Babcock wins five-year support contract with Qantas

Babcock International has been awarded a five-year contract to support Qantas’ ground support equipment (GSE) fleet at 60 locations across Australia.

The agreement, which includes an option for a further two years, streamlines the management of the airline's fleet of over 10,000 GSE assets, incorporating Qantas' domestic, regional, freight, catering and engineering operations, as well as Jetstar.

Babcock said it will deliver a programme to improve reliability of equipment and provide significant long-term capability and cost benefits.

Chief executive Archie Bethel said: “We have a proven track record of improving the performance and reliability of our customer's assets, whilst delivering efficiency savings. Qantas are regarded as one of the world's leading long-distance airlines and we are very much looking forward to working with them to implement a suite of modern fleet management systems and tools which will enhance safe and effective fleet capability across all the airline's sites."

Qantas already provides a range of support services at international airports, including London (Heathrow, Gatwick), Amsterdam (Schiphol) and São Paulo (Guarulhos) and most recently Rome (Fiumincino).

At 0936 BST, Babcock shares were up 1.1% to 1,108p.