Nexus Airlines - WA regional airline
So does anyone have much information on this new company?
www.nexusairlines.com.au Part of long running Kununurra company Aviair which is owned by HMC Group. https://www.businessnewsaustralia.co...gional-wa.html |
Slingair and BAS joined together to make Aviair what it is today.
The owner is well connected on a government level so will have significant funding thrown towards the intra state service. Services like what they are proposing wouldn’t be profitable without government support. |
I assume the AOC process is well underway as that is a very tight timeframe until operations start, especially if it’s a Nexus AOC not adding more types onto Aviair.
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Originally Posted by PoppaJo
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I assume the AOC process is well underway as that is a very tight timeframe until operations start, especially if it’s a Nexus AOC not adding more types onto Aviair.
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Owned by aviair. Known for the bonds they make pilots take. It will probably be around 1million dollars for a q400 with a 999year return of service. Pilots to clean plane after every flight
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Would be good to see the Dash 8-400 at CVQ. But not sure the runway can handle an aircraft of that size? Currently CVQ has the Saab 340 (Rex) land there in terms of RPT flights
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$422 from Geraldton to Karratha on the 10th of July.
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SlingAir gets a Q400.. fark me
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At it is right now, a Q400 can't go into carnarvon... Not without some form of pavement concession and probably an adjustment to the apron area.
Perth - Carnarvon is also a fully regulated route (So only one airline can provide that service as there isnt enough demand) |
CVQ must have gone to the dogs because there were F-28s by the truckload going in there in the 70s and 80s. :}
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Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
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CVQ must have gone to the dogs because there were F-28s by the truckload going in there in the 70s and 80s. :}
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I think their plan is probably to get set up then bid for the other regulated routes off Rex. A Q400 can get into CVQ with a pavement concession from the council.
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Advertising that they begin ops to Kununurra and Darwin in July.
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Well given Kununurra is the base I guess, Kununurra to Darwin and return?
I will be fascinated to see their transition to RPT as it used to be known and how they will keep cabin crew based in Kununurra. Good luck. |
given Kununurra is the base |
Originally Posted by megan
(Post 11438897)
Raises the question as to where are the aircraft maintained and the operational base at the moment as Kununurra is not currently on the schedule, though they list a Kununurra number for contact.?
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They've been advertising for Geraldton based engineers.
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Originally Posted by topend3
(Post 11440602)
They've been advertising for Geraldton based engineers.
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Originally Posted by markis10
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Makes sense to do,it in-house given they have a fleet of 6 coming
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Interesting that they do not seem to be advertising for line pilots, only C & T pilots. I see adverts for cabin crew and engineers as well. Six frames eh? Well that means about twenty pilots surely? Good luck with that.
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Originally Posted by Icarus2001
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Interesting that they do not seem to be advertising for line pilots, only C & T pilots. I see adverts for cabin crew and engineers as well. Six frames eh? Well that means about twenty pilots surely? Good luck with that.
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Originally Posted by Icarus2001
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Interesting that they do not seem to be advertising for line pilots, only C & T pilots. I see adverts for cabin crew and engineers as well. Six frames eh? Well that means about twenty pilots surely? Good luck with that.
1 Crew on a day off 1 crew on leave 1 crew on standby 1 crew for AM flights 1 crew for PM flights ...then there is sickness, simulator, compassionate leave etc. Mind you at least one aircraft would be in maintenance at any one time. |
Well I had guessed that but pulling 15-20 pilots across to the Nexus operation leaves a large hole to fill.
If they are serious they will need 5 crews per aircraft, I make that 60 pilots. |
Originally Posted by Icarus2001
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Well I had guessed that but pulling 15-20 pilots across to the Nexus operation leaves a large hole to fill.
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Originally Posted by Icarus2001
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Well I had guessed that but pulling 15-20 pilots across to the Nexus operation leaves a large hole to fill.
That is why I said 20.:E There was a time when we had regulator who would require an RPT or Reg 203 operator to have sufficient crew available to ensure advertised services could be legally completed. Ah, the good old days. |
Didn't they start advertising for crew months ago? I'm sure I saw it online
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Originally Posted by Tbot
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I would dare say they are banking or internal recruitment from their B200/PC12/C208 guys. Given the state of recruitment/opportunities nationally, these guys/girls would be mad to accept.
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Originally Posted by the_rookie
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Didn't they start advertising for crew months ago? I'm sure I saw it online
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Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
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CVQ must have gone to the dogs because there were F-28s by the truckload going in there in the 70s and 80s. :}
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Originally Posted by BuzzBox
(Post 11437797)
It’s been seriously degraded for years. As I recall, there was talk of building a new airport to the north of the townsite about 10-15 years ago, but that was dropped in favour of a new runway and terminal to the east of the existing facilities. Meanwhile, nothing much has been done and the existing runway continues to be patched up every so often.
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Originally Posted by NaFenn
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At it is right now, a Q400 can't go into carnarvon... Not without some form of pavement concession and probably an adjustment to the apron area.
Perth - Carnarvon is also a fully regulated route (So only one airline can provide that service as there isnt enough demand) |
Originally Posted by topend3
(Post 11438298)
I think their plan is probably to get set up then bid for the other regulated routes off Rex. A Q400 can get into CVQ with a pavement concession from the council.
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Originally Posted by Saintly
(Post 11447729)
Just to clarify mate, what's a "Pavement Concession"?
Sometimes you have to let some air out of your tyres to keep CASA happy and buy a few litres of fuel from the local guys to keep them happy. The way they encourage fuel sales is by restricting weight so you land on vapours. |
Originally Posted by Mach E Avelli
(Post 11447795)
That's the thing you get from the airport owner that permits you to tear up their tarmac in order to bring cashed up tourists to town or cashed up bogans to your mine site.
Sometimes you have to let some air out of your tyres to keep CASA happy and buy a few litres of fuel from the local guys to keep them happy. The way they encourage fuel sales is by restricting weight so you land on vapours. |
Originally Posted by aussieflyboy
(Post 11438906)
They took over BASs big Hangar in Broome so could be maintained there. I’d suspect somewhere in Perth as there’d be plenty of Dash Engineers down there - Cobham (NJE) maybe?
NJE (Rex) are busy enough and share no love with another 400 operator. There’s a lot of engineers in Perth, but one cannot just work for other companies, way too much paperwork involved and good luck getting the permission to do so. So there’s actually no hangar large enough north of Perth in all of Western Australia that can accommodate the 400, even Darwin- none there too. But, sheds are cheap and with 6 to 12 aircraft expected that may be the best option. |
Originally Posted by Saintly
(Post 11447728)
But once contract/agreement has expired (currently carried out by REX) then Nexus could put in a bid once tender becomes available?
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102472374 And this is an absolute disgrace. I can understand if the diversion was a tech issue, but this appears not to be. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-...stop/102450024 |
It almost reads like a softening up in preparation for a withdrawal from the WA market.
sheds are cheap and with 6 to 12 aircraft expected that may be the best option. |
Originally Posted by smiling monkey
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And this is an absolute disgrace. I can understand if the diversion was a tech issue, but this appears not to be.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-...stop/102450024 |
Originally Posted by NaFenn
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Rex's PR is atrocious. The issue with Monkey Mia is simple - it doesn't have the facilities for an RPT service to land at night or in poor weather. I can't speak for that particular incident, but if the flight was delayed to the point that they would have gotten there at night, or if the weather was crap then that's all they had to say. Keeping tight lipped for the sake of keeping tight lipped has shot them in the foot there as it is giving the public the impression that they skipped Monkey Mia because they felt like it.
Rex are also getting savaged by the Esperance community over cancellations, and it wouldn't surprise me if DoT were getting a little sick of the excuses. Ironically, the airline did pretty well by the state during the pandemic but now they seem to have dropped the ball. It seems to me that could be the opportunity for Nexus, given they have a HeliSpirit base there and as they come from a tourism company they would probably do a better job of building up traffic and attracting visitors than Rex could. |
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