Airnorth

Infobox Airline
airline=Airnorth
logo=Airnorth logo.pnglogo_size=210
IATA=TL
ICAO=ANO
callsign=TOP END
parent=
founded=1978
key_people=Michael Bridge (CEO)
headquarters=Darwin
hubs=Darwin International Airport, Kununurra Airport
focus_cities=Broome International Airport,
Gove Airport,
Perth International Airport
frequent_flyer=Qantas Frequent Flyer
lounge=Qantas Club
alliance=
fleet_size=15 (+1 Order)
destinations=9
website= http://www.airnorth.com.au

Capiteq Limited [ [http://www.abr.business.gov.au/abnDetails.aspx?ABN=24008137559 ABNLookup - Current details for 24 008 137 559 ] ] , trading as Airnorth, is a regional airline [http://www.casa.gov.au/casadata/aoc/download/BN518845-44.pdf] based in Darwin in Australia. It operates scheduled and charter services in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, with an extension to East Timor and Indonesia. Its main base is Darwin International Airport, with a hub at Maningrida Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | pages= 70-71 | date= 2007-03-27]

History

The airline was established in 1978 and started operations on 4 July 1978. It 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, but in 2005 sold off both ASA and Emu. Airnorth is owned by Skyport Group (55%), QTEC (31%) and John Gamble (14%). On November 9, 2005, ASA and Emu Airways ceased operations.

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.

Services

Airnorth operates the following services (at May 2006): Fact|date=April 2007

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Broome, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Kununurra, Perth, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Elcho Island, and McArthur River mine.

*International scheduled destinations: Dili (East Timor) and Bali (Indonesia).

*Domestic charter destinations: Argyle diamond mine, Horn Island, Truscott and the Tiwi Islands.

Fleet

The Airnorth fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):

*3 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
*7 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
*4 Fairchild Metro 23
*1 Embraer 170

On 9 July 2008 Airnorth announced that the airline would acquire and operate it's second Embraer 170 through a Lease/Purchase contract with Jetscape and would be the very first Embraer 170-AR (Advanced Range) to be in operation in the World which will be delivered from the Embraer's factory from Brazil in April 2009.cite news | title= Airnorth acquires it second E170 jet | work= Airnorth | url=http://www.airnorth.com.au/index.php/news/read/33/ | date= 2008-07-09 |accessdate=2008-09-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.airnorth.com.au/ Airnorth]
* [http://www.regionallink.com.au/ RegionalLink Airlines]

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