Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
My father flew the Hythe and Empires for Qantas, from Rose Bay, and in 1947 he would fly SY- Bowen in 6.20, next day was Bowen to Darwin in 7.30, next day Darwin- Singapore for 8.25, then Singapore to "KA" (not sure where this is, not enough time to get to Karachi) in 5.40. Rest for a day, then back again.
Here's the timetable from that time, which incidentally is the whole Qantas operation of the era on one page. Transpacific flights were BCPA and New Zealand was by TEAL. Qantas was involved with both but they were separate airlines.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...f48/qf48-2.jpg
Qantas and BOAC crews cross-crewed one another's flying boats on the UK run. The normal crew change points, after a few days' flying, were Karachi and Singapore. Each commonly operated from their home base, and they shared the middle Karachi-Singapore bit.