Alliance Airlines

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Alliance Airlines

IATA QQ	ICAO UTY	Callsign UNITY
Founded		31 July 2002
Hubs		Brisbane Airport Townsville International Airport Perth Airport
Fleet size		8 Fokker F100 aircraft
Destinations		Frequent charter destinations include: Phosphate Hill - Incitec Pivot - Southern Cross Operations; Century Mine - Zinifex Limited; Gove - Alcan; Cloncurry - Xstrata; Cannington Mine - BHP Billiton; Telfer - Byrnecut; Ballera - Santos; Mount Keith - BHP Billiton; Leinster - BHP Billiton.
Headquarters		Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Key people		Steve Padgett (Chairman) Scott McMillan (Managing director)
Website: http://www.allianceairlines.com.au

Alliance Airlines is a charter airline based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It provides a range of services including ad hoc and contract charter, aircraft maintenance and wet/dry leasing. Its main base and hangar is at Brisbane International Airport (BNE) and it also has hubs at Townsville International Airport (TSV) and Perth International Airport (PER).

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] History

Alliance was established and started operations in early August 2002 when Brisbane-based Queensland Airline Holdings acquired the assets of the dormant Flight West Airlines [1], which had been established on 25 May 1987 and was liquidated in 2001.

Alliance had wet leasing contracts with Norfolk Jet Express, until that airline was liquidated on 4 June 2005. For the first week after liquidation, Alliance were used for services, but Qantas soon overtook these services from June 11, using Air Nauru (now "Our Airline") aircraft. Alliance currently holds wet-leasing contracts with Air Niugini for Papua New Guinea and North Queensland services.

[edit] Services

Charter flights are operated primarily for the resources sector. Alliance Airlines currently flies from Townsville to Phosphate Hill (Incitec Pivot - Southern Cross Operations), Century Mine (Zinifex Limited), Gove (Alcan), Cloncurry (Xstrata) and Cannington Mine (BHP Billiton). Alliance Airlines currently flies from Brisbane to Gove (Alcan), Ballera (Santos) and Telfer (Byrnecut). From November 2006, Alliance Airlines started operating charter services from Perth to Mount Keith (BHP Billiton) and Leinster (BHP Billiton). Charter services also extend from Brisbane to Canberra and the Australian Defence Forces use Alliance for charter flights to East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

Since mid-2005 Alliance has suspended its scheduled passenger services, instead focusing further on its charter activities.

Alliance has previously served the following airports in RPT roles:

[edit] Fleet

As of February 2007 the Alliance Airlines fleet includes:

8 Fokker F100

Services are provided using the following eight Fokker F100 aircraft:

Registration	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Delivery Date	Seating	Other Remarks
VH-FWI	Fokker F100	11318	31 July 2002	105Y	Former Norfolk Jet Hybrid Scheme. ex. Flight West VH-FWI.
VH-FWH	Fokker F100	11316	31 July 2002	105Y	ex. Flight West VH-FWH.
VH-FKA	Fokker F100	11345	17 July 2005	100Y	ex. US Airways N885US.
P2-ANB	Fokker F100	11349	26 July 2004	92Y/8J	On lease to Air Niugini. Entered service with Alliance as VH-FKC. ex. US Airways N887US.
VH-FKD	Fokker F100	11357	September 2005	100Y	ex. US Airways N888AU.
VH-FKE	Fokker F100	11358	9 July 2004	92Y/8J	Stored at Brisbane - to be parted out. ex. P2-ANA, VH-FKE, N889US.
VH-FKF	Fokker F100	11365	1 July 2005	100Y	ex. US Airways N890US.
VH-FKG	Fokker F100	11366	21 February 2005	105Y	ex. US Airways N891US.