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{{Short description|Low-cost airline of Australia}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Jetstar | logo = Jetstar_logo.svg | logo_size = 175 | image = Jetstar (VH-OFL) Airbus A321-251NX departing Sydney Airport (1).jpg | caption = An [[Airbus A321neo]] of Jetstar | fleet_size = 89 | destinations = [[List of Jetstar destinations|39]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jetstar airways on ch-aviation |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/JTS |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=ch-aviation}}</ref> | IATA = JQ | ICAO = JST | callsign = JETSTAR | parent = [[Qantas]] | founded = {{start date and age|2003|||df=yes}} | commenced = {{start date and age|2004|05|25|df=yes}} | headquarters = {{nowrap|[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]}} | key_people = Stephanie Tully ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) | bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Adelaide Airport|Adelaide]] | [[Auckland Airport|Auckland]] | [[Brisbane Airport|Brisbane]] | [[Cairns Airport|Cairns]] | [[Ngurah Rai International Airport|Denpasar]] | [[Gold Coast Airport|Gold Coast]] | [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]] | [[Perth Airport|Perth]] | [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]]}} | frequent_flyer = [[Qantas Frequent Flyer]] | subsidiaries = | revenue = {{increase}} [[Australian dollar|A$]]3.636 billion<br/>(2015/2016)<ref name="qantasfinancials">{{cite web |url=http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/about/corporateGovernance/2016AnnualReport.pdf |title=New Horizons: Qantas Annual Report 2016 |publisher=Qantas Group}}</ref>{{efn|name=financials|The Jetstar financial results include Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair as consolidated entities in the Qantas Group accounts.<ref name="qantasfinancials"/> Despite Qantas owning only a minority stake in Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair (51% owned and effectively controlled by Singaporean nationals as required under Singapore aviation regulations), Australian accounting standards have required them to be treated as consolidated entities since 8 April 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/about/investors/preliminaryFinalReport09.pdf |title=Qantas Airways Limited and Controlled Entities: Preliminary Final Report for the Financial Year Ended 30 June 2009 |publisher=Qantas Group |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> Jetstar Pacific Airlines and Jetstar Japan are treated as investments in associates and not consolidated in the Qantas Group accounts.}} | operating_income = {{increase}} A$452 million<br />(2015/2016)<ref name="qantasfinancials"/>{{efn|name=financials}} | website = {{URL|www.jetstar.com}} | aoc = CASA.AOC.0005 | num_employees = }} '''Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd''', [[doing business as|trading as]] '''Jetstar''', is an [[Australia]]n [[low-cost airline]] headquartered in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jetstar.com/au/en/contact-us/corporate-addresses.aspx |title=Corporate addresses |publisher=Jetstar Airways |access-date=12 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003014516/http://www.jetstar.com/au/en/contact-us/corporate-addresses.aspx |archive-date=3 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jetstar.com/sg/en/terms-of-use.aspx |title=Terms of use |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307230326/http://www.jetstar.com//sg/en/terms-of-use.aspx |archive-date=7 March 2011 |publisher=Jetstar |access-date=25 December 2010 |quote=Licensed Address: 473 Bourke St, Melbourne Vic 3000}}</ref> It is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Qantas]], created in response to the threat posed by the airline Virgin Blue (now known as [[Virgin Australia]]). Jetstar is part of Qantas' two-brand strategy of having Qantas Airways for the premium full-service market and Jetstar for the low-cost market.<ref>{{cite web |title=Qantas: The Australian flag carrier undergoes a metamorphosis as it attains 90 years of operations |url=http://www.airlineleader.com/airline-of-the-month/qantas |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014256/http://www.airlineleader.com/airline-of-the-month/qantas |archive-date=5 October 2013 |access-date=15 August 2013 |publisher=Airline Leader}}</ref> As of June 2015, Jetstar was carrying 8.5% of all passengers travelling in and out of Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/qantas-internationals-market-share-slips-as-capacity-growth-slows/story-e6frg95x-1227258403192 |title=Qantas International's market share slips as capacity growth slows |publisher=The Australian |access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref> The airline operates an extensive domestic network as well as regional and international services from its main base at [[Melbourne Airport]], using a mixed fleet consisting of the [[Airbus A320 family]] and the [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]]. Like its Qantas parent, Jetstar competes with [[Virgin Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/virgin-takes-60-stake-in-tigerair/story-e6frfkur-1226675963848 |title=Tiger air becomes part of Virgin |publisher=News Life Media |access-date=29 July 2013 |date=8 July 2013 |archive-date=22 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122155556/http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/virgin-takes-60-stake-in-tigerair/story-e6frfkur-1226675963848 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Qantas, through the [[#Jetstar Group|Jetstar Group]], also has stakes in airlines [[Jetstar Asia Airways]] and [[Jetstar Japan]].
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