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ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES
Associated Businesses delivers specialist services
to the Qantas Group and third party customers.
With annual revenues of $117 million, Qantas
Defence Services (QDS) provides expert support
for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) C130
Hercules aircraft at Richmond and Canberra, and
the Australian Government’s VIP aircraft in
Canberra. QDS is also providing aircraft conversion
services for Airbus Military on the RAAF’s Multi-
Role Tanker Transport – a large and complex
project to convert four A330-200 aircraft to
tankers with air-to-air refuelling capability.
Employing 200 people in Brisbane and Amberley,
QDS commenced converting the first of the four
aircraft in August 2008 and a second aircraft
arrived in June 2009.
LTQ is a joint venture between Qantas and
Lufthansa Technik to repair and overhaul Qantas,
Lufthansa and third party General Electric engines
and Qantas aircraft flap tracks. Based in Melbourne,
the business employs around 200 people.
Associated Businesses is also consolidating the
support function for the Qantas Group’s wide
range of Ground Support Equipment, which will
reduce duplication and increase efficiencies.
Substantial savings are anticipated.
Q Catering Cairns
has reduced waste to
landfill by 80 per cent,
by sending organic
waste matter for
conversion into compost
for cane farms, and
waste oil converted to
biofuel to power
catering centre vehicles.
Q Catering Adelaide
received an award from
Adelaide Airport in
November 2008 for its
reduction of annual
water consumption.
Snap Fresh is reclaiming
and reusing
approximately one
million litres of water
through its cooling
towers, and collecting
150,000 litres a month
with newly installed
rainwater tanks.
Qantas Engineering
graduated 66
engineering
apprentices in 2008/09.
At airports across
Australia, vacuum bag
lifters are being trialled
to improve manual
handling and to reduce
physical strain on
Qantas employees.
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