Interesting posts. But it looks like Sphoiler hit the nail on the head. You could not possibly blame original or current management for the demise, as stated it was "the" company in the late 90's. It shows how tough an industry it is. If the richest Aboriginal group in Australia decide that GA is too hard to make a return on investment. The sad part is that white fella ripped off black fella again being the CD management era. Same thing happened to Air N if you read alot of previous proon posts but they kept going after changing it from Kiwi land.
As a limited poster and long term reader Darwin seems just as volatile as anywhere else in aviation. It does seem though as one operator closes another opens, the grapevine says that Barrier Aviation is starting in Darwin, although that rumor has been milling for some time. There is also the rumor of Tiwi Travel oh and the rumor of Sunshine something? Sounds like interesting times in Darwin.
Hardy, NAC & AF are the only non Aboriginally backed GA outfits and they seem to be sticking in there.
Time goes on and the only thing that changes are the faces.