Air Link Pty Ltd is an

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and air charter company based in

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, Australia. It operates air charter services and recommenced regular passenger services in November 2019. Its main base is

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History

The airline was formed and started operations in 1974 as an aircraft charter operation based in

. In 1989 the company was acquired by David and Barbara Miller. Regular regional airline services across western

were commenced in 1991, when

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divested itself of its piston-engined aircraft and the routes served by those aircraft. On 30 November 2005

Regional Express Holdings Regional Express Pty. Ltd., trading as Rex Airlines (and as Regional Express Airlines on regional routes), is an Australian airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional and domestic services. It is Australia's large ...

acquired all the shares in Air Link, with David Miller appointed as Chief Executive, and it was run as an independent airline within the Regional Express group. On 10 November 2008 Regional Express Holdings announced that Air Link would cease all scheduled operations on 20 December and concentrate on its air charter and aircraft maintenance business. Scheduled services resumed again in 2014 with a daily return service between Dubbo and Sydney operated on behalf of

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. In 2015, services commenced to

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in the company's Beech 1900D and in December 2017 Air Link ceased these flights. At the start of 2018 the company ceased all RPT operations for Regional Express, with the sole remaining Beech 1900D being sold in March and soon after suspended all charter flights. In September 2018, Regional Express Holdings sold the Air Link business to Aviation Logistics Holdings. From November 2019, Air Link recommenced regular passenger services with flights to Bourke, Lightning Ridge and

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using its

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fleet. From 2019, the fleet has been progressively refurbished, particularly to incorporate the company's new stylized logo.

Destinations

Prior to the cessation of scheduled services in December 2008, Air Link operated to the following destinations: * Bathurst * Bourke *

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* Lightning Ridge *

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Prior to the second cessation of scheduled services, Air Link operated to the following destinations on behalf of Regional Express Airlines: *

* Sydney Destinations from the recommencement of services in November 2019: * Bourke * Lightning Ridge *

Fleet

As of 2018 the Air Link fleet consists of the following aircraft: *2 Cessna 310R *3 Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain *3

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Formerly operated

Beechcraft 1900D The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With ...

References

External links

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