Northern Air Services at Horn Island, Torres Straits ceased operations Wed night, 10th July 2002. Barrier Aviation leased the aircraft from the owners and retained all staff to continue trading as of Thursday 12th July, servicing existing contracts. Barrier will evaluate the viability of long term operations in the Straits. At Horn it's business as usual for the time being, the Blue Tails and their pilots are still flying all over the straits. ( 2x AC50's and 1 x BN2). Another chapter in the fragile world of General Aviation closes.
