In addition to the core business of transporting passengers and air freight, Qantas operates a number of subsidiaries, including QantasLink and Jetstar, and also has interests in associated businesses, including inflight catering, and holiday and travel operations.
| QantasLink | Qantas Holidays |
| Q Catering | Jetstar |
| Qantas Freight | Qantas Defence Services |
| Express Ground Handling |
QantasLink
QantasLink regional airlines operate around 2,000 flights each week to 49 metropolitan and regional destinations across Australia.
See the QantasLink section for more information.
Q Catering
Qantas Catering Group Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary that operates two catering businesses - Q Catering and Snap Fresh. Q Catering has catering centres in six Australian ports - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide and Perth. Snap Fresh is a state-of-the-art plant in Queensland built to centralise meal production for airlines and to supply non-aviation markets.
See the Q Catering section for more information.
Qantas Freight
Qantas Freight markets the freight capacity of all international Qantas and Jetstar aircraft and a fleet of three wet leased Boeing 747-400F freighter aircraft. It also operates its own ground handling facilities in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Los Angeles. These facilities are some of the largest freight terminals in Australia and handle not only Qantas and Jetstar aircraft but a number of other carriers.
Freight capacity on all Australia domestic aircraft is marketed by Australian air Express (AaE) which is operated as a joint venture by Qantas Freight and Australia Post. Qantas Freight and Australia Post also own and operate the Australian express road freight operator Star Track Express.
In addition, Qantas Freight Enterprises owns in a number of specialist logistics business around the world including:
- Express Freighters Australia (EFA) which has its own Air Operators Certificate and a fleet of four 737 converted freighter aircraft.
- Jets Transport Express an Australian based trucking company that specialises in road feeder services to the air freight industry.
- DPEX Worldwide Asia's fifth largest express freight operator with operations in 18 countries across Asia.
Qantas Freight Enterprises employs more than 800 staff across its network.
Express Ground Handling
Express Ground Handling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas Airways within the Qantas Airports and Catering Group, provides comprehensive ground handling services to Jetstar and several regional airlines.
Qantas Holidays
Qantas Holidays, part of the Jetset Travelworld Group, is one of Australia's leading travel wholesalers. In calendar year 2008, the business sold holidays and travel services to more than 900 thousand customers.
Qantas Holidays markets an extensive range of competitively priced products and services covering the Qantas network, including partner airlines and codeshare services, as well as packages for other airlines under the Viva! Holidays brand. In addition to destination specific promotion, Qantas Holidays sells packages to a number of special events in Australia, such as popular stage shows and sporting events.
On 25 July 2008, Qantas and Jetset Travelworld Limited formalised a merger that created a new leading vertically integrated travel services business. Jetset Travelworld Limited acquired Qantas Holidays and Qantas Business Travel from Qantas in exchange for Jetset shares. Qantas now owns 58 per cent of the share capital in the new entity, The Jetset Travelworld Group.
Jetstar
Jetstar is Australia's and Singapore's low fares airline for Australia and Asia-Pacific. Jetstar started flying within Australia on 25 May 2004, and within Asia just over six months later. Jetstar launched international long haul flights from Australia to Asia in November 2006.
Jetstar's Australian operation is wholly owned by Qantas but is managed separately and operates independently, with the Australian headquarters in Melbourne. Jetstar's intra Asian operation is a Singapore-based partnership between Qantas (49%), local businessmen Tony Chew (22%) and FF Wong (10%) and Temasek Holdings (19%) with the hub based in Singapore.
The airline's colours of orange, silver and black were chosen for their bold, modern feel and its livery is based on the Southern Cross. The orange star in the logo represents the smallest star of the Cross, Epsilon Crucis, the only five point star in the Southern Cross as it is represented on the Australian flag.
Qantas Defence Services
Qantas Defence Services provides aviation maintenance services and support to the Australian Defence Force, including the Australian Government's Special Purpose Aircraft fleet, the RAAF's Hercules fleet and the ADF's fighter and helicopter fleets.
