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Qantas Freight

Cargo airline of Australia

Qantas Freight is a cargo airline owned by Qantas. It is the owner of freight airline Express Freighters Australia, freight forwarder Qantas Courier and trucking company Jets Transport Express. Qantas Freight was also a partner in two joint ventures with Australia Post: Australian airExpress, specialising in door-to-door package delivery, and StarTrack, a road freight company.2 It is headquartered in Sydney.1 It is part of Qantas Airways.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1

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Photo: Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Qantas Freight is a cargo airline owned by Qantas. It is the owner of freight airline Express Freighters Australia, freight forwarder Qantas Courier and trucking company Jets Transport Express. Qantas Freight was also a partner in two joint ventures with Australia Post: Australian airExpress, specialising in door-to-door package delivery, and StarTrack, a road freight company. In November 2012, Qantas Freight acquired full ownership of Australia air Express and divested its shareholding in Star Track to Australia Post. Qantas Freight was also the owner of Asian-based freight forwarder DPEXWorldwide until that company was acquired by its competitor Toll Holdings in 2010. Qantas Freight is also responsible for placing freight in the hold of Qantas and Jetstar operated international and domestic services.2

Corporate structure

Qantas Freight is part of a group headed by Qantas Airways. 15 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Destinations

As of October 2024, Qantas Freight directly serves 50 international and 80 domestic destinations. Qantas Freight has the ability to reach 480 global destinations through its airline partners, including Emirates, which it signed a cargo cooperation agreement with in 2024.

Fleet

As of November 2024, Qantas Freight subsidiary Express Freighters Australia operates the following aircraft:

As of November 2024, Qantas Freight wet-leases 14 aircraft that operate both domestic and international services on behalf of the airline, these include:

Aerlink - 1 ATR 72-200F (VH-AK3)

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Airwork - 2 Boeing 737-400F

ASL Australia (Pionair) - 3 BAe 146-200 (QT) & 2 BAe 146-300 (QT)

Atlas Air - 2 Boeing 747-400F

National Jet Express - 3 BAe 146-300 (QT)

Fleet development

As at 2010, Qantas Freight wet leased three Boeing 747-400Fs from Atlas Air.

In June 2016, one Boeing 737-400F, two Boeing 737-300Fs and three BAe 146s were rebranded and are operated as a dedicated fleet for Australia Post and StarTrack.

In April 2019, Qantas Freight announced it would wet lease two Atlas Air Boeing 747-8Fs to replace its two wet leased Boeing 747-400Fs. The first aircraft landed in Sydney on 27 August with small Qantas Freight decals applied (visible when the forward nose cargo door is open), with the second due later in the week.

In August 2019, Qantas Freight announced a deal with Australia Post which was worth $1.4 billion. Included in the deal was Qantas Freight's announcement of the purchase of the world's first A321P2F, of which they ordered three to be delivered from October 2020.

In December 2019, ASL Airlines Australia (formally Pionair) put the first BAe 146 into service on a wet-lease for Qantas Freight since then this has steadily increased to have all five of ASL's BAe 146 aircraft operating for Qantas.

In February 2023, Qantas announced that three additional A321P2F would be ordered for delivery in 2024 and 2025.

In May 2024, Aerlink announced it would operate a wet-leased ATR 72-200F, VH-AK3, for Qantas Freight in Queensland, between Brisbane, Mackay and Rockhampton, with the service beginning in late June 2024.

From Wikipedia’s article on Qantas Freight, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 2001Founded Founded in Sydney1

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