Alliance Airlines

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Alliance Airlines

IATA QQ	ICAO UTY	Callsign UNITY
Founded		31 July 2002
Fleet size		8 Fokker 100 aircraft
Destinations		Frequent charter destinations include: Phosphate Hill - Incitec Pivot - Southern Cross Operations; Century Mine - Zinifex; Telfer - Newcrest; Gove - Alcan; Cloncurry - Xstrata.
Headquarters		Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Key people		Steve Padgett (Chairman) Scott McMillan (Managing director)
Website: http://www.allianceairlines.com.au

Alliance Airlines is a charter airline based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It provides a range of services including ad hoc and contract charter, maintenance and wet/dry leasing. Its main base and hangar is at Brisbane International Airport (BNE) and it also has a hub at Townsville International Airport (TSV).

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in early August 2002 when Brisbane-based Queensland Airline Holdings (made up of Steve Padgett from Aeromil, Airwork's Hugh Jones and Lloyd Helicopters' Stephen Bond) acquired the assets of the dormant Flight West Airlines, which had been established on 25 May 1987 and was liquidated in 2000. They called the new airline Alliance Airlines to reflect their philosophy of working closely with the travel industry and their aviation partners.

Alliance had wet leasing contracts with Norfolk Jet Express, until that airline was liquidated on 4 June 2005. For the first week after liquidation, Alliance were used for services, but it was planned that Qantas would operate the flights from 11 June using Air Nauru aircraft. Alliance currently holds wet-leasing contracts with Air Niugini for Papua New Guinea and North Queensland services. Alliance Airlines is wholly owned by the Queensland Airline Holdings consortium.

[edit] Services

Charter flights are operated primarily for the resources sector. Alliance Airlines currently flies from Townsville to Phosphate Hill Mine (Incitec Pivot - Southern Cross Operations), Century Mine (Zinifex Limited), Telfer Mine (Newcrest), Gove (Alcan), Cloncurry (Xstrata) and Cannington (BHP Billiton). From November 2006, Alliance Airlines will operate charter services from Perth to Mount Keith (BHP Billiton) and Leinster (BHP Billiton). Charter services also extend from Brisbane to Canberra and the Australian Defence Forces use Alliance for charter flights to East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

Since mid-2005 Alliance has suspended its scheduled passenger services, instead focusing further on its charter activities.

Alliance has previously served the following airports in RPT roles:

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Alliance Airlines fleet includes ^[1] :

Services are provided using the following eight Fokker F100 aircraft:

Registration	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Delivery Date	Seating Configuration	Other Remarks
VH-FWI	Fokker 100	11318	31 July 2002	92Y/8J	Former Norfolk Jet Hybrid Scheme. Ex. Flight West VH-FWI.
VH-FWH	Fokker 100	11316	31 July 2002	92Y/8J	Ex. Flight West VH-FWH.
VH-FKA	Fokker 100	11345	17 July 2005	100Y	Ex. US Airways N885US.
P2-ANB	Fokker 100	11349	26 July 2004	92Y/8J	On lease to Air Niugini. Entered service with Alliance as VH-FKC. Ex. US Airways N887US.
VH-FKD	Fokker 100	11357	September 2005	92Y/8J	Ex. US Airways N888AU.
P2-ANA	Fokker 100	11358	9 July 2004	92Y/8J	On lease to Air Niugini. Entered service with Alliance as VH-FKE. Ex. US Airways N889US.
VH-FKF	Fokker 100	11365	1 July 2005	100Y	Ex. US Airways N890US.
VH-FKG	Fokker 100	11366	21 February 2005	92Y/8J	Ex. US Airways N891US.