Who owns Jetstar Asia?
Jetstar Asia is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Qantas (Australia, ASX: QAN) holds a 49% stake.[1] Jetstar Asia ended on 31 July 2025.
Qantas lists Jetstar Asia Airways Pte. Ltd. among its consolidated entities with a 49 per cent ownership interest.
Evidence: Qantas Airways Limited Annual Report 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Qantas Airways Limited (49% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Sydney
- Origin
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- ASX: QAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jetstar Asia
Jetstar Asia was the group's Singapore-based intra-Asia low-cost airline. Qantas announced its closure in June 2025 and the airline's final day of operations was 31 July 2025, leaving an underlying loss of $31 million and a further $48 million of restructuring costs in the year to June 2026. The group framed the decision as recycling capital towards fleet renewal and its core Australian markets.
Ownership timeline of Jetstar Asia
Where Jetstar Asia sits in Qantas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Qantas
Qantas controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in travel & transport.
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Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; Qantas has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Qantas
Qantas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Qantas is Australia's largest airline group and reports in five segments: Qantas Domestic, Qantas International, the Jetstar Group, Qantas Loyalty and a corporate centre. It carried its passengers to an underlying profit before tax of $2.06 billion in the year to 30 June 2026, down $330 million after the Middle East conflict added roughly $420 million to its fuel bill, and it is part-way through a fleet renewal that will retire the A380 from 2028 and the A330 and 737 fleets by the mid-2030s.
🇸🇬 Jetstar Asia and other Singaporean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 36 brands that began in Singapore. 10 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Jetstar Asia among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Jetstar Asia?
No single company recorded here owns Jetstar Asia outright. Qantas holds a 49% stake.
Does Qantas control Jetstar Asia?
Not on the shareholding alone: a 49% holding is not a majority. Qantas lists Jetstar Asia Airways Pte. Ltd. among its consolidated entities with a 49 per cent ownership interest.
Where did Jetstar Asia come from?
Jetstar Asia originated in Singapore.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Qantas Airways Limited Annual Report 2026 — Qantas Airways Limited, Annual report; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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