Qantas Airways: International Transactions, Sales, and Sustainability

This report provides an overview of Qantas Airways, focusing on its products, services, and international transactions. It details the company's sales and purchases across different regions, highlighting key markets and revenue streams. The report also examines Qantas' financing strategies, including its debt and equity structure. Furthermore, it discusses how international accounting for sustainability impacts Qantas, particularly in terms of emissions reporting, eco-friendly initiatives, and the adoption of sustainable practices. The analysis concludes that Qantas is performing well by balancing financial performance with ethical and environmental responsibility, aspiring to grow sustainably with new fleets and a commitment to customer satisfaction.

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Table of Contents
Overview...............................................................................................................................................3
Products and the Services......................................................................................................................3
International transactions.......................................................................................................................4
Sales..................................................................................................................................................4
Purchases...........................................................................................................................................5
Financing Production.........................................................................................................................6
Question 3.............................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8
References.............................................................................................................................................9

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Overview
Qantas is the one of the popular Airline administration industry in the Australia. It is one of
the biggest carriers in the Australia and the Qantas Airways is the biggest organization by the
armada size, flights and the goals it works at. The Qantas Airways is the old brand and the
carrier and the third biggest among different aircrafts on the planet. The real contenders of the
Qantas are KLMM and Avianca (Crotty, 2018). The all out working pay of the organization
is A$1.59 billion and the income of the organization is A$16.1 billion in the budgetary year
2018 (Qantas, 2018). This report plays out the major role in determining the basic
information about what Qantas does, the product and services it’s involved in the details of
the international transactions that are taking place and the key concepts of the (Qantas, 2018).
Products and the Services
In the range of the products sold by the Qantas the company is offering a wide range of the
network, product and the services. Through its one world enrolment and three foundation
unions with Emirates, China Eastern and American Airlines2, Qantas Worldwide gives
access to more than 1,200 goals in excess of 150 nations, just as more than 650 relax
universally. The QFF devotion program additionally gives QFF individuals the chance to
procure and reclaim Qantas focuses over the Group's worldwide system (Qantas Airlines,
2018). Qantas Freight's Q-GO item range offers a far reaching scope of airship cargo
administrations, including airplane terminal to air terminal airline haul and ground dealing
with administrations (counting traditions leeway), bolstered by related dispatch and trucking
administrations. Apart from this the Qantas operates at the global level and is preparing to
invite the new member 787-9 Dreamliner that will provide the world class luxury to the
customers (Qantas, 2018).

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International transactions
Sales
From the above image, which has been extracted from the annual report of the Qantas for the
year 2018 it can be seen that the ales from the domestic region is 768 dollars for the year
2018, whereas the same are $399 for the international places. The overall revenue gained by
the company is of $5973 million which is comparatively higher than the previous year. Even
if it is seen segment wise the Qantas domestic sales have been increased from $645 and the
international sales also saw and acceleration of $33 million (White, 2018).
The main markets in which the company operates can be seen from the respective image
below.
The route wise sales can also be observed from the table below

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Purchases
From the image below, the purchases of all the fleets made by the Qantas limited can be
accessed easily. This in fact states that the company has a wide range of the purchase to cater
the needs of the customers for the different taste and preferences, the region and the costs
they can afford to travel (Sethapun, Fulford and Kasparian GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE
CORP, 2016).

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Financing Production
The financing of the Qantas is a mixture of the debt and the equity in the financial year of
2018.
The capital invested in the business is in the various modes. The total capital invested is
$8906 in comparison to the previous year just being at $8732. Also in terms of the debt and
the equity the debt market comprises of $7545 million and that of the Equity comprises of
5840 dollars, indicating the company is financing more via the assistance of the equity factors
(Qantas, 2017).

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Question 3
The key concepts that have been addressed by International Accounting for Sustainability is
derived in the case of the Qantas in this particular section and it has been found that the
company is acting responsibly towards the consumers and the programmes undertaken by the
company to protect the environment is remarkable. The measures that have been adopted by
the company are National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) for annual domestic
emissions —Sustainability Reporting and Carbon Disclosure Project Reporting for annual
total emissions footprint, including international —Fly Carbon Neutral program reporting for
full life cycle emissions of our flight sectors in accordance with the National Carbon Offset
Standard. They have impacted in the positive manner as this led the Qantas build proper sales
annually and retain a large number of the customer base (Qantas sustainability, 2018).
The second concept is the concept of the less emission and usage of the eco-friendly
products. In this scenario the Qantas was believed to be the most experienced airline and not
only is this company also involved in the reduction of the aircraft weight to avoid the huge
fuel and emission in the environment.
Proficient Ground Power Units in lieu of stream fuel driven Auxiliary Power Units using
GPS-based route innovation (Smart Tracking) to improve operational proficiency. Further the
company has also invested in in an eco-friendly armada for example; the Airbus A380 and

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Boeing 787 for facilitating a Sustainable Aviation and creating a different level for the Fuel
(SAF) industry in Australia all could have been achieved after surviving under the
supervision of the Accountability and Sustainability authorities of Australia.
Conclusion
From the above analysis it can be concluded that the company has purchased a lot of fleet of
different sizes keeping in mind the needs and the preferences of all the customers and with
the help of the same the company is providing the world class facility of the airline services
to its customers. The ethical and the sustainable perspective have also been kept in the front
to ensure the safety of the customers as well as the natural environment. Therefore from the
overall analysis it can be certain that the company is performing outstandingly in the most
appealing manner. The revenues and the profit margins have been maintained and the
company aspires to grow with the new fleets and the customers.

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