Norfolk Air
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| Norfolk Air | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA 'O7 |
ICAO ' |
Callsign Norfolk Air |
| Founded | 2006 | |
| Hubs | Norfolk Island Airport | |
| Fleet size | 1 | |
| Destinations | 4 | |
| Parent company | Norfolk Island Government | |
| Headquarters | Norfolk Island | |
| Key people | Ewan Wilson (General Manager | |
| Website: http://www.norfolkair.com | ||
Norfolk Air is an airline based on Norfolk Island operated by OzJet. It provides services between Norfolk Island and Sydney, Brisbane, Hamilton, Newcastle, and Melbourne. As Norfolk Island is an External Territory of Australia, Norfolk Air's flights from the Australian mainland operate from the International Terminal at each airport and Australian citizens must carry their passports in order to pass through Customs and Immigration checks and board the aircraft.
The airline began operations on November 1, 2006. The previous operator of services to the island, Norfolk Jet Express, went into voluntary liquidation on June 4, 2005 and ceased operations. This was because Air Nauru, which operated on behalf of Norfolk Jet Express, encountered financial problems and had its sole aircraft (a Boeing 737-400) repossessed. Temporary arrangements were subsequently put in place involving Alliance Airlines and Qantas, but this left the island without an airline it could call its own until Norfolk Air was established.
[edit] Fleet
As Of July 2007 Norfolk Air's fleet consists of one Boeing 737-200 operated on Norfolk Air's behalf by OzJet. Although Ozjet has painted one of its aircraft (VH-OZD) in the colours of Norfolk Air, any one of the four Boeing 737s in Ozjet's fleet may be used on services to and from the island if operational or maintenance requirements mean that VH-OZD is unavailable.
