Qantas Freight

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Qantas Freight
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IATA ICAO Call sign
QFQFAQANTAS
Founded2001;23 years ago (2001)
Hubs
Subsidiaries Express Freighters Australia
Fleet size8
Destinations130
Parent company Qantas
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Key peopleCam Wallace (Qantas Freight CEO)
Website www.qantasfreight.com

Qantas Freight is a subsidiary company of Australia's largest airline 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 airExpress, specialising in door-to-door package delivery, and StarTrack, 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 DPEXWorldwide until that company was acquired by its competitor Toll Holdings in 2010. [3] Qantas Freight is also responsible for placing freight in the hold of Qantas and Jetstar operated international and domestic services.

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Destinations

As of October 2024 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 2024. [4]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Australia Adelaide Adelaide Airport [5]
Brisbane Brisbane Airport Hub [5]
Cairns Cairns Airport [5]
Darwin Darwin Airport [5]
Hobart Hobart Airport [5]
Launceston Launceston Airport [5]
Mackay Mackay Airport [5]
Melbourne Melbourne Airport Hub [5]
Perth Perth Airport [5]
Rockhampton Rockhampton Airport [5]
Sydney Sydney Airport Hub [5]
Townsville Townsville Airport [5]
China Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport [6]
Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport [6]
Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport [6]
Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport [6]
New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport [6]
Christchurch Christchurch Airport [6]
Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport [6]
United States Anchorage Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport [6]
Chicago O'Hare International Airport [6]
Dallas Dallas Fort Worth International Airport [6]
Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye International Airport [6]
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport [6]
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport [6]

Fleet

An Airbus A321-200/P2F branded for Australia Post at Melbourne Airport in 2022. Express Freighters Australia VH-ULY Airbus A321-231(P2F) Melbourne International Airport (MEL YMML) (52553737056).jpg
An Airbus A321-200/P2F branded for Australia Post at Melbourne Airport in 2022.
A Boeing 737-400SF branded for Australia Post at Melbourne Airport in 2020. Express Freighters Australia (VH-XNH) Boeing 737-400SF at Sydney Airport (2).jpg
A Boeing 737-400SF branded for Australia Post at Melbourne Airport in 2020.
A Boeing 767-300F at Sydney Airport in 2018, wearing the 2007 livery. QANTASfreight.jpg
A Boeing 767-300F at Sydney Airport in 2018, wearing the 2007 livery.
A formerly leased Boeing 747-400F at Melbourne Airport in 2008, wearing the Atlas Air livery. QantasFreightMEL.JPG
A formerly leased Boeing 747-400F at Melbourne Airport in 2008, wearing the Atlas Air livery.

As of November 2024, Qantas Freight subsidiary Express Freighters Australia operates the following aircraft: [7]

AircraftIn ServiceOrderNotes
Airbus A321-200/P2F 66 [8] [9] Operated for Australia Post/StarTrack. [10] [11] [12]
Deliveries through to FY26. [9] Launch Customer.
Airbus A330-200/P2F 2 [13] [14] Converted from Qantas aircraft and delivered from 2023. [15] One operated for Australia Post/StarTrack.
Total86

As of November 2024, Qantas Freight wet-leases 14 aircraft that operate both domestic and international services on behalf of the airline, these include:

Fleet Development

In June 2016, the 737-400F, two of the 737-300Fs and three BAe 146s were rebranded and are operated as a dedicated fleet for Australia Post and StarTrack. [21]

In April 2019, Qantas Freight announced it would wet-lease two Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F aircraft to replace the two current wet-leased 747-400F aircraft. [22] The first aircraft landed in Sydney on 27 August with small Qantas Freight decals applied (visible when the forward nose cargo door is open), with the second due later in the week. [23]

In August 2019, Qantas Freight announced a deal with Australia Post which was worth $1.4 billion. Included in the deal was Qantas Freight's announcement of the purchase of the world's first A321P2F, of which they ordered 3 to be delivered from October 2020. [11]

In December 2019, ASL Airlines Australia (formally Pionair) put the first BAe 146 into service on a wet-lease for Qantas Freight [24] since then this has steadily increased to have all 5 of ASL's BAe 146 aircraft operating for Qantas. [19]

In February 2023, Qantas announced that 3 additional A321P2F would be ordered for delivery in 2024 and 2025. [9]

In May 2024, Aerlink quietly announced that they would operate a wet-leased ATR 72-200F, VH-AK3, [25] for Qantas Freight in Queensland, between Brisbane, Mackay and Rockhampton, with the service beginning in late June 2024 [16] [26]

Former Fleet

AircraftNumberIntroducedRetiredReplacement
Boeing 737-300F 420132024 Airbus A321-200/P2F
Boeing 737-400F 120172024 Airbus A321-200/P2F
Boeing 767-300F 120102024 Airbus A330-200/P2F [27]

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. [28] In a separate development the former head of Qantas Freight in the United States was sentenced to eight months imprisonment in May 2008. [29] The Australian Competition & 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. [30] Qantas is also facing a number of class action lawsuits. [30]

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