Sharp Airlines is a regional airline founded in 1990 and headquartered in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. Sharp operates scheduled airline services in the southern states of Australia. Its main bases are Essendon Airport, Adelaide Airport and Launceston Airport. The airline also provides charter operations to regional Victoria and South Australia. The parent company Sharp Aviation has its main maintenance base at Launceston Airport.
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History
Commencing airline operations using the Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, the airline has continued to grow; acquiring Fairchild Metro aircraft to replace the Chieftains and adding Essendon Airport to the route network. In April 2008 it commenced services from a new Adelaide Airport base of operations to Port Augusta. Services from Adelaide to Port August were terminated in May 2017.
In October 2009 Sharp Airlines commenced a trial period connecting Adelaide with Portland and Avalon Airport. In January 2010 it became a permanent addition to the flight schedule but were subsequently terminated.
In October 2010 Sharp Airlines took over routes to Flinders Island from Launceston in Tasmania and Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Victoria from previous operator Airlines of Tasmania. In late 2011 flights to King Island from Launceston via Wynyard started twice daily.
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Destinations
Sharp Airlines operates the following scheduled services.
- From Portland, Victoria (Portland Airport)
- Melbourne, Victoria (Essendon Airport)
- Warrnambool, Victoria (Warrnambool Airport)
- From Warrnambool, Victoria (Warrnambool Airport)
- Melbourne, Victoria (Essendon Airport)
- Portland, Victoria (Portland Airport)
- From Flinders Island, Tasmania (Flinders Island Airport)
- Launceston, Tasmania (Launceston Airport)
- Melbourne, Victoria (Essendon Airport)
- From King Island, Tasmania
- Launceston, Tasmania (Launceston Airport)
- Wynyard, Tasmania (Burnie Airport)
- Melbourne, Victoria (Essendon Airport)
The airline also has a base at (Adelaide Airport)) with 4-6 aircraft based there at any given time. Although there are no longer any regular passenger services out of Adelaide, the company operates frequent charters, mainly to mine sites throughout South Australia, some to Queensland and the Northern Territory. The scheduled services are operated using the airline's Metro III and Metro 23 aircraft. It also operates charter services using the Cessna 441 as well as the Metros throughout Australia.
Fleet
As of August 2018 the Sharp Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
References
- Notes
1. ^ Sharp has no registered ICAO or IATA codes allocated, but uses 'SH' on all scheduling, ticketing and baggage (as an official IATA code would be). It is authorised by Airservices Australia to use this designator of "SH" for its flights instead of using aircraft registrations.
External links
- Official Sharp Airlines Website
- Sharp Airlines aircraft
Source of article : Wikipedia
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