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152 Qantas Annual Report 2008
2008
21 February Half year result announcement
5March Record date for interim dividend
2April Interim dividend payable
30 June Year end
21 August Preliminary fi nal result announcement
3September Record date for fi nal dividend
1October Final dividend payable
28 November Annual General Meeting
2009
19 February Half year result announcement
6March Record date for interim dividend
8April Interim dividend payable
30 June Year end
19 August Preliminary fi nal result announcement
4September Record date for fi nal dividend
7October Final dividend payable
21 October Annual General Meeting
Financial Calendar
Glossary
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs)
Total number of seats available for passengers, multiplied by the number
of kilometres fl own.
Available Tonne Kilometres (ATKs)
Total number of tonnes of capacity available for carriage of passengers,
freight and mail, multiplied by the number of kilometres fl own.
Aviation Fatality
A person who is fatally injured as a result of being in an aircraft or having
direct contact with any part of the aircraft.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
A colourless, odourless, incombustible gas formed during respiration,
combustion and organic decomposition, which is the most prominent
greenhouse gas in the earth’s atmosphere.
Emissions shown in the Report have been calculated for aviation fuel.
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2-e)
The universal unit of measurement to indicate the global warming
potential (GWP) of greenhouse gases, expressed in terms of the
GWP of one unit of carbon dioxide.
Emissions shown in the Report have been calculated for ground
and aviation fuel.
Occupational Health and Safety Fatality
The death of a worker occurring in the current reporting period,
arising from an occupational injury or disease sustained or contracted
while in the reporting organisation.
Fuel Jettison
Emergency release of fuel to reduce the weight of the aircraft
to the maximum landing weight.
Fuel Spills
The accidental spillage of aviation fuel material at airport sites.
Full-time Equivalent Employees (FTE)
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Indigenous
Indigenous Australians are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent,
who identify as Indigenous People, and who are accepted as such by the
community in which they live.
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Lost Time Injury (LTI)
A work related injury (or illness) that resulted in a fatality, permanent
disability or the loss from work of one day or shift or more.
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
The number of LTIs per million hours worked.
Nitrogen Oxide (NOX)
The generic term for a group of highly reactive gases, all of which contain
nitrogen and oxygen in varying amounts. NOx is formed when fuel is
burned at high temperatures, as occurs in the combustion process.
Passenger Yield
Passenger revenue, excluding passenger recoveries, divided by RPKs.
Revenue Freight Tonne Kilometres (RFTKs)
Total number of tonnes of paying freight carried, multiplied by the
number of kilometres fl own.
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs)
Total number of paying passengers carried, multiplied
by the number of kilometres fl own.
Revenue Seat Factor
Percentage of total passenger capacity actually utilised
by paying passengers.
Revenue Tonne Kilometres (RTKs)
Total number of tonnes of paying passengers, freight and mail carried,
multiplied by the number of kilometres fl own.
Serious Injury Frequency Rate (SIFR)
The number of workplace injuries resulting in seven or more total and/or
suitable duties days lost per million hours worked.
Sustainable Future Program (SFP)
Turnover of Employees
Total number of employee terminations expressed as a percentage
of total headcount.
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