on Farcebook worthy of reproducing here, but...
(There's a farcebook link right here, but it vanishes in the completed post? Try "quote" if you really want to see the link)
Quote:
"I can't express how disappointed I am that 'drop bear' didn't make the cut, so I've created an artist's rendition of how awesome it *could* have looked."
As someone who lives deep in koala habitat and even had one nose to nose with my dog through the glass door next to my desk a couple of nights ago, my only thought was whether it was wise to include the word "drop" in a commercial passenger aircraft name!