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Airlines in Australia

This page provides links to all currently operating international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo airlines registered in Australia. There are also tables for non-operating airlines that have failed since 1995, and failed airline projects. Click on Airline Name for contact, fleet, route and accident data.

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Airline	Main Base	Telephone	IATA code	ICAO code	IATA Prefix	ACMI	Start	End
Aeropelican Air Services	Newcastle (NTL)	+61 2 4928 9600	OT	PEL			1968	-
Air Link	Dubbo (DBO)	+61 2 6884 2435	DR	-			1971	-
Air South	Adelaide (ADL)	+61 8 8234 4988	-	-	-		1993	-
Aircruising Australia	Sydney (SYD)	+61 2 9693 2233	-	AIX			1983	-
Airlines of Tasmania	Launceston	+61 3 6359 2312	FO	ATM			1984	-
Airnorth	Darwin (DRW)	+61 8 8920 4000	TL	ANO	935		1978	-
Alliance Airlines	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 3212 1212	QQ	QQA	323		2002	-
Australian Air Express	Melbourne (MEL)	+61 3 9241 6599	XM	XME			1992	-
Brindabella Airlines	Canberra (CBR)	+61 2 6248 8711	FQ	-			1994	-
Cobham Aviation Services	Adelaide (ADL)	+61 8 8154 7000	NC	NJS			1990	-
Eastern Australia Airlines	Sydney (SYD)	+61 2 9691 2333	QF	EAQ			1949	-
Heavylift Cargo Airlines	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 2 9700 8043	HN	HVY	225		2002	-
Jetstar	Melbourne (MEL)	+61 3 8628 3400	JQ	JST			2004	-
Network Aviation Australia	Perth (PER)	+61 8 9277 8977	-	-			1998	-
Northwest Regional Airlines		+ 61 8 9192 1369	FY	NWR
Pacific Air Express	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 3267 0055	-	PAQ			1993	-
Pearl Aviation	Darwin (DRW)	+61 8 8982 5400	-	-			1964	-
Pel-Air	Sydney (SYD)	+61 2 9667 7700	-	QWA			1984	-
Qantas Airways	Sydney (SYD)	+61 2 9691 3636	QF	QFA	081		1922	-
QantasLink	Sydney	+61 2 9691 3636	QF				2002	-
Queensland Regional Airlines	Cairns	+61 7 3860 4777	Q7				2003	-
Rex - Regional Express	Sydney (SYD)	+61 2 9023 3555	ZL	HZL	361		2002	-
Regional Pacific Airlines	Cairns (CNS)	+61 7 4040 1400	QT	-			2001	-
Rossair Charter	Adelaide	+61 8 8234 4219		RFS	863		1963	-
Skippers Aviation	Perth (PER)	+61 8 9478 3989	JW				1990	-
SkyAirWorld	Eagle Farm BC 4009	+61 1300 759247					2007	-
Skywest Airlines	Perth (PER)	+61 8 9478 9999	XR	SLL			1963	-
Sunshine Express	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 5450 6222	CQ	EXL			1998	-
Sunstate Airlines	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 3308 9022	QF	SSQ			1982	-
Tasair	Hobart	+61 3 6248 5088					1965	-
Tasman Cargo Airlines							2008	-
Tiger Airways Australia							2007	-
Toll Aviation	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 73 860 4477	-	JCC			2007	-
V Australia	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 3295 3000	VA	VAU			2009	-
Virgin Blue	Brisbane (BNE)	+61 7 3295 3000	DJ	VOZ	856		2000	-

Defunct

Airline		IATA code	ICAO code	ACMI	Start	End
Aero-Tropics Air Services		HC	ATI		1995	2008
Air Australia		VC	VGC		2008	2012
Airlines of South Australia		RT	LRT		1987	2005
Ansett Australia		AN	AAA		1936	2002
Asian Express Airlines	Became Tasman Cargo Airlines	HJ	AXF		1996	2008
Australian Airlines		AO	AUZ		2001	2006
Big Sky Express					2004	2006
Eastland Air		DK	ELA		-	-
Eco Airlines		-	-		2004	2005
Flight West Airlines		YC	FWQ		1987	2001
Global Air		-	-		1997	2005
Inland Pacific Air		-	-		1993	2007
Jetcraft Aviation	Became Toll Aviation	-	JCC		1989	2007
Kendell Airlines		KD	KDA		1967	2001
MacAir Airlines		CC	MCK		1992	2009
National Jet Systems		NC	NJS		1990	-
O'Connor Airlines		UQ	OCM		1973	2007
OzJet Airlines		O7	OZJ		2005	2009
Strategic Airlines	Became Air Australia	VC	AGC	ACMI	2008	2011

Failed projects

Airline	Start	End
Air Kimberley	1995	1995
Aussie Airways	1998	1998
Australia World Airways	1998	2000
Australian Airlines	1998	1999
Australian Challenge Airways	2004	2004
Australian CityJet Holdings	1999	2000
BackpackersXpress	2003	2004
Challenge Airlines	1997	1997
LeisureJet	2004	2004
Pacific Transair	1995	1996
Palace Air	2003	2004
Spirit Airlines	1998	1999
Tropical Airlines	2002	2003