CHAPTER 1 Introduction to accounting and business decision making 7
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE 1.1
Operating segments for the Qantas Group
(C) ANALYSIS BY OPERATING SEGMENT^1
2015
$M
Qantas
Domestic
Qantas
International
Qantas
Freight
Jetstar
Group
Qantas
Loyalty Corporate
Unallocated
Eliminations^5 Consolidated
REVENUE AND OTHER
INCOME
External segment revenue
and other income
Inter-segment revenue and
other income
5 291
537
4 878
589
1 059
8
3 283
181
1 244
118
49
(40)
12
(1 393)
15 816
—
Total segment revenue and
other income 5 828 5 467 1 067 3 464 1 362 9 (1 381 ) 15 816
Share of net profit/(loss) of
investments accounted for
under the equity method^244 — (37) — — — (29)
Underlying EBITDAR^3 1 171 706 156 625 323 (149) (8) 2 824
Non-cancellable aircraft
operating lease rentals
Depreciation and amortisation
(219
(472
)
)
(42
(397
)
)
(5
(37
)
)
(229
(166
)
)
—
(8)
—
(14)
—
(2)
(495
(1 096
)
)
Underlying EBIT 480 267 114 230 315 (163) (10) 1 233
Underlying net finance costs (258) (258)
Underlying PBT (421) 975
ROIC %^4 16.2%
1 Qantas Domestic, Qantas International, Qantas Freight, Jetstar Group, Qantas Loyalty and Corporate are the operating segments of the
Qantas Group.
2 Share of net profit/(loss) of investments accounted for under the equity method excluding share of losses in Jetstar Hong Kong which have
been recognised as items outside of Underlying PBT.
3 Underlying EBITDAR represents Underlying earnings before income tax expense, depreciation, amortisation, non-cancellable aircraft operating
lease rentals and net finance costs.
4 ROIC % represents Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) EBIT divided by Average Invested Capital (Refer to Note 3(G)).
5 Unallocated/Eliminations represent other businesses of Qantas Group which are not considered to be significant reportable segments and
consolidation elimination entries.
Source: Qantas Airways Ltd 2015, annual report, p. 57.
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