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Qantas Group Flight Training
Qantas will establish a new stand-alone flight training business by the
end of 2007, with the aim of training 3,000 new pilots for the Qantas
Group over the next 10 years. The new business is also expected to
train a significant number of pilots for other airlines.
The facility, which will use Qantas’ existing simulator facilities in
Melbourne and Sydney, will be one of the largest pilot training
businesses in the world.
The airline also established two new pilot training courses with
Queensland’s Griffith University and Victoria’s Swinburne University
of Technology.
The facility, which will use Qantas’
existing simulator facilities in Melbourne
and Sydney, will be one of the largest
pilot training businesses in the world.
Catering
Qantas has two catering operations, Qantas Flight Catering Limited
(QFCL) and Caterair Airport Services Pty Limited (Caterair), which are
leaders in flight catering. QFCL has centres in Adelaide, Brisbane,
Melbourne, Perth and Sydney and Caterair operates centres in Cairns
and Sydney. Qantas’ frozen meal facility, Snap Fresh Pty Limited,
operates in Brisbane. Together these facilities employ around
3,800 people.
In 2006/07, the facilities prepared more than 38 million meals for
Qantas and 33 other clients. More than 27 million of these meals were
served on Qantas flights.
In June 2006, Qantas announced that it would retain and restructure
the Group’s catering businesses. The decision followed a review of
operations that included major restructuring opportunities and a
potential sale.
The restructure has initially focused on the two Sydney facilities
of QFCL and Caterair, which undertake the greatest volume of the
Group’s catering work. With QFCL Sydney now focusing on Qantas’
business and Caterair Sydney concentrating on client airlines,
the dedicated facilities allow for streamlined processes and more
efficient operation.
The restructure of Qantas Catering’s five other centres in Adelaide,
Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne and Perth is also underway. This involves
reviewing the supply chain, improving product engineering and
demand forecasting, reducing inventory lines, leveraging buying
power and improving the use of food production technologies.
28 Qantas |Annual Report 2007
Catering
Qantas Catering facilities
prepared more than
38 million meals for Qantas
and 33 other airlines.
Flight training
With a range of simulators
including an A380 simulator
situated in Qantas
facilities, pilots receive
the most comprehensive
training available.