Work  /  Project 05

Alleato × Qantas

In progress Final recommendations still being developed

How can Qantas rebuild trust with its stakeholders while creating a more transparent and seamless travel experience?

Course
Business Consulting
University of Sydney
Partner
Alleato
Subject
Qantas — chosen by our team
Ends with
A strategic solution, pitched to Alleato

Our focus

Trust, and how
you rebuild it.

As part of my Business Consulting course at the University of Sydney, my team is working with Alleato on a real-world project: identify a current or emerging business challenge, then develop an actionable solution.

We chose Qantas, and we’re exploring how the airline can strengthen its relationship and rebuild trust with customers and other stakeholders. Our developing strategy focuses on using transparency, sustainability and technology to give customers more confidence and control throughout their travel experience.

The consulting team in front of a whiteboard headed Brainstorming Disruptors
Brainstorming disruptors — mapping the forces acting on the industry before picking a problem.

What we’re exploring

Three ways to
give control back

Each of these is really the same idea in a different place: tell the customer what is actually happening, and let them decide what to do about it.

Sustainability & transparency

Giving customers clearer information about the aircraft and flight they are booking, including relevant sustainability information, so they have a better understanding of what they are choosing when they fly with Qantas.

Smarter disruption management

An automated Plan A, B, C system for delays and cancellations. Instead of immediately contacting customer service, passengers would receive alternative travel options and simply confirm or decline the one that works best for them.

Digital trust & security

How cybersecurity and stronger digital systems could support the broader goal of rebuilding stakeholder trust.

Alleato Q&A session in a University of Sydney lecture hall
Q&A with Alleato — enterprise value, market signals, and how to judge a disruption.
Mentor rounds with industry practitioners during the consulting course
Mentor rounds — teams take their thinking to industry practitioners, ten minutes at a time.

Where we’re headed

Our recommendations are still being developed. The final stage turns the research into a strategic solution, presented and pitched to Alleato.

This project is challenging me to think beyond identifying a business problem, and to consider how consumer experience, sustainability, technology and brand trust work together to create a stronger long-term strategy.

Business consulting Brand trust Customer experience Sustainability Digital strategy Strategic problem solving Client presentation