Qantas Freight

Qantas Freight
IATA ICAO Callsign
QF QFA QANTAS
Founded 2001
Hubs Sydney Airport
Melbourne Airport
Brisbane Airport
Subsidiaries Express Freighters Australia
Fleet size 13
Destinations 50 international, 80 domestic
Parent company Qantas Group
Headquarters Sydney
Key people Alan Joyce (CEO)
Website www.qantasfreight.com

Qantas Freight is a subsidiary company of Qantas, responsible for the air cargo operations of the Qantas group.[1] It is the owner of freight airline Express Freighters Australia, freight forwarder Qantas Courier and trucking company Jets Transport Express. Qantas Freight was also a partner in two joint ventures with Australia Post: Australian air Express, specialising in door-to-door package delivery, and Star Track Express, a road freight company.[1][2] In November 2012 Qantas Freight fully acquired Australia air Express and divested its shareholding in Star Track to Australia Post. Qantas Freight was also the owner of Asian-based freight forwarder DPEX Worldwide until that company was acquired by its competitor Toll Holdings in 2010.[3]

Destinations

As of September 2013 Qantas Freight directly serves 50 international and 80 domestic destinations. Qantas Freight has the ability to reach 480 global destinations through its airline partners, including Emirates, which it signed a cargo cooperation agreement with in 2013.

Fleet

Qantas Freight's Boeing 767-300F on approach to land at Sydney Airport
The Qantas Freight air cargo terminal at Melbourne Airport, with Boeing 747-400Fs of Atlas Air and MASkargo being unloaded. The Atlas Air aircraft is leased to Qantas Freight

In addition to placing freight on board the international and domestic flights of Qantas and Jetstar Airways,[4] Qantas Freight operates the following aircraft:

Qantas Freight Fleet
Aircraft In Service On Order Notes
British Aerospace 146 4[5] – Operated by Cobham Aviation Services Australia.[6]
3 to be rebranded for Australia Post/StarTrack.[6]
Boeing 737-300F 4 – Operated by Express Freighters Australia.[5]
2 to be rebranded for Australia Post/StarTrack.[6]
Boeing 737-400F – 1 To be operated by Express Freighters Australia, to be branded for Australia Post/StarTrack.[6]
Boeing 747-400F 3 – Operated by Atlas Air[7]
Boeing 767-300F 1 – Operated by Express Freighters Australia[8]
Saab 340 1 – Operated by Pel-Air
Total 13 1

The 737-400F, two of the 737-300Fs and three BAe 146s are to be rebranded and operated as a dedicated fleet for Australia Post and StarTrack from July 2016.[6]

Price-fixing case

Legal action was brought in the United States against a number of airlines' freight operations over allegations of price fixing between 2000 and 2006, including Qantas Freight. Following the imposition of a fine of US$300 million on British Airways, in November 2007 Qantas Freight agreed to plead guilty in a US court and was fined US$61 million.[9] In a separate development the former head of Qantas Freight in the United States was sentenced to eight months imprisonment in May 2008.[10] The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission also launched legal action in Australia, and in October 2008 Qantas' management agreed to settle the case with a fine of A$20 million.[11] Qantas is also facing a number of class action lawsuits.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Qantas subsidiaries page. Retrieved: 20 April 2012
  2. ↑ Star Track Express - About Us. Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 15 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Toll Group announces Asian acquisition and provides trading update" - Toll Holding Media Release retrieved 20 April 2012
  4. ↑ Qantas Freight - About Us. Retrieved: 15 November 2008.
  5. 1 2 "747F for Qantas Freight". Australian Aviation. April 26, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Qantas establishes dedicated freighter fleet for Australia Post". Australian Aviation. 2 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Matt O'Sullivan (7 March 2013). "Qantas mulls buying 747 freighters". Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ↑ "Qantas Increases Tasman Freighter Capacity by 40 Per Cent" - Qantas media release retrieved 6 December 2010
  9. ↑ "Qantas admits cargo price fixing" - BBC News, 27 November 2007. Retrieved: 15 November 2008.
  10. ↑ Rochfort, Scott. "Jail for former Qantas boss in cargo price-fixing cartel", The Sydney Morning Herald online, 10 May 2008. Retrieved: 15 November 2008.
  11. 1 2 "Qantas fined $20m for price fixing", Australian Broadcasting Corporation News online, 28 October 2008. Retrieved: 15 November 2008.
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