Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Airline Services (QJE, Adelaide International) has signed a ten-year agreement with Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) covering the operation of twenty B717-200s on regular domestic flights throughout Western Australia, Northern Territory, and far north Queensland under the QantasLink brand.

The contract, valued at AUD1.2 billion (USD905 million), runs from now until the end of 2026.

“Qantas is a very important and long term customer for Cobham and this is a significant contract extension, providing a valuable contribution and scale to our overall commercial passenger flying operations in Australia through 2026," Peter Nottage, Sector President, Cobham Aviation Services, commented. "We have supported QantasLink since 1991 and the award of this extension demonstrates the ongoing value that Cobham provides for Qantas. This award is a great credit to our very professional and dedicated team of staff and I am delighted that they will have the opportunity to continue to support QantasLink for a further 10 years.”

Cobham also operates five ARJ-100s, two ARJ-85s, one BAe 146-100, one BAe 146-200, and two BAe 146-300s on its JetEx (Australia) (Adelaide International) air operator certificate.