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Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd, operating as Link Airways, formerly known as Fly Corporate, is an Australian regional airline based at Brisbane Airport, Queensland. The airline operates scheduled regional passenger services in
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and the
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. Link Airways operates a fleet of Saab 340B Plus and Fairchild Metro 23 turboprop aircraft. On 11 August 2020 the company rebranded from Fly Corporate to Link Airways.


Overview

Link Airways was launched as Fly Corporate in 2016 by Corporate Air, an existing
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company that has been operating since 1972. The airline bases its aircraft at Brisbane Airport and
Canberra Airport Canberra Airport is an international airport situated in the District of Majura, Australian Capital Territory serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, as well as the nearby city of Queanbeyan and regional areas of the Australian Capital Te ...
, from where it operates to regional destinations across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. In October 2020, Link Airways announced that it would begin scheduled flights between Canberra and Hobart (6 days per week) as well as Canberra and Newcastle (11 times per week). On 2 December 2021 it was announced Link Airways would operate flights for
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on the Sydney to Canberra route from 30 January 2022 under a
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arrangement.


Fleet

As of July 2022, the Link Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:


Destinations

Link Airways operates to the following destinations: *
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** Canberra *
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** Coffs Harbour ** Dubbo **
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Narrabri Narrabri ( ) is a locality and seat of Narrabri Shire local government area in the North West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia on the Namoi River, northwest of Sydney. It sits on the junction of the Kamilaroi Highway and the Newell Highw ...
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** Sydney ** Tamworth **
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wa ...
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Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
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Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Ban ...
** Bundaberg *
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** Hobart *
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
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Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...


See also

*
List of airlines of Australia The airline industry in Australia began in the early 1920s with Western Australian Airways on the west coast, and Australian Aircraft and Engineering Company on the east coast. In 1921, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS ...


References


External links

* {{Regional Aviation Association of Australia Airlines established in 2016 Australian companies established in 2016 Airlines of Australia Companies based in Brisbane Regional Aviation Association of Australia