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Qantas Airways
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
QF
QFA
081
 Qantas

Qantas Airways Airbus A380-800
Qantas Airways
203 Coward Street
Mascot
Sydney
NSW 2020
AUSTRALIA

Tel.: +61 2 9691 3636
Fax: +61 2 9691 3339
SITA:
Email:
Website: www.qantas.com.au

Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner: Publicly traded (100%)
Holdings:

Sunstate airlines (100%); Southern Australia Airlines (100%); Thai Air Cargo (100%); Eastern Australia Airlines (100%); Jetstar Airways (100%); Jetstar Asia Airways (49%); Network Aviation (100%); Qantas Link/JetConnect (100%); Airlinek (100%); Express Freighters Australia (100%); Air Pacific (46.3%); JetStar Pacific (27%)

Employees: 32,489
Base: Sydney (SYD)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: November 1922
Alliances: OneWorld
Qantas operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 8 x Airbus A330-200
  • 10 x Airbus A330-300
  • 8 x Airbus A380-800 (11on order)
  • 17 x Boeing 737-400
  • 38 x Boeing 737-800 (25 on order)
  • 26 x Boeing 747-400
  • 26 x Boeing 767-300ER
  • Boeing 787-8 (15 on order)
  • Boeing 787-9 20 on order)
  • Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (6 on order)
CEO: Alan Joyce
CIO: Jamila Gordon
CFO:: Gareth Evans
VP Leisure Sales North America: Rohan Garnett
Group Executive Qantas Airlines Commercial: Rob Gurney
Group GM Environment: Peter Broschofsky
Executive Head of Operations: Lyell Strambi
Executive Manager Technical Operations: Chris Nassenstein
Executive GM Government & Corporate: David Epstein
Group GM Customers & Marketing: Lesley Grant
General Counsel: Brett Johnson
Group Principal Safety Advisor: Geoff Sartori
Head of Online Sales: John Lonergan

Qantas Airways Limited is the national airline of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an acronym/initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport. It is Australia's largest airline and the world's oldest continuously operating airline. Qantas headquarters are located in the Qantas Centre in the Mascot suburb of the City of Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Aircraft
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Cat.
07-Oct-08 Airbus A330-303 VH-QPA near Learmonth, Western Australia Australia
0
Minor
25-Jul-08 Boeing 747-438 VH-OJK near Manila, Philippines Philippines
0
Substantial
07-Feb-08 Boeing 717-23S VH-NXE Darwin Airpoort Australia
0
Substantial
22-Sep-99 Boeing 747-438 VH-OJH Bangkok International Airport Thailand
0
Substantial
24-Aug-60 Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation VH-EAC Mauritius-Plaisance International Airport (MRU) Mauritius
0
w/o
27-Aug-49 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina VH-EAW Rose Bay Australia
w/o
24-Jun-49 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina VH-EAX Lord Howe Island Australia
0
w/o
07-Apr-49 Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 VH-EAS Dubbo Airport Australia
0
w/o
22-Jan-47 Lockheed 14H2 Super Electra VH-ADT Schofields Airport, NSW  Australia
0
w/o
15-May-44 Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar VHCAK Bundaberg Australia
w/o
26-Nov-43 Lockheed C-56B-LO Lodestar VH-CAB 13 km (8.1 mls) from Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea
15
w/o