Old regional piston/turbine routes

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Commuter runs NSW

SKI GURU:

For information,the very first commuter run on the East Coast of NSW departed Williamtown (Newcastle) on the 11th September 1967,in Cessna 402 VH-MWD via Sydney, Cootamundra, Temora, Cootamundra, Sydney and back to Williamtown.

As time went on, in addition to the Cessna 402, a Beechcraft A65 VH-MWH and an A70 VH-MWI were used in the system.

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Mail runs

Connair used to do five day mail runs in Herons, and Beech 18's. They went from Alice Springs through WA, NT, QLD, and home on the fifth day.

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Oxley/Impulse along the NSW coast - BNE-Coolangatta-Lismore-Coffs-Port-Taree-Williamtown-Sydney, PA31s, B99s, B1900s. Brisbane-Armidale-Tamworth.

Sabair/Eastland - Brisbane-Toowoomba - PA31s, Twin Otter. Sabair used to use 2 a/c, SHT and PUK for a while, won't give away any prices for what their nicknames were. Anyone know whatever happened to Gordon Patterson?

The 'duck' was a fine operation and it was sad to see it leave Belmont, always a very professional operation and for an organisation with 1 type and little variety didn't have a huge amount of progession....and they say people don't stay in a job for lifestyle!

[Stationair8]

Australian Aviation Regional airline Directory 1984

Aeropelican Air Services,
Air North,
Air Queensland,
Air Transit,
Air Whitsunday,
Airlines of Tasmania,
Albatross,
Aquatic Airways,
Arnhem air charter,
Augusta airways,
Avdev airlines,
Avior airlines,
Chartair,
Commodore Air,
Corpair,
Drennan Aviation,
East Coast airlines,
Easter airways,
Emu Airways,
Eyre Charter,
Fortesque Air Charter,
Goldfields airservices,
Hazelton,
Helitrans,
Heneberry Aviation,
Jan Beers Aviation,
Kenell
MacKnight Airlines,
MAF,
Murray Valley Airlines,
Navair airlines,
Noosa Air,
Norfolk island airlines,
O'Connors Airservices,
Opal air,
Ord air Charter,
Outback Air,
Oxley Airlines,
Paggis Aviation,
Phillip Island Air Charter,
Q.O.T.S air Charter,
Rossair,

[Richo]

Interesting list S8,

no Tilair in 84 is a bit of a surprise.

The old mails runs were all RPT, until someone actualy tried to enforce the rules. In steps DOTARS and now they are special RPT.
Funny but I have actualy flown more RPT in single engine cessna types, than I have in Regional turboprops.

Air north/Chartair S51 to S55 and Ord air S56 and S58 all single engine mail runs. Even a few centre runs in the An 402's TZH, CAJ and TF?.

[Green gorilla]

Flew 310s on rpt for pelair early 90s to Telfer how things have changed.

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Aviation enthus:

You might want to do an internet search on "airline timetables" and then look up the airlines mentioned here. There are many collectors of old airline timetables who publish the details on internet.

[Stationair8]

Part 2, don't you like when somebody pinches your magazine when you called from the computer.

Rundle Air Services,
Sabair,
Singleton Air Services,
Skytours,
Skywest Airlines,
Sunbird Airlines,
Sunstate Airlines,
Thorpes Transport,
Tillair,
Trans Regional Airlines,
Waratah Air Services,
Western NSW Airlines.


Types of aircraft in service;
Single Engine 16
Beech Duchess 1
Beech Baron 6
Beech Queen Air 65 2
Beech Queen Air 80 4
BN2 Islander 4
Cessna 303 1
Cessna 310 28
Cessna 337 2
Cessna 402A/B 13
Cessna C402C 16
Cessna C404 10
Cessna C421 7
DH Heron 4
DC3 6
Grumman Mallard 2
Partenavia 15
Piper Aztec 7
Piper PA30/39 2
Piper PA31/310 6
Piper PA31/350 23
Piper PA34 2
Aerostar 2
Aerocommander 2
BAE Jetstream 31 3
Twin Otter 13
Kingair 200 8
Cessna C441 3
Fokker F27 3
Nomad 2
Bandeirante 8
Merlin III 1
MetroII 9
Shorts S330 1
Shorts S360 3

Air Queensland carried 193,907 passengers for the year and Queensland Outback Tourist Service carried 138 passengers in a PA-32 on the Winton to Longreach route.

Kendell Airlines had just ordered the first Saab 340 and planned to carry 88,000 passengers for the year. Still flying into Warnambool and Hamiliton in 1984.

A lot of changes in the RPT industry since 1984.