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Airnorth
Founded	1978
Hubs	Darwin International Airport, Kununurra Airport
Focus cities	Broome International Airport, Gove Airport, Perth Airport
Frequent flyer program	Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member lounge	Qantas Club
Fleet size	12
Destinations	11
Headquarters	Darwin
Key people	Michael Bridge (CEO)
Website	http://www.airnorth.com.au

For the Canadian airline, see Air North.

Airnorth Embraer 170 at Darwin International Airport

Capiteq Limited^[1], trading as Airnorth, is a regional airline^[2] 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. Its main base is Darwin International Airport, with a hub at Maningrida Airport.^[3]

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1978 and started operations on 4 July that year. 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 Operator's 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%).^[3] On 9 November 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.

[edit] Services

Airnorth operates the following services (at November 2008):^[4]

Domestic scheduled destinations: Broome, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Kununurra, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Elcho Island, McArthur River mine, Mt Isa ,Perth and to the Gold Coast

International scheduled destinations: Dili (East Timor).

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

[edit] Fleet

Airnorth VH-ANA Fairchild Metro 23 at Kununurra Airport

Airnorth Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia at Darwin International Airport during the dry season.

As of December 2009 the Airnorth fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[5]

On 9 July 2008 Airnorth announced that the airline would acquire and operate its second Embraer 170 through a Lease/Purchase contract with Jetscape; it was the first Embraer 170-AR (Advanced Range) to be built and was delivered to Airnorth from the Embraer factory in April 2009.^[6]^[7]

[edit] References

^ ABNLookup - Current details for 24 008 137 559
^ CASA website link to Airnorth Air Operator Certificate retrieved 27 November 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: pp. 70–71. 2007-03-27.
^ Airnorth route map page retrieved 27 November 2008
^ CASA civil aircraft register search, using "Capiteq" as the search parameter. Search conducted 10 December 2009.
^ "Airnorth acquires its second E170 jet". Airnorth. 2008-07-09. http://www.airnorth.com.au/index.php/news/read/33/. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
^ Bourchier, Daniel (2009-04-20). "Airnorth considers return of Darwin to Bali flight". Northern Territory News. http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/04/20/46111_ntnews.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

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[0] ABNLookup - Current details for 24 008 137 559

[AOC-1] CASA website link to Airnorth Air Operator Certificate retrieved 27 November 2008.

[FI-2] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: pp. 70–71. 2007-03-27.

[3] Airnorth route map page retrieved 27 November 2008

[4] CASA civil aircraft register search, using "Capiteq" as the search parameter. Search conducted 10 December 2009.

[E170-AR-5] "Airnorth acquires its second E170 jet". Airnorth. 2008-07-09. http://www.airnorth.com.au/index.php/news/read/33/. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

[AN-Bali-6] Bourchier, Daniel (2009-04-20). "Airnorth considers return of Darwin to Bali flight". Northern Territory News. http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/04/20/46111_ntnews.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

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Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Services

[edit] Fleet

[edit] References

[edit] External links