Qantas Airways flight departs from Sydney Airport to fly over Sydney Harbor in Australia, Nov. 16, 2020. Photo by Reuters
Australia’s national carrier Qantas is set to have its first cabin crew base in Singapore from September, with plans to expand the operation to 650 crew members over the next five years.
As reported by The Straits Timesthe airline said it aims to get 120 crew members for the Singapore base within the first year.
Some of them will be drawn from its Australian-headquartered low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways, which will close its Singapore base to “streamline its low-cost operating model.”
The roles will be for Singaporeans and Singapore permanent residents, with job advertisements due to go live on Feb. 27.
Qantas International chief executive Cam Wallace said the new Singapore cabin crew base will allow the carrier to operate its growing international network more efficiently and respond faster to flight disruptions.
Singapore-based Qantas cabin crew will operate flights between Singapore and Australia, and be given competitive salaries.
Currently, Qantas flies non-stop to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Darwin from Singapore, averaging 50 flights each week.
Singapore ranks as Qantas’s third-largest hub overall after Sydney and Melbourne. It remains the carrier’s most important international gateway outside Australia, connecting Europe-bound and Asia-Pacific passengers through Changi Airport.
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