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world class engineering –
a multi-million dollar investment
Qantas Engineering
Qantas Engineering is one of the largest aircraft engineering
and maintenance organisations in the Asia Pacifi c region.
Qantas has invested more than $300 million in advanced technical
facilities and training over the past fi ve years.
To further improve competitiveness, a wide ranging review
of Qantas Engineering’s operations commenced in 2006.
Highlights
• Qantas opened a new $55 million Material and Logistics
Distribution Centre at Mascot in Sydney in April 2006. The facility
includes one of the most advanced automated order processing
and handling systems in Australia.
• In January 2006, Qantas announced that it would form a
joint venture with SR Technics to provide A380 component
management services to A380 operators.
• The establishment of a new $20 million Rolls-Royce engine
Centre of Excellence in Sydney was announced in August 2005
to maintain the Rolls-Royce RB211 engines used by Qantas.
A similar Centre of Excellence – the Jet Turbine Services joint
venture with Patrick Corporation – is located in Melbourne
for the maintenance of GE engines.
• The new $85 million Brisbane B767 Heavy Maintenance
operation opened in July 2005.
Heavy Maintenance Transformation
Qantas’ commitment to retaining heavy maintenance work and
jobs in Australia saw the number of Australian sites for wide body
aircraft work reduced from three to two, with the closure of
Sydney B747 Heavy Maintenance in May 2006. B747 work was
transferred to Qantas’ multi-line facility at Avalon in Victoria,
giving this operation sufficient scale to achieve a more
competitive performance. More than 2,900 Qantas Engineering
staff remain in Sydney. A review of the Melbourne B737 Heavy
Maintenance operation will be fi nalised shortly, with this work
to remain in Australia.
Qantas Defence Services
Qantas Defence Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qantas,
partners with aerospace companies to provide aviation
maintenance services for current and future Australian Defence
Force (ADF) programs.
A highlight of the year was the announcement in December
2005 of the start-up of a C-130 Hercules heavy maintenance line
for the ADF in Canberra.
More than 6,000 skilled engineers Australia-wide work on Qantas aircraft day and
night. They undertake around 125 heavy maintenance checks each year, with a typical
B747-400 ‘D’ Check involving 55,000 man hours and over 9,000 tasks.
“Qantas has the most detailed record
keeping practices of any airline in the
world. As a result, we can trace back
to ‘birth’ all of the critical components
of our fl eet.” David Cox, Executive General Manager
Qantas Engineering
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Qantas Annual Report 2006