This is a list of defunct airlines of Australia.[1]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes | |
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AB | C32 | 1990 | 2010 | [2] | ||||
Aboriginal Air Services | I8 | 2000 | 2006 | |||||
Ad Astral Aviation | AT | 1986 | 2016 | |||||
1944 | 1973 | Founded by Frank William Follett. Acquired by East-West Airlines. Operated de Havilland Fox Moth, Lockheed Hudson, de Havilland Dragonfly, Douglas C-47A[3] | ||||||
Adelaide Airways | 1935 | 1957 | Formed by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Merged with the Orient Steam Navigation Company and the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited in 1936 to form Australian National Airways (ANA) | |||||
Advance Airlines | DR | 1974 | 1981 | |||||
1971 | 1973 | Operated Aero Commander 560, Aero Commander 680, Cessna 402[4] | ||||||
1919 | 1919 | First registered aerial transport company in Australia[5] | ||||||
1999 | 2010 | Operated Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante[6] | ||||||
Aero-Tropics Air Services | HC | ATI | 1999 | 2008 | ||||
Aeropelican Air Services | OT | PEL | PELICAN | 1971 | 2013 | Former staff of Aeropelican went on to establish FlyPelican using the former Aeropelican fleet. Operated Cessna 402, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, Swearingen Metroliner | ||
Air Australia | VC | AGC | STRATEGIC | 2008 | 2012 | Formed as Strategic Airlines. Operated Airbus A320-200, Airbus A330-200 | ||
1949 | 1962 | Formed as a consortium of Australian National Airways and MacRobertson Miller Airlines to transport beef. Operated Bristol Freighter, Lockheed 10, Douglas DC-3[7] | ||||||
1989 | 2003 | Overnight freight carrier. To TransAustralian Air. Operated Boeing 727[8] | ||||||
1987 | 1990 | Commuter carrier. Operated Piper Navajo[9] | ||||||
1988 | 2005 | Charter carrier. Operated Cessna 402[10] | ||||||
1952 | 1979 | Cargo charter carrier. Operated Bristol Freighter[11] | ||||||
BB | 1971 | 1982 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Piper Navajo[12] | |||||
1991 | 1991 | Operated Short Skyvan[13] | ||||||
UV | 1990 | 1996 | Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Short 330[14] | |||||
1999 | 2005 | Charter flight. Operated Cessna 210, Embraer Bandeirante, Piper Navajo[15] | ||||||
Air Queensland | QN | AQN | BUSHAIR | 1981 | 1988 | Absorbed into Australian Airlines | ||
TL | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Short 330[16] | |||||
1947 | 1947 | Made only a single flight to and from Sydney - Singapore with a Handley Page Halifax[17] | ||||||
1928 | 1948 | Formed by John Ronald Shafto Adair. Operated Avro Avian, Waco 10, de Havilland DH.60 Moth, de Havilland Hawk Moth[18] | ||||||
Airlines of Australia | 1935 | 1942? | Controlling interest in 1937 by Australian National Airways | |||||
Airlines of New South Wales | WX | NEWSOUTH | 1959 | 1993 | Absorbed into Ansett | |||
BT | 1982 | 1985 | Operated Fokker F27, Fokker F28[19] | |||||
Airlines of South Australia | GJ | ALSA | 1960 | 1986 | Subsidiary of Ansett Australia | |||
Airlines of South Australia | RT | LRT | 1987 | 2006 | Independent airline form by a merger of Lincoln Airlines and Augusta Airways | |||
MV | AWA | AIRWA | 1981 | 1984 | Operated Fokker F28[20] | |||
2000 | 2007 | Merged into Skytrans Airlines[21] | ||||||
Airtex Aviation | 1982 | 2010 | ||||||
UX | 1979 | 1998 | [22] | |||||
1960 | 1962 | Operated Supermarine Walrus[23] | ||||||
1977 | 2005 | Aborigine owned carrier. Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 210, Cessna 310, Cessna 404, Cessna 441[24] | ||||||
Ansett Air Freight | 1989 | 2000 | ||||||
WX | NSW | NEWSOUTH | 1968 | 1981 | [25] | |||
Ansett Australia | AN | AAA | ANSETT | 1936 | 2002 | |||
WX | NSW | NEWSOUTH | 1959 | 1993 | Operated Aérospatiale N 262, Fokker F28, Fokker 50, DHC-6 Twin Otter[26] | |||
1961 | 1973 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Fokker F27, Bristol 170, DHC-4 Caribou, Short Skyvan[27] | ||||||
1961 | 1969 | Operated Douglas DC-3[28] | ||||||
1971 | 1992 | Renamed Air Facilities. Operated Cessna 150, Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Cessna 177, Cessna 210, Cessna 310[29] | ||||||
1968 | 1973 | Renamed Science Aids. Operated Cessna 206[30] | ||||||
1961 | 1970 | Renamed Great Western Airlines[31] | ||||||
Asian Express Airlines | HJ | AXF | 1996 | 2008 | Renamed from Premier Airlines in 1996 and rebranded as Tasman Cargo Airlines in 2008 | |||
1938 | 2000 | Air services on behalf of Consolidated Zinc and BHP. Operated de Havilland Heron, Grumman Gulfstream[32] | ||||||
2008 | 2009 | Aerial survey. Operated Partenavia P.68[33] | ||||||
BH | 1983 | 1998 | Acquired Lincoln Airlines and renamed Airlines of South Australia. Operated Aero Commander 500[34] | |||||
Aus-Air | NO | AUS | AUS-AIR | 1956 | 1999 | |||
Australia Asia Airlines | IM | AAU | AUSTASIA | 1990 | 1996 | Subsidiary of Qantas | ||
1956 | 1982 | Renamed Aus-Air. Operated Piper Navajo, Piper Apache, Piper Twin Comanche, Piper Cherokee Six[35] | ||||||
XM | XME | QANTAS | 1992 | 2013 | [36] | |||
TN | AUS | AUSTRALIAN | 1986 | 1993 | Operated A300B4, A320, Boeing 727, Boeing 737-300, BAe Jetstream 31, DHC Dash 8 Douglas DC-9[37] | |||
Australian Airlines | AO | AUZ | AUSTRALIAN | 2002 | 2006 | Subsidiary of Qantas | ||
Australian National Airways | 1930 | 1931 | ||||||
Australian National Airways (ANA) | 1936 | 1957 | Sold to Ansett Airways and they merged to form Ansett-ANA | |||||
1988 | 1993 | Was a subsidiary of Australian Airlines. Operated DHC Dash 8, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27[38] | ||||||
1935 | 1936 | Operated two General Aircraft Monospar ST-12s and a Southern Moon. Co-founded by Harold Berryman. ATA did the mail run from Darwin to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.[39] Engine failure at Woodgreen Station, NT, 6/9/1935.[40] | ||||||
1979 | 1985 | Established as Advance Airlines of Australia. Operated Embraer Bandeirante, de Havilland Heron, Beech King Air, Aero Commander 690[41] | ||||||
BackpackersXpress | 2005 | Not launched | ||||||
1986 | 1988 | Operated Sikorsky S-61N[42] | ||||||
1947 | 1954 | Integrated in Ansett Flying Boat Services. Operated PBY Catalina, Short Sandringham[43] | ||||||
1974 | 1980 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Embraer Bandeirante, Piper Navajo[44] | ||||||
1972 | 1976 | Established as Brain & Brown Airfreighters in 1949. Operated Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy, Douglas C-47[45] | ||||||
Big Sky Express | JT | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
AB | BNZ | BONZA | 2023 | 2024 | Operated Boeing 737-8[46] | |||
1983 | 1983 | Operated Boeing 727[47] | ||||||
BQ | 1949 | 1976 | Renamed BBA Air Cargo and ceased in 1979. Operated AW.660 Argosy, Avro Anson, Douglas C-47[48] | |||||
Brindabella Airlines | FQ | BRI | BRINDABELLA | 1994 | 2013 | |||
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines | 1946 | 1954 | Taken over by Qantas | |||||
QN | AQN | BUSHAIR | 1951 | 1981 | Became BPA then renamed Air Queensland in 1981 | |||
1971 | 1976 | Operated Trislander, Piper Navajo.[49] | ||||||
Butler Air Transport | 1934 | 1959 | Absorbed into Ansett as Airlines of New South Wales | |||||
1963 | 1979 | Renamed Skywest Airlines[50] | ||||||
1970 | 1976 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech Baron[51] | ||||||
1980 | 2009 | Operated Swearingen Merlin II, Piper Saratoga[52] | ||||||
1994 | 1996 | Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra[53] | ||||||
1983 | 1994 | Renamed Aircruising Australia. Operated Fokker F27 Friendship[54] | ||||||
1971 | 1981 | Acquired by Wings Australia. Operated GAF Nomad[55] | ||||||
Coastal Airways | 1962 | 1984 | ||||||
2002 | 2002 | Tours and charter carrier. Operated Mitsubishi MU-2[56] | ||||||
1989 | 1989 | Operated BN Islander[57] | ||||||
1979 | 1985 | Operated Short 360[58] | ||||||
1968 | 1969 | Founded by Forrester Stephen Pty & Farmair Pty. Established as Commuter Air Services in 1967[59] | ||||||
Compass Airlines | YM | CYM | COMPAIR | 1990 | 1991 | Operated Airbus A300-600, Airbus A310-200 | ||
YM | CYM | 1992 | 1993 | Formed as Southern Cross Airlines, and purchased the name and "goodwill" of the original Compass Airlines (Australia). Operated McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82, McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-83 | ||||
1981 | 1985 | Operated Piaggio P.166[60] | ||||||
CK | 1970 | 1979 | Established as Connellan Airways in 1943. Renamed Northern Airlines. Operated Douglas DC-3[61] | |||||
Connellan Airways | CX | 1939 | 1980 | Acquired by East-West-Airlines | ||||
1997 | 2005 | Operated BN Islander[62] | ||||||
1958 | 1983 | Renamed Countryair. Operated BN Islander, Piper Comanche, Piper Navajo, Piper Aztec, Piper Cherokee[63] | ||||||
XL | NSW | 1991 | 2001 | [64] | ||||
CE | 1983 | 1991 | Established as Country Air Services in 1958[65] | |||||
CE | 1980 | 1982 | Formed by the merger of Business Aviation, Cobden Airways, Sandon Airlines. Operated Piper Navajo, Partenavia P.68[66] | |||||
FD | 1987 | 1990 | Established as Waratah Air Services in 1985. Renamed Sydney Airlines[67] | |||||
1988 | 1993 | Operated Douglas DC-3[68] | ||||||
1992 | 2002 | Operated Douglas DC-3[69] | ||||||
1958 | 1980 | Renamed Avdev Airlines Davey. Operated de Havilland Heron, Piper Apache, Piper Aztec, Piper Comanche, Cessna 310, Embraer Bandeirante[70] | ||||||
1988 | 1991 | Operated Douglas C-47[71] | ||||||
1971 | 1982 | Operated Cessna Titan, Embraer Bandeirante[72] | ||||||
East-West Airlines | EW | EWA | EASTWEST | 1947 | 1993 | Absorbed into Ansett | ||
Eastland Air | DK | ELA | 1991 | 2003 | ||||
V2 | AKT | 2004 | 2005 | Privately owned airline[73] | ||||
Emu Airways | TL | 1970 | 2005 | |||||
1980 | 1998 | Operated Cessna 402, Piper Seneca[74] | ||||||
1976 | 1979 | Operated BN Islander, Trislander[75] | ||||||
Flight West Airlines | YC | FWQ | UNITY | 1987 | 2001 | Sold to Queensland Aviation Holdings | ||
CK | 1952 | 1990 | Established as WT Dwyer Airlines in 1946. Operated Beech D18S, Cessna 205, Piper Comanche, Piper Cherokee[76] | |||||
1932 | 1933 | Merged with Holyman's Airways to form Tasmanian Aerial Services[77] | ||||||
FC | 2016 | 2020 | Rebranded as Link Airways[78] | |||||
2014 | 2017 | Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[79] | ||||||
1974 | 1978 | Operated Douglas C-47A, GAF Nomad, Short Skyvan[80] | ||||||
1980 | 1985 | Commuter service. Operated Partenavia Victor, Rockwell Shrike Commander[81] | ||||||
FK | 1977 | 1979 | Operated Partenavia Victor, Piper Navajo[82] | |||||
1980 | 1983 | Operated Douglas C-47A[83] | ||||||
1948 | 1960 | Absorbed into Mandated Airlines. Operated Junkers Ju 52, Lockheed Lodestar, Noorduyn Norseman[84] | ||||||
Global Air | GAG | GLOBAL AIRGROUP | 1997 | 2005 | Operated Boeing 747SP | |||
1983 | 1985 | Operated Douglas C-47A[85] | ||||||
Golden Eagle Airlines | ||||||||
1983 | 1989 | Operated Douglas C-47[86] | ||||||
1954 | 1955 | Founded by Sir Reginald Barnewall. Renamed Southern Airlines (Australia). Operated Avro Anson[87] | ||||||
Great Western Aviation | 1998 | 2006 | ||||||
1927 | 1959 | Renamed Airlines of South Australia. Operated de Havilland DH.37, Airco DH.9, Junkers W 34, de Havilland DH.60 Moth, Westland Widgeon, Junkers F 13, de Havilland Fox Moth[88] | ||||||
1982 | 1990 | Operated Cessna Titan, GAF Nomad, DHC-6 Twin Otter[89] | ||||||
1928 | 1930 | Founded by H.T. (Bunny) Hammond. Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth[90] | ||||||
Hart Aircraft Service | 1929 | 1938 | Sold to Victorian & Interstate Airways | |||||
Hazelton Airlines | ZL | HZL | HAZELTON | 1953 | 2001 | Acquired by Australiawide Airlines and merged with Kendell Airlines to form Rex Airlines | ||
HZ | 1975 | 1985 | Scheduled passenger services [91] | |||||
1973 | 1973 | Third-level services. Operated Cessna 401[92] [93] | ||||||
1928 | 1936 | Founded by Les Holden. Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth, de Havilland Giant Moth, Avro Avian[94] [95] | ||||||
1932 | 1933 | Merged with Flinders Island Airways to form Tasmanian Aerial Services[96] | ||||||
Holyman's Airways | 1934 | 1936 | Merged with Adelaide Airways and West Australian Airways to form Australian National Airways[97] | |||||
Horizon Airlines | BN | HZA | HORIZ AIR | 1999 | 2004 | Established as International Aviation in 1998. Acquired by Macair Airlines. Operated Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Short Skyvan, Swearingen Metroliner | ||
IDP | 1998 | 2002 | Established as IPEC in 1976. Operated Boeing 727-200, Fokker F27, McDonnell Douglas DC-9[98] | |||||
1961 | 1967 | Operated Cessna 172, Cessna 182, Cherokee Six, Piper Aztec, Aero Commander 100, Mooney M20[99] | ||||||
Impulse Airlines | VQ | IPU | IMPULSE | 1992 | 2004 | Absorbed into QantasLink, Operated Beechcraft C99, Beechcraft 1900D, British Aerospace Jetstream 41, Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Boeing 717 | ||
Independent Air Freighters | IDP | 1993 | 1998 | Renamed IAF Air Freighters | ||||
CCX | 1992 | 1994 | Operated L-188 Electra[100] | |||||
IndoJet Asia | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
1993 | 2007 | Acquired by Skytrans Airlines. Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Swearingen Merlin II[101] | ||||||
IPEC | IN | IPA | 1976 | 1993 | Renamed Independent Air Freighters | |||
1971 | 1972 | Merged into Union Air[102] | ||||||
DG | 1996 | 1999 | [103] | |||||
2003 | 2004 | Operated Piper Chieftain[104] [105] | ||||||
1965 | 1973 | Scheduled services. Operated BN-2 Islander[106] [107] | ||||||
1980 | 1984 | Operated Beech Baron[108] [109] | ||||||
1982 | 1999 | Merged into Aboriginal Air Services. Operated Cessna Grand Caravan[110] | ||||||
1978 | 1982 | Formed by Southbank Aviation, Pilbara Air Services, Australian Jet Charter. Operated Beech Super King Air, Mitsubishi MU-2, Piper Aztec, Piper Chieftain, Swearingen Metroliner, Ted Smith Aerostar[111] [112] | ||||||
1969 | 1970 | Operated Vickers Viscount[113] | ||||||
1969 | 1970 | Operated five Douglas DC-3[114] | ||||||
JCC | JETCRAFT | 1989 | 2008 | Renamed Toll Priority. Operated Fairchild Metroliner[115] | ||||
JetGo | JG | JGO | JETGO | 2011 | 2018 | |||
Kendell Airlines | KD | KDA | KENDELL | 1971 | 2002 | Acquired by Australiawide Airlines and merged with Hazelton Airlines to form Rex Airlines | ||
1974 | 1998 | Operated Cessna 210, Piper Navajo[116] | ||||||
1968 | 1973 | Third-level services in New South Wales. Operated Beech Bonanza, Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee Six[117] | ||||||
1980s | 1980s | Operated Piper Navajo[118] | ||||||
2004 | 2018 | Operated GippsAero GA8 Airvan, Cessna Stationair[119] | ||||||
RT | LRT | 1987 | 1998 | Renamed Augusta Airways. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[120] | ||||
1969 | 1982 | Operated Piper Aztec, BN Islander, Rockwell 685[121] | ||||||
JK | 1984 | 1994 | Charter carrier[122] | |||||
1997 | 1999 | Renamed Aero-Tropics Air Services. Operated Aero Commander 500[123] | ||||||
Lloyd Aviation | . | QUEENSLAND | 1969 | 1990 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Mohawk 298, Fokker F28-4000, Cessna 500, CASA C-212, Short 330 | |||
UD | 1969 | 1990 | Merged into Skywest Airlines (Australia). Operated Aérospatiale N 262, Cessna 441, Cessna Citation, Embraer Bandeirante, Fokker F28, Short 330[124] | |||||
MacAir Airlines | CC | MCK | MACAIR | 1996 | 2009 | |||
1978 | 1979 | Operated de Havilland Dove[125] | ||||||
MT | MTD | 1978 | 1979 | Operated Piper Twin Comanche, Piper Cherokee, Piper Seneca, Ted Smith Aerostar, Aero Commander 500[126] | ||||
MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) | MV | MILLER | 1927 | 1981 | In 1963 became a division of Ansett Transport Industries and was renamed MacRobertson Miller Airline Services. Renamed Airlines of Western Australia in 1981. | |||
1994 | 1995 | Operated Mohawk 298[127] | ||||||
1937 | 1967 | Operated Avro Anson, Avro Cadet, Douglas DC-2, de Havilland Puss Moth, de Havilland Dragon, Lockheed 10 Electra, Short Scion[128] | ||||||
EK | 1971 | 1967 | Operated Beech Queen Air, Beech Twin Bonanza, Douglas DC-3, Embraer Bandeirante, Cessna 402[129] | |||||
1992 | 2000 | Renamed MacAir Airlines in May 1998 | ||||||
1986 | 1989 | Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 340, Piper Navajo[130] | ||||||
1992 | 1993 | Operated Cessna 402,[131] | ||||||
1929 | 1929 | Operated Airco DH.9C,[132] | ||||||
1957 | 1965 | Operated Beech Travel Air, de Havilland Dragon, Lockheed 12A[133] | ||||||
1965 | 1973 | Operated De Havilland Drover, BN Islander, Piper Super Cub, Piper Apache, Piper Cherokee Six, Piper Comanche[134] | ||||||
1979 | 1986 | Operated Short 360, Piper Chieftain[135] | ||||||
NC | NJS | 1990 | 2009 | Renamed Cobham Aviation Services Australia[136] | ||||
1972 | 1977 | Established as Air Charter Tours Renamed Southern Cross Airways. Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 401[137] [138] | ||||||
New England Airways | 1931 | 1935 | Floated as Airlines of Australia in 1935 | |||||
1948 | 1948 | Founded by G. W. Board and C. R . Hanlon. Charter services. Operated Douglas DC-5[139] | ||||||
1994 | 1995 | Acquired by Pel-Air[140] | ||||||
1982 | 1999 | Merged into Aboriginal Air Services. Operated Cessna 208 Caravan[141] | ||||||
1987 | 1999 | Merged into Aboriginal Air Services. Operated Cessna 208 Caravan, Cessna 210[142] | ||||||
1962 | 1963 | Amalgamated with SA Air Taxis. Operated Avro Anson, Cessna 180, Cessna 185, Cessna 210, Piper Aztec[143] | ||||||
OF | 1975 | 1983 | Established as Whitaker Pty in 1970. Merged into Sunstate Airlines[144] | |||||
1993 | 2011 | Operated Boeing 767, Airbus A300[145] | ||||||
Norfolk Air | N5 | NFK | NORFIK AIR | 2006 | 2011 | |||
UG | NIA | 1988 | 1991 | Established as Norfolk Island Airlines[146] | ||||
Norfolk Island Airlines | UG | NIA | 1973 | 1992 | ||||
Norfolk Island Airlines | 2017 | 2018 | Used Nauru Airlines aircraft | |||||
Norfolk Jet Express | YE | 1997 | 2005 | |||||
North Queensland Airways | 1936 | 1938 | ||||||
1979 | 1981 | Established as Connair in 1970[147] | ||||||
1976 | 1982 | Operated Beech Baron, Piper Cherokee Six[148] | ||||||
1981 | 1982 | Operated Piper Chieftain[149] | ||||||
O'Connor Airlines | UQ | OCM | OCONNOR | 1973 | 2007 | |||
OB | OPA | 1963 | 1986 | Operated Cessna 210, Cessna 310, Cessna 402, Cessna 421, Swearingen Merlin[150] | ||||
RF | 1984 | 1998 | Operated Beech Baron, BN-2 Islander[151] | |||||
1952 | 1952 | Operated Avro Anson, Lockheed Lodestar[152] [153] | ||||||
VQ | 1974 | 1994 | Founded by Brian Peel. Acquired by Impulse Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Beech 99, Beech 1900, Embraer Bandeirante, Piper Navajo[154] | |||||
OzJet | O7 | OZJ | AUSJET | 2005 | 2012 | |||
PACAV - Pacific Aviation Charters | PCV | Operated Beech 1900[155] | ||||||
1929 | 1936 | Founded by Ray Parer. Merged with W.R. Carpenter & Co (Aerial Service), to form Mandated Airlines. Operated Gipsy Moth, de Havilland DH.50, Junkers W 33, Fokker F.III[156] | ||||||
Pacific Air Express | PE | PAQ | SOLPAC | 1993 | 2021 | |||
1993 | 1996 | Operated Douglas C-54 Skymaster[157] | ||||||
PAR | 1996 | 1997 | Operated Lockheed L-100 Hercules[158] | |||||
1995 | 1997 | Operated Boeing 737-200[159] | ||||||
YP | 1968 | 1982 | Established as Port Augusta Air Services[160] | |||||
1978 | 1980 | Operated Douglas C-47[161] | ||||||
1993 | 1994 | Operated Cessna 401, Cessna 402[162] | ||||||
1968 | 1998 | Regional services. Operated Piper Cherokee[163] | ||||||
JV | 1977 | 1978 | Merged with Southbank Aviation and Australian Jet Charter to form Jet Charter Airlines[164] | |||||
1967 | 1968 | Renamed PAGAS[165] | ||||||
1967 | 1982 | Founded by Don Kendell. Renamed Kendell Airlines[166] | ||||||
1994 | 1996 | Renamed Asian Express Airlines. Operated Boeing 727-100 on behalf of DHL Aviation[167] | ||||||
1989 | 1993 | Operated Piper Navajo[168] | ||||||
1982 | 1999 | Merged into Aboriginal Air Services. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[169] | ||||||
1934 | 1967 | Renamed Qantas[170] | ||||||
1949 | 1958 | Acquired by Ansett. Operated Handley Page Dart Herald, Piaggio P.166[171] | ||||||
Queensland Pacific Airlines | 1988 | 1991 | ||||||
Queensland Pacific Airways | 1971 | 1972 | Absorbed by Bush Pilots Airways | |||||
Queensland Regional Airlines | Q7 | 2003 | 2007 | |||||
1989 | 1995 | Subsidiary of Pel-Air. Operated Beech Super King Air[172] | ||||||
Rebel Air | 1956 | 1988 | Operated Douglas DC-3[173] | |||||
Regional Pacific Airlines | QT | 2001 | 2010 | |||||
2004 | 2006 | Formed by the merger of Emu Airways and Airnorth[174] | ||||||
1949 | 1962 | Aerial survey, crop spraying. Operated Auster Autocar[175] | ||||||
1934 | 1935 | Operated de Havilland DH.50[176] | ||||||
RF | 1982 | 1988 | Merged with Airnorth and Tillair to form Air North International[177] | |||||
RFS | 1963 | 2017 | [178] | |||||
WI | 1987 | 1998 | Established as Rottnest Airlines in 1985. Renamed Maroomba Airlines. Operated BN-2 Islander, Beech Baron, Piper Navajo, Sikorsky S-61[179] | |||||
SA Air Taxis | 1958 | 1963 | Merged with Nicholas Air Charter and Muir Airlines forming SA and Territory Air Services. Operated Auster Autocrat, de Havilland Dragon, de Havilland Dove, Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Piper Comanche[180] | |||||
ZG | 1982 | 1994 | [181] | |||||
1978 | 1980 | Merged with Business Aviation and Cobden Airways to form Countrywide Airlines. Operated Piper Aztec, Piper Navajo[182] | ||||||
1987 | 1987 | Operated Beech 18, DHC-2 Beaver, Douglas C-47A[183] | ||||||
1973 | 1975 | Established as Arkaroola in 1968. Operated Cessna 206[184] | ||||||
2004 | 2006 | Merged with Sydney Harbour Seaplanes and Southern Cross Seaplane to form Sydney Seaplanes. Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Cessna 185[185] | ||||||
CD | 1992 | 1994 | Operated Aero Commander 690[186] | |||||
2004 | 2006 | Operated DHC-2 Beaver[187] | ||||||
1981 | 1983 | Freight carrier. Operated Douglas DC-3[188] | ||||||
OB | 1987 | 1999 | Founded by Alan Gawne. Operated daily services from Shepparton to Canberra & Sydney. Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[189] | |||||
XQ | 1978 | 1979 | Founded by Dick Dennis and Ken Rosen. Operated Cessna 180, Piper Cherokee Six[190] | |||||
1980 | 1988 | Founded by Paul Rees. Renamed Yanda Airlines. Operated Cessna 402[191] | ||||||
SkyAirWorld | S9 | SYW | SKY AIR | 2006 | 2009 | |||
1990s | 1990s | Operated Piper Chieftain | ||||||
2007 | 2010 | Operated Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave[192] | ||||||
1975 | 1993 | Integrated into Airnorth[193] | ||||||
Q6 | SKP | 2007 | 2015 | Peter Collings and Johnathan Thurston re-launched Skytrans[194] | ||||
XR | OZW | 1980 | 2013 | Established as Carnarvon Air Taxis in 1963. Rebranded as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines[195] | ||||
1984 | 2013 | Renamed Aviair[196] | ||||||
1950 | 1963 | Taken over by Bush Pilots Airways. Operated Auster J-1N Alpha, Beech Bonanza[197] [198] | ||||||
South Coast Airways | unknown | 1965[199] | Operated out of Wollongong and Sydney. Merged with East-West Airlines in 1953.[200] Serviced towns in regional NSW and Victoria.[201] [202] | |||||
1993 | 1998 | Operated Douglas DC-3[203] | ||||||
South Pacific Airways | SOUTH PACIFIC | 1974 | 1984 | Operated Piaggio P.166 | ||||
CE | 1977 | 1999 | To Jet Charter Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna 310, Cessna 402, Cessna Citation[204] | |||||
1955 | 1958 | Established as Goulburn Valley Air Services. Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron[205] | ||||||
1968 | 1972 | Operated Cessna 402, Piper Navajo[206] | ||||||
1992 | 2002 | Established in 1981 as Sunstate Airlines. Merged into Qantas. Operated BAe 146[207] | ||||||
1992 | 1993 | Renamed Compass Airlines (Australia) prior to starting operations. Refer to Compass Airlines MkII (Australia) for operated fleet. | ||||||
YK | 1978 | 1982 | Established as Air Charter Tours in 1970. Operated Beech Queen Air, Cessna 402[208] | |||||
1970s | 1970 | Operated Bristol Britannia[209] | ||||||
1991 | 1993 | Operated Frakes Mohawk[210] | ||||||
1997 | 1999 | Acquired Albatross Airlines in 1997[211] | ||||||
Sovereign Airlines | 1976 | 1982 | At Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne; forced into receivership during global recession[212] | |||||
OW | 1986 | 1987 | Operated Piper Navajo[213] | |||||
1937 | 1942 | Established as Stephens Aerial Transport in 1936. Operated de Havilland Hercules, de Havilland DH.50, de Havilland Giant Moth[214] | ||||||
1937 | 1942 | Established as Civil Flying Services in 1960. Acquired by Skywest Airlines (Australia). Operated Fairchild Metroliner[215] [216] | ||||||
STRATEGIC | 2009 | 2011 | Trading as Air Australia[217] | |||||
1984 | 1990 | Formed by the merger with Thorpe's Transport, Helitrans (Australia) and Outback Air. Operated Cessna 421, Embraer Bandeirante, BN-2 Islander, Cessna 310, Beech 99[218] | ||||||
1986 | 1989 | Acquired by Queensland Pacific Airlines. Operated BN-2 Islander, Partenavia P.68[219] | ||||||
Sunshine Express Airlines | CQ | EXL | 1998 | 2006 | Ceased all scheduled operations. Charter only. | |||
1939 | 1943 | Founded by Edward Connellan. Renamed Connellan Airways[220] | ||||||
1975 | 1999 | Operated Beech Baron, Piper Navajo Chieftain[221] | ||||||
FD | 1990 | 1990 | Took over Crane Airlines[222] | |||||
1993 | 2006 | Took over Aquatic Air. To Sydney Seaplanes. Operated DHC-2 Beaver[223] | ||||||
1979 | 1982 | Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[224] | ||||||
GG | TMR | 1950 | 1998 | Established as Tamworth Air Taxi Service in 1949. Renamed Eastern Australia Airlines. Operated Piper Chieftain, Cessna 310, Cessna 152[225] | ||||
1979 | 1988 | Operated DHC-3 Otter[226] | ||||||
Tasair | TA | 1998 | 2012 | |||||
2004 | 2006 | Operated Aero Commander 690, Piper Navajo Chieftain, Beech 1900[227] | ||||||
1974 | 1974 | Operated Grumman Goose, Piaggio P.166[228] [229] | ||||||
1998 | 1999 | Established as Kentialink Australia in 1997. Acquired by Fitzroy Aviation[230] | ||||||
1933 | 1933 | Formed by the merger of Flinders Island Airways and Holyman's Airways[231] | ||||||
Tasmanian Airways | 1926 | 1935 | ||||||
YW | 1975 | 1984 | Merged with Helitrans (Australia) and Outback Air to form Sunbird Airlines[232] | |||||
Tigerair Australia | TT | TGG | TIGOZ | 2007 | 2020 | Acquired in stages by Virgin Australia Holdings between 2012 and 2014. Brand retired in 2020. | ||
1983 | 1988 | Merged with Airnorth and Tillair to form Air North International[233] | ||||||
1947 | 1948 | Taken over by Australian National Airways. Operated Avro Anson[234] | ||||||
Trans Australia Airlines | TN | TAA | TRANSAIR | 1946 | 1994 | Rebranded as Australian Airlines in 1986. Acquired by Qantas in 1992. Brand retired. | ||
HW | AUC | AUSCARGO | 2001 | 2003 | Operated Boeing 727[235] | |||
1947 | 1962 | Operated Short Sunderland, Short Solent[236] | ||||||
1982 | 1982 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante[237] | ||||||
1967 | 1979 | Renamed Transwest Airlines. Operated BN-2 Islander, Beech King Air, De Havilland DHA-3 Drover, Piper Apache[238] [239] | ||||||
Transair | JT | 2002 | 2006 | |||||
1996 | 2000 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, DHC-6 Twin Otter[240] | ||||||
1979 | 1982 | Established as Trans-West Air Charter in 1967. Acquired by Skywest Airlines (Australia). Operated BN-2 Islander, Beech King Air, Beech Baron, Cessnas[241] | ||||||
1986 | 1987 | Operated Douglas DC-3[242] | ||||||
1977 | 1981 | Operated Douglas DC-3[243] | ||||||
EP | 1968 | 1982 | [244] | |||||
1983 | 1984 | Operated Douglas DC-3[245] | ||||||
UJ | 1971 | 1979 | [246] | |||||
LF | 1994 | 1999 | Regional services based in Cairns. Operated BN-2 Islander, Cessna 206, Cessna 310[247] | |||||
VA | VAU | VEE-OZ | 2009 | 2011 | [248] | |||
1936 | 1938 | Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth[249] [250] | ||||||
1961 | 1966 | Operated Douglas C-47, Douglas C-49, Douglas C-50[251] | ||||||
Vincent Aviation Australia | BF | VIN | 2004 | 2014 | ||||
DJ | VOZ | 2000 | 2011 | Operated Boeing 737-400, Embraer E170, Embraer E190[252] | ||||
1966 | 1996 | Operated Fokker F27, Dassault Falcon 20, Learjet 35[253] | ||||||
1985 | 1987 | Acquired by Crane Airlines[254] | ||||||
West Australian Airways | 1921 | 1936 | Purchased by Adelaide Airways | |||||
1971 | 1971 | Operated Piper Aztec, Cessna 185, Cessna 205, Cessna 210[255] | ||||||
EM | 1989 | 2002 | Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[256] | |||||
1982 | 1993 | Operated Mitsubishi MU-2, Cessna 310[257] | ||||||
SE | 1989 | 2006 | Operated Beech Baron, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Piper Cherokee Six[258] | |||||
1970 | 1975 | Renamed Noosa Air[259] | ||||||
WA | 1990 | 2000 | Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[260] | |||||
YI | 1990 | 2000 | Operated Cessna Citation II, Piper Navajo Chieftain[261] | |||||
1981 | 1984 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Beech Super King Air, Short 330[262] | ||||||
1948 | 1961 | Founded by James Wood. Operated Avro Anson[263] | ||||||
1946 | 1952 | Renamed Flinders Island Airlines[264] | ||||||
1990 | 1990 | Freight services for TNT. Operated British Aerospace 146[265] | ||||||
Yanda Airlines | YE | 1988 | 2001 |