Airnorth
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| Airnorth | ||
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ICAO ANO |
Callsign TOP END, REGIONAL |
| Founded | 1978 | |
| Hubs | Darwin International Airport, Kununurra Airport | |
| Focus cities / secondary hubs | none | |
| Frequent flyer program | Qantas Frequent Flyer | |
| Member lounge | Qantas Club | |
| Alliance | none | |
| Fleet size | 12 | |
| Destinations | 9 | |
| Parent company | Capiteq Limited | |
| Headquarters | Darwin | |
| Key people | Neil Shea (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.airnorth.com.au | ||
Airnorth is a regional airline based in Darwin in Australia. It operates scheduled and charter services in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, with an extension to Timor. Its main base is Darwin International Airport (DRW).
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1978 and started operations on 4 July 1978. It initially operated charter flights only until scheduled services were introduced in 1981. It was formerly known as Air North International. In October 2003 Airnorth acquired the assets of Airlines of South Australia (ASA) with the intention of gradually merging the two companies and operating under Airnorth's air operators certificate. In March 2004 Airnorth acquired the assets of Emu Airways.
Airnorth is part of a major new coalition of regional air services in Australia, RegionalLink Airlines, put together by Darwin based aviation services company Capiteq Limited. This is Australia's first airline franchise operation. All of the participating airlines will continue to trade in their local markets under their own names, the logos of which will be featured on the fuselages of aircraft within the group.
In May 2004 Airnorth signed a contract with Indonesian operator Merpati Nusantara Airlines to provide services between Darwin and Kupang in West Timor using Embraer Brasilia aircraft.
On November 9, 2005, Airlines of South Australia (ASA) and Emu Airways ceased operations.
Airnorth is owned by Skyport Group (55%), QTEC (31%) and John Gamble (14%) (at January 2005).
[edit] Services
Airnorth operates the following services (at May 2006):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Broome, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Kununurra, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Elcho Island, and McArthur River.
- International scheduled destinations: Dili, East Timor and Kupang, Indonesia.
- Domestic charter destinations: Argyle diamond mine, Horn Island, Truscott and the Tiwi Islands.
[edit] Fleet
The Airnorth fleet includes the following aircraft (at November 2006)
- 1 Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante
- 1 Embraer EMB 110P2 Bandeirante
- 6 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- 3 Fairchild Metro 23
- 1 Embraer EMB 170 (On Order)
