Originally Posted by
RENURPP
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.
Thank you for the clarification, it did require expansion.
The Cobham 'company' is a large defence contractor, a PLC company in the UK.
From memory James Strong's wife was heavily involved in the Seymour days of National Jet systems the precursor to Cobham Aviation Services in Australia.