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Cobham is a company an incorporated body.
In the Australian context is is simply a contract company providing crew to Qantas.
The aircraft belong to Qantas, but the crew do not.
The tickets are endorsed as such, rather like they were with Jetconnect.
Or Comair and British Airways.
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the Australian part includes the border force dash 8’s not owned crewed or associated with Qantas.
Search and Rescue Challengers, not owned, crewed or associated with Qantas
the charter side with BAe 146, Dash 8 400’s, E190 which are not owned, crewed or associated with Qantas, (with the exception of a couple of freighters which are contracted to STARTRACK)
the PNG (while not strictly an Australian operation) it does operate into and managed from Australia and is not owned, crewed or associated with Qantas , however in isolation the B717’s are as you indicate.