About us
The Jetstar Group is a network of value based carriers providing all day every day low fares across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.
We’d like to give you the chance to get to know us a little better by reading about our company history and our impressive fleet. You can also find out more about career opportunities within Jetstar, including our exciting Pilot Cadet Program.
Our company
At Jetstar, our mission is to enable more people to fly more often and to extend air travel to those who may never have been able to afford to fly, by offering low fares.
The Jetstar Group comprises Jetstar Australia & New Zealand operations (including Australian and New Zealand domestic and short/long haul international services), Jetstar Asia and Valuair operations (partner airlines based in Singapore supporting Jetstar’s reach into 22 Asian destinations), and Jetstar Pacific (domestic operations in Vietnam).
Collectively, the Jetstar Group of airlines operate more than 2400 weekly flights to 14 countries, serving in excess of 55 markets across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.
Jetstar Group airlines employ 7,000 staff across, Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.
Jetstar Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Buchanan is a founding executive of Jetstar.
About Jetstar in Australia
Jetstar’s headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia. Jetstar forms an integral part of the Qantas Group’s two-brand strategy, operating in the leisure and value-based market.
Jetstar Airways Pty Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group, with its Australian low fare operations first commencing in May 2004.
We are Australia’s low fares carrier, now operating across 17 Australian domestic destinations and 15 short and long haul overseas destinations.
Jetstar’s Australian and New Zealand based fleet comprises 59 aircraft (as at February 2011). This includes 44 Airbus A320s, 6 Airbus A321s and 9 Airbus A330-200s.
We are currently the 3rd largest airline (by domestic market share) and a top 5 international airline by capacity share, serving international routes to and from Australia. We also support the Qantas Group in remaining the largest domestic and international airline group within Australia.
Other subsidiaries include Jetstar Airways Limited (New Zealand) and Express Ground Handling.
Jetstar’s Australia & New Zealand business is led by Chief Executive Officer David Hall.
About Jetstar in New Zealand
Jetstar first launched in New Zealand with trans Tasman services to Christchurch in December 2005. Jetstar now operates up to 47 weekly return services from Australia to Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown.
Domestic New Zealand operations were launched on the 10th of June 2009 and now represents more than 20 per cent of the market share, with up to 116 weekly return domestic flights between Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Queenstown.
A fleet of 8 Airbus A320s based in New Zealand support Jetstar’s expanding New Zealand flying business.
In March 2011*, Jetstar became the first low fares airline to offer long haul services to New Zealand, when we launched daily services between Auckland-Singapore (*Flight operated by Jetstar Airways (JQ) for Jetstar Asia (3K).
About Jetstar / Valuair in Singapore
Jetstar Asia and Valuair are part of the Jetstar Group’s value based network which aims to provide all day every day low fares to South East Asia’s most popular leisure destinations.
Jetstar Asia’s inaugural flight took off to Hong Kong on the 13th of December 2004, one of the first three launch destinations from Singapore.
Jetstar Asia is a majority Singapore owned and based company. The company is managed by Newstar Holdings Pty Ltd, majority owned by Singapore company Westbrook Investments Pte Ltd (51 per cent), with the Qantas Group holding the remaining 49 per cent of shares.
The Jetstar Asia Chief Executive Officer is Ms Chong Phit Lian.
From Singapore, Jetstar and Valuair fly to 22 destinations including Bangkok, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Macau, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Manila, Taipei, Osaka, Yangon, Bali, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Perth, Guilin, Shantou and Haikou with a fleet of 12 A320 aircraft. In March 2011, Jetstar launched flights to Hangzhou, China.
About Jetstar Pacific in Vietnam
Jetstar Pacific is Vietnam’s first value based carrier. The carrier transformed from Pacific Airlines to Jetstar Pacific in May 2008. Jetstar Pacific is held 27 per cent by the Qantas Group, with the remainder held by Vietnamese investors including the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) which is the largest shareholder.
Jetstar Pacific operates an existing seven aircraft fleet made up of five Boeing 737s and two Airbus A320s to seven destinations across Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue, Vinh, Hai Phong and Nha Trang.