Air North Emu Takeover
 

Heard a rumour earlier this week that AN have taken over Emu..

Anyone else have more info?

N

Yes, I saw one of their Metros' at Murray Is doing circuits and it's true....

Wildman was the Captain, and Millie was the caterer.

;)

And don't forget the rumour that they are also targeting O'Connors ( either as an alliance or as an aquisition[just the SA routes]).

Mind you I suppose that they need something to make some money after having bought those clapped out old Bandits from the "ripoff artists of SA".

If this all goes ahead, then they will have a VERY diversified fleet!

M23, J32, B1900, E110,C441 and E120 ,just to mention the turboprop fleet.... what a headache!

Wiggums, that is something Air North has been doing for ages.... running several different types in a fleet... a handful of 210's, some with some without gear door mods, some IFR some not, C402s mostly "C"s but ARJ was a 'B" a 414 a 421 a conquest, Metro 3 then a Metro 2 then two Metro 23's and a Metro 2, sold the 2 for a C90 Kingair, there were a couple of shorts 330s for a while.... couple of Brazs. Thats just the space of 1993-1999!

Diversified fleet? No problem, been doing that for 30 years! Mind you, not saying it was SENSIBLE :uhoh:

Natit .... those rumours are circulating up here too...

That was another feature of life at ANR... all the stuff that should not have been secret, was, and the stuff that should have been very secret, everyone outside the company knew about!

Watching with interest......

Thought AirNorth got rid of all their pistons to ChartA**.

Or are they still the same company?

ITCZ
Nothing much has changed it would appear.
Steely
Flying Mech
Which one of the three metros was flying at Murray island?
Where is this island?
FB
Airnorth and Chart*** are all part of the same group but have nothing to do with each other.Airnorth is an all turbine operation with 6 EMB120's and 3 Metro23's.
Steely

So, has a takeover happened or not???? Surely someone on here must know!

Steelcraft.
chartair is not a part of the ANR group.The owner of Ch happens to be one of the directors of ANR,Thats it.
But ANR like to use the Chartair fleet to bolstar there own fleet in there advertiseing.
Just get on hold when you ring ANR you will here for yourself.

ANR still have two c402s,They are in alice being painted and are on the market.

Just a quick bump back up to the top to see if anyone has heard anymore on this?

If in fact true, they might as well go after GWA and dominate the SA regional market even more!

Not sure dominate is an apt description?:8

"I saw one of their Metros' at Murray Is doing circuits..."

I take it there are two Murray Islands in Australia? Because if ever a Metro tries to do circuits at the Murray Island I know (in the Torres Strait) I'd love to be there with a camera!!!

If Millie was the caterer, then it has to be the Murray Island in the Torres Strait!!!1

There wouldn't be much point going after GWA, by the amount of passengers they are carrying, they won't be around for too long anyway.

ps.. Last I heard was that the takeover could occur in the next few months.

on the subject of gwa, they must be the biggest joke of an rpt company in the nation, what are they doing over in sa anyway? they cant make money out of perth as it is....

Agree Topend!

Trying to service an already packed route is just ridiculous! Emu has by far scored the KSC route, and with REX and Air North doing PLC, what are they going to acheive, really?

I heard the SA operations of GWA are headed by the ex Emu CP, anyone confirm this?

N

Just further on this, heard on 128.6 while flying today, the callsign Topend 4000 (heading down from the North somewhere I presume)

Is this another E120?

Could be the first of two. Heard in Adelaide that more are expected.

Yeah there's already one here doing AD-PLC but just wondered if anyone knew of another maybe arriving today.. Topend 4000 was just an unusual callsign to be hearing.

I think you will find that Topend 4000 was a nonscheduled E110 flight AD to PLC for maintenance.
On the general thread Rex are creaming both ASA and GWA on the ADL - PLO route.
GWA while cheap lacks a decent schedule and ASA also has a schedule problem and does not seem yet to realise that customers down south expect on time departures. I predict that only one of these two will survive (most probably ASA) but they will have a long way to go to catch up with Rex, if they ever can, seeing ASA was run down badly by the previous owners.

Thanks On Eyre..

Just caught me out, and found it unusual that it was coming from the North (overhead the PF TNG Area) that's why I didn't associate it with a normal AD-PLC-AD flight.

On Eyre, the only thing you got right was the first line. You do not have a clue. REX are not creaming ASA. After 50 odd days of EMB120 services the loads justify the EMB120. You put a schedule in let it settle a bit then adjust were needed. I would also be careful about talking OTP. Airnorth is very aware of the importance of OTP. No doubt you know very little about there operation.
Best regards


Steely