17th Oct 2011 07:08
17 October 2011
Cobham Awarded 5-year, AUS $500 Million QantasLink Contract Extension
Adelaide, Australia - Cobham has been awarded an AUS $500 million extension of its current B717 QantasLink contract through until 2018 that involves the expansion of operations into Queensland. The extension includes an increase in B717 aircraft operated by Cobham from 11 to 13, and the establishment of a Brisbane operating base in early 2012.
The contract agreement with Qantas was signed on 17 October 2011. Cobham's current QantasLink contract would have expired in 2013.
"This is a significant expansion of Cobham's operations in Australia as the nation's largest contract aviation company and will see Cobham adding 50 more staff. The extended contract strengthens our 20-year relationship with Qantas, enhancing the service we currently supply to QantasLink and for passengers in regional and remote Australia. This is a credit to our very professional and dedicated team and I'm delighted that it provides a further 5 years to our valued relationship with Qantas" said Cobham Aviation Services Vice President, Peter Nottage.
About Cobham
Cobham specialises in meeting the insatiable demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth in defence, security and commercial environments. Offering a technically diverse and innovative range of technologies and services, the Group protects lives and livelihoods, responding to customer needs with agility that differentiates it. The most important thing we build is trust. Employing more than 11,000 people on five continents, the Group has customers and partners in over 100 countries, with annual revenue of some £1.9bn / US$3 billion.
About Cobham Aviation Services
Cobham Aviation Services provides specialist aviation solutions to Defence, Government and major commercial customers under long term performance based contracts. This includes modern battle space air warfare training for the UK armed forces and NATO, operating the largest border protection civil maritime surveillance contract in the world for the Australian Government, supporting a wide range of civil and military platforms with modification and through life support, including the Sentry E3-D fleet and the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft fleet of A330 aircraft for the UK MOD, providing air traffic control radar display software and aid calibration services to leading UK and European airports and with partner Bristow Helicopters training all helicopter pilots for the UK's Navy, Air Force and Army through entity FBHeliservices. With a combined fleet of over 150 fixed and rotary wing aircraft Cobham Aviation Services is a trusted partner worldwide.
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