
Antarctica
Sightseeing Flights is operated by Croydon
Travel, in conjunction with Qantas. Croydon
Travel and Qantas operated their first
Antarctica flight in 1994. In the
last eleven years they have operated
73 flights over Antarctica and have taken
more than 25,000 people to experience
the world’s ‘last great wilderness’.
Croydon Travel
has been operating for over 35 years
in the suburb of Croydon (Victoria, Australia).
Croydon Travel is owned and operated
by Phil Asker, in conjunction with Australia’s
most reputable touring company, Australia
Pacific Touring. Phil established
Croydon Travel in 1971 and has grown
the business from a small suburban travel
agency to a highly regarded international
tour operator that services travellers
throughout Australia and overseas.


When
you fly to Antarctica with Croydon
Travel and Qantas, you are flying with
the world’s leader in scenic flights
to the last great wilderness on Earth.
You fly aboard Qantas’ modern,
state-of-the-art 747-400 aircraft

Your
on board experience is enhanced
by our panel of experts, including world
accredited Antarctic scientists,
glaciologists, explorers, adventurers & mountaineers

An
operating requirement is that the
aircraft must be commanded by a senior
Qantas Captain who has previously
flown at least one of the 73 flights
to Antarctica

On
our New Year’s Eve Midnight Sun Party Flight
passengers will be the first to see the
sun in 2005 – it is daylight at 12.01am
as we sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ over
the ice and dance in the aisles
to a live jazz band

Croydon
Travel has been awarded ‘Best
Metro Travel Agent’ at
the AFTA Travel Industry Awards
in 1995 and 1998. Croydon Travel
won the 1999/2000 Perpetual
Award for Service to the Travel
Industry in recognition of
its innovative tour programs

Over
$435,000 has been donated to the
following charities: Clean Up Australia,
Royal Flying Doctor Service,
Mawson’s Huts Foundation,
The Mawson Collection, Camp Quality,
Make A Wish Foundation, Cystic
Fibrosis and Channel 9 Adelaide’s
Telethon Appeal