Qantas Airways Limited (/'kw?nt?s/ KWON-t?s) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations.[10][11] It is the second oldest airline still in operation, having been founded in November 1920;[12][13][14] it began international passenger flights in May 1935. Qantas is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, as it originally served Queensland and the Northern Territory, and is popularly nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo". Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.[15]

Qantas
A red triangle containing a white silhouette of a kangaroo, with the word Qantas beneath the triangle
IATA ICAO Callsign
QF QFA QANTAS
Founded
16 November 1920; 102 years ago
Winton, Queensland, Australia
Commenced operations
March 1921; 102 years ago
Hubs
Brisbane Airport
Melbourne Airport
Sydney Airport
Secondary hubs
Adelaide Airport
Perth Airport
Focus cities
Cairns Airport
Changi Airport[1][2]
Darwin International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Qantas Frequent Flyer
Alliance
Oneworld
Subsidiaries
QantasLink
Jetstar
Qantas Freight
Qantas Holidays
Express Ground Handling
Qantas Ground Services
TripADeal (51%)[3]
Fleet size
124[4]
Destinations
85[5]
Traded as
ASX: QAN
S&P/ASX 200 component
Headquarters
Mascot, New South Wales, Australia[6]
Key people
Richard Goyder[7] AO (Chairman)
Alan Joyce[7] AC (CEO)
Revenue
Increase A$17.96 billion (2019)[8]
Operating income
Decrease A$1.64 billion (2019)[8]
Total assets
Increase A$19.3 billion (2019)[8]
Total equity
Increase A$3.43 billion (2019)[8]
Employees
Decrease 30,179 (2019)[9]
Website
qantas.com
The airline is based in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, adjacent to its main hub at Sydney Airport. As of March 2014, Qantas had a 65 per cent share of the Australian domestic market and carried 14.9 per cent of all passengers travelling into and out of Australia.[16][17] Various subsidiary airlines operate to regional centres and on some trunk routes within Australia under the QantasLink banner. Qantas also owns Jetstar, a low-cost airline that operates both international services from Australia and domestic services within Australia and New Zealand; and holds stakes in a number of other Jetstar-branded airlines.