Originally Posted by
megan
A company set up a helicopter operation in Tasmania in 1975, I was led to believe that the state government gave the company virtual monopoly rights for operations within the state as the state wanted a permanent operator rather than some out of state operator flying in for a specific contract and departing on completion, which was how things worked up until that time. Another operator would only be permitted to enter the state if the resident operator was unable to provide the service.
That may have been Hookway Helicopters following the collapse of the bridge in Hobart.