717 NJS - What's Going On?

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Originally Posted by aussieflyboy

Maybe you’ll be flying on QFs newest aircraft? (Not sure when exactly they’re due).

If my history is correct this particular subsidiary/franchise has been flying QF passengers since before QF had a domestic arm.

Yes, they were. National Jet Systems was established in 1989 and started operations on 1 July 1990. Initial flights commenced in 1991 on behalf of Australian Airlines, mainly to tourist destinations in northern Australia, operating a fleet of four British Aerospace 146-100 aircraft under Australian’s Airlink brand.

In the 1990s, Sunstate Airlines was acquired by Qantas and in 2001 Qantas rebranded Sunstate Airlines, Southern Australia Airlines and various other regional Australian airlines that it owned into one airline —QantasLink, which is what the airline still flies as today.