Qantas Airways Limited is a publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is owned by a wide range of shareholders. The largest single shareholder is the Australian investment manager Pendal Group, which owns about 5.2% of the company as of December 2022. No other individual shareholder owns more than 5%, making Qantas' ownership quite dispersed among institutional and retail investors

. The Australian Government also has an indirect ownership stake through Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. By law, Qantas must be at least 51% owned by Australian shareholders

. In summary:

• Qantas is publicly owned with shares traded on the ASX.
• Pendal Group is the largest shareholder with a 5.2% stake.
• The Australian Government holds an indirect stake via the Future Fund.
• Ownership is dispersed with no single entity controlling the company outright