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Qantas App

5+ years of constant innovation – Game changer for airline industry

5+ years of digital partnership

Since 2015, Arq has been the partner of choice in the design, development and architecture of the Qantas flagship travel app, Qantas entertainment app, Apple Watch app, chatbots including Facebook and Alexa voice app, VR App,  livechat, IVR deflect, Uber integration, Qantas loyalty and dozen plus internal applications and digital infrastructure across the airline. 

While initially brought on in 2015 to undertake a major re-platform of the Qantas app, with a focus on improving crash rates and increasing user engagement.  By 2017, the app become the #2 travel app on both app stores, amassing over eight million downloads. 

Moving past a traditional app consultancy towards partnership, Arq assisted in the Qantas’ app first major and still to this day popular ground-breaking feature and achievement. Qantas was one of the first airlines to take a gamble launching digital check-ins and boarding passes in the app, setting off a seismic shift in how Qantas’ customers forever engaged with the airline. The response was unheard of, with an almost overnight positive jump, the app instantly became the most popular way for both domestic and business travellers to check-in and board their flights, reducing wait times across all aspects of the flight, especially when it came time to board. Increased customer engagement, sentiment and reduced customer service and handling costs were a major win for Qantas. This innovation, while considered simple today, was one of the first real examples of utilising technology to create real business impact under a customer centric approach to product development and operations. 

To this day, the “Qantas Mobile Tribe” (a multi-disciplinary hybrid squad comprised of blended Qantas FTE’s and Arq specialist consultants including cloud solution architects, product owners, business analysts, UX/UI/UE designers, iOS and Android developers, back-end software engineers, project managers and innovation leaders) has been recognised internally as a huge success story in Qantas’ transition to an Agile customer-first organisation.

A set of industry firsts

Qantas as brand has always been united in chasing the unknown, discovering new limits and making dreams happen.

From record-breaking advances in its aircraft to improvements in customer service and automation, Qantas has been constantly investing and not been afraid to explore new idea, test new innovations and push technology to new limits. 

The Qantas app alone has broke ground with a plethora of industry first, constantly resetting the standards for the highly competitive global travel industry. 

Check-in, get your boarding pass and see flight details
Check-in, get your boarding pass and see flight details
Few simple taps and your boarding pass in on your phone
Few simple taps and your boarding pass in on your phone
When it's time to fly, get your flight details in one easy place
When it's time to fly, get your flight details in one easy place
Manage seat selection.
Manage seat selection.
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Exciting innovation. Customer first approach.

Explore point integrations with Uber rides, to checking your Qantas FF points balance on Amazon Alexa, to exploring the Great Barrier Reef in VR – Qantas with ARQ have done it all.

About Qantas

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as the world’s leading long distance airline and one of the strongest brands in Australia.

Built on a reputation for excellence in safety, operational reliability, engineering and maintenance, and customer service, Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers using two complementary airline brands – Qantas and Jetstar, operating regional, domestic and international services.