Unveiled as part of the airline’s 2023 Investor Day, the fund will include Qantas’ existing $290 million partnership with Airbus to develop an Australian SAF industry, and will add an extra $110 million for projects such as “high-integrity carbon offsets, offshore SAF investments, and operational efficiency technologies”.
The base, which cost $3.4 million, will include a hangar large enough to house a Leonardo AW139 helicopter, and will be home to the LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS), which is provided by LifeFlight on behalf of Surat Basin Gas companies.
Waters, who does not have an aviation background, will be tasked with taming a dispute with Qantas over moving terminals as well as overseeing a new runway.
Passengers on Wi-Fi-enabled Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 737 flights to and from Singapore, Denpasar, Jakarta, Manila and Port Moresby will be able to access the service while the jet is flying over Australia and within the coverage area of NBN Co’s Sky Muster satellites.
On Tuesday, the Flying Kangaroo said the ultra-long-haul flights, set to begin incrementally from 2025, would help grow its overall international margins from 5 per cent pre-COVID to up to 12 per cent.
The unveiling of Classic Hornet A21-101 at the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia at Bull Creek on 12 April was the culmination of the two-year project by BDA’s Classic Hornet Sustainment Support (CHSS) team.