Skippers Aviation is an airline based in Osborne Park, a suburb of Perth. It is a charter company specialising in mining crew changes, executive charters and general flying for the mining industry in Western Australia, as well as search and rescue and medevac operations. It was established and started operations in 1990 and also operates a small scheduled network in Western Australia. Its main base is Perth Airport.
Services
Cessna 441 at Perth Airport
Fairchild Metro
Skippers Aviation operates services from Perth to the following domestic scheduled destinations:
The airline also services the mining industry in Western Australia, being the largest provider of fly-in fly-out services in the state. It operates over 100 regular flights per week in support of 15 major mining companies.[1]
Some of the mines it currently (2011) services:
Fleet
As of September 2013 the Skippers Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2]
Incidents
On 26 June 2007 a Skippers Aviation Embraer Brasilia on a charter flight was executing a go-around at Jundee Airstrip in Western Australia. During the go-around the crew experienced difficulties in controlling the aircraft, with the aircraft descending to 50 feet above the ground and the bank angle reaching 40 degrees. After regaining control, the crew realised that the left engine had stopped. The cause of the engine stoppage was fuel starvation.[3]
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