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QANTAS HOLIDAYS
Qantas Holidays is Australia’s largest travel wholesaler
and has been providing customers with holiday options
throughout Australia and around the world for over
30 years.
Qantas Holidays caters to around 1.3 million customers
per year. The 2005/06 product range encompasses more
than 40 destinations worldwide, with more than 4.5 million
travel brochures distributed nationally every year. As well as
working with the Qantas Group airlines, Qantas Holidays
markets travel packages for other airlines under the Viva!
Holidays brand name.
In addition to destination holidays, Qantas Holidays
promotes packages for a number of special events
within Australia. Qantas Holidays is also the official travel
wholesaler for accommodation and event ticket packages
for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
HIGHLIGHTS
x Qantas Holidays celebrated its 30th birthday in October
2004 with its largest ever multi-destination holiday sale.
x A series of charters to Phuket were operated in
conjunction with Australian Airlines. These charters
were supported by the Tourism Authority of Thailand
and assisted in the revival of this destination following
the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
x The ReadyRooms Accommodation Internet Booking
Service for last minute hotel accommodation within
Australia was launched in July 2004. ReadyRooms has
grown significantly in terms of both range and bookings
over the past year. Accommodation in New Zealand was
added to the ReadyRooms portfolio in August 2005.
x The package holiday product range was expanded to
include India and Vietnam as well as Ski Sapporo in
Japan.
Qantas Holidays is represented in more than 100 locations,
with offices in Australia, Asia and the UK. It also has a
worldwide network of General Sales Agents.
Qantas Holidays has a 75 per cent interest in Singapore-
based Holiday Tours and Travel Pte Limited (HTT), which
sells wholesale land packages from Asia to Australia and
provides tours and transfer services throughout Asia. During
2004/05, HTT expanded offices in Vietnam and China.
QANTAS DEFENCE SERVICES
Qantas Defence Services (QDS) provides aviation
maintenance services to the Australian Defence Force
(ADF), including support and maintenance of the Australian
Government’s Special Purpose Aircraft fleet, maintenance
of the RAAF’s Hercules fleet and support for ADF fighter
and helicopter fleets.
QDS has facilities at Mascot, Richmond and Villawood
(NSW), Fairbairn (ACT) and Amberley (QLD), employing
approximately 350 people.
HIGHLIGHTS
x QDS established an additional facility at Canberra Airport
in June 2005, adding to its capability to support the ADF
and other military and civil aircraft.
x Support was provided for the increased tempo of ADF
operations, particularly in Iraq and post-tsunami in the
Aceh region of Indonesiax
Qantas Annual Report 2005
Associated Businesses
Qantas Holidays and Qantas Defence Servicesx
Australia’s largest travel wholesaler, Qantas Holidays, turned 30 this year