Timor Air was an

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launched in partnership with

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in July 2011. It was the proposed

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airline of

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

(Timor-Leste).

History

An agreement was signed with

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-based airline SkyAirWorld on 27 November 2008 to establish the airline using an Embraer ERJ-190 belonging to SkyAirWorld, and taking advantage of SkyAirWorld's management expertise."Timor Air to fly internationally", ABC News online.
Retrieved 28 November 2008 However, SkyAirWorld ceased operations in March 2009. Timor Air's founder Jeremias Desousa gave the government of Timor-Leste a 10% share in the new airline. In April 2012, the airline signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AvCon Worldwide Limited, a London, UK based aviation consulting firm, and appointed managing director of AvCon Worldwide Limited, James Stewart Kim as its new CEO. In May 2012, the airline ceased Saab 340 operations on the Dili-Darwin route due to low patronage. The same month, the airline signed an MoU with an undisclosed operator to serve the Dili-Darwin route with jet equipment, and to commence services on other routes under its plan."Timor Air inks partnership with jet carrier, CEO says" Air Transport World online
Retrieved 17 May 2012
Retrieved 17 May 2012

Destinations

Plans were to initially fly daily services from Dili's

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili Airport , officially Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport ( pt, Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato, ), and formerly Comoro Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Komoro), is an international airport serving Dili, the capital ...

to the island of

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; and to Darwin,

; with services to commence on 2 February 2009.Murdoch, Lindsay
"Timor Air set to take to the skies"
''

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'' online, 27 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008. Additional routes were expected to be added during 2009, but none came about. However a daily service from Dili to

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finally commenced 26 July 2011.

Fleet

At March 2012 Timor Air had one

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B, operated by

Demise

In May 2012, Timor Air stopped flights, saying it did not have enough passengers.Fledgling Timor Air stops Darwin to Dili flights

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, 10 May 2012

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Airlines established in 2011 Airlines disestablished in 2012 Defunct airlines of East Timor 2011 establishments in East Timor 2012 disestablishments in Asia {{Asia-airline-stub

History

Destinations

Fleet

Demise

See also

References