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| Founded | October 1990 | |||
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| Hubs | Cairns Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Brisbane Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Townsville Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 12 | |||
| Destinations | 27 | |||
| Parent company | Australian Aviation Holdings | |||
| Headquarters | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |||
| Website | www.skytrans.com.au | |||
Skytrans is an Australian airline and air charter business with bases in Cairns, Townsville, Darwin, Brisbane and Perth. The airline flies regularly from Cairns to Cooktown, Lockhart River, Coen, Aurukun, and from Townsville to Palm Island.
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Skytrans was formed in October 1990 as a charter airline, and began scheduled flights in 1993. In November 2000, Skytrans merged with AirSwift Aviation, another small regional airline based in Cairns. In June 2001, Skytrans took over services to Cooktown and Karumba from MacAir Airlines. In January 2005, the airline began to operate in competition with QantasLink on the Cairns — Townsville route, operating from its own terminals in both cities.
In December 2006, the airline was acquired from its founders by Australian Aviation Holdings, which also owns Queensland Regional Airlines and Inland Pacific Air. Skytrans and QRA have now merged under the Skytrans banner.
In July 2009 Skytrans changed its IATA designator from NP to Q6.
As of July 2011 the Skytrans fleet consists of:[1][2]
Skytrans provides scheduled service flights to a number of North Queensland destinations and operates charter flights throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and the SW Pacific. The airline also provides fly-in fly-out charter services to many large companies within the mining sector.
Scheduled flights operate from Cairns to Lockhart River, Coen, Aurukun, Mount Isa, Bamaga, Edward river, Normanton, Doomadgee, Gununa, Burketown and Kowanyama.
Scheduled flights operate from Brisbane to Toowoomba, Charleville, Quilpie, Windorah, Birdsville, Bedourie, Boulia, Mount Isa, St George, Cunnamulla and Thargomindah.
Charter operations operate to Comoro airport (Dili, East Timor) under an agreement with PDL Toll (for the Australian Defence Force).
Skytrans wet leases two of its Dash 8s to Maroomba Airlines.[3]
As of March 2011, Skytrans offers scheduled service at the following locations:[4]
Skytrans is the major sponsor of the Cairns Taipans in the NBL and supports various causes such as AFL Kickstart, Choice Business Australia, The Queensland Cancer Council, and Harold's House.
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