Qantas Freight operates ground handling facilities in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Los Angeles. In Cairns and Adelaide our freight is handled by our joint venture operation, Australian air Express. At all other ports Qantas Freight is handled by appointed local handling agents.
Across the Qantas Freight network there are a variety of facilities available for cargo requiring special handling, including:
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Cool rooms and freezers for perishables
- Warm rooms for tropical fish and other live animals vulnerable to cold weather
- Strongrooms and safes for security storage of valuable cargo shipments
- Dry ice and wet ice for re-icing
- A range of equipment, such as forklifts, cranes and reach trucks, for loading.
The Qantas Sydney Freight Terminal is strategically located at the heart of Sydney International Airport. The major hub in the Qantas worldwide network, the Sydney Freight Terminal is a highly resourced and secure operation, handling more freight than any other facility within Australia.
Recent initiatives at Sydney Freight Terminal have focused on improving freight delivery times through improved export facilities, the introduction of three import bypass lanes and expanded cool-room facilities. These developments also enhance our ability to cope with future growth.
At Sydney Airport, express goods and airmail are processed through the Express and Mail Handling Units. These are highly efficient, custom-built units for priority handling of express and airmail shipments.
Recognising the importance of the express segments of the freight industry Qantas Freight has invested in a specialised Express Handling Unit at Sydney International Airport.
This facility has been custom-designed to process the high volumes of express products shipped between Australia and Asia, the U.S.A and the United Kingdom. It has all the necessary equipment and procedures in place, to ensure your express product reaches its destination quickly and efficiently.
Combining an extensive international network, frequent flights and dedicated airmail capacity, the Mail Handling Unit in Sydney allows Qantas Freight to service all airmail requirements in to and out of Australia.
Work is underway on a major redevelopment of the Melbourne Freight Terminal. Already the largest facility at Tullamarine, and currently providing a reliable air freight service to importers and exporters, the terminal will be the most modern air freight facility in Victoria when the upgrade is completed in early 2008.
The progressive redevelopment will include construction of additional docks and multiple access lanes, additional build up and break down stations, development of a dedicated express and mail handling facility, doubling of coolroom capacity, a container park, additional security measures and a queue management system for faster service.
The Brisbane Freight Terminal is a modern facility that serves the growing air freight market in the region and offers customers efficient handling and faster delivery times.
The terminal's features include rapid transfer of goods at both delivery and acceptance with multiple docks and bays, easy road and airside access and substantial cool storage facilities. Completely undercover, its huge operational area provides maximum protection for our customers' freight.
With a greater capacity to meet anticipated future growth in international air freight demand, this facility demonstrates Qantas Freight's ongoing commitment to providing a high level of service to its customers.
Conveniently located adjacent to the Customs and Freight Forwarder Complex, the Perth Freight Terminal is a purpose-built, efficient operation, providing West Australian importers and exporters access to the world's key business markets via the extensive Qantas route network.
This modern and fully mechanised terminal operates 24 hours a day and comes equipped with a number of custom-built facilities. These include an elevating transfer vehicle (ETV) handling system, multi-level ULD container and storage system, coolroom and freezer facilities, by-pass lanes, multiple truck bays and break-down and build-up areas as well as electronic links with Australian Customs.
The Los Angeles Freight Terminal is one of Qantas Freight's most recent investment in a specialised handling facility.
Our key operational facilities at Los Angeles include an elevated transfer vehicle (ETV) handling system, by-pass lanes, multiple build-up and break down stations, a customs automated manifest system, multiple truck docks with hydraulic dock levellers and cool room facilities.