Deloitte Access Economics was commissioned by Qantas to estimate the economic contribution of its activities in regional Australia, including its role in facilitating tourism activity in regional Australia. The key findings of this report are set out below:

• The activities of the Qantas group in regional Australia contributed 5,633 jobs and $1.6 billion in total value add in 2016-17
• The Qantas Group operations in regional Australia directly contributes $884 million in value added and indirectly contributes an additional $706 million in value added
• The Qantas Group directly provides 1,034 jobs in regional Australia and indirectly supports an additional 4,599 jobs in upstream industries such as catering and airport support staff
• The total economic contribution of operations by the Qantas Group constituted 0.3% of Gross Regional Product in regional Australia.

Published: May 2018