Aeropelican Air Services
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Founded | 23 October 1968 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1 July 1971 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 23 December 2013 | ||||||
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Headquarters | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
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Website | www.aeropelican.com.au |
Aeropelican Air Services Pty Ltd was a
History
Aeropelican Air Services was established on 23 October 1968 and started operations on 1 July 1971 with a Cessna 402. It originally was owned by the Newcastle based Hilder family, however in 1980 the airline was sold to Masling Airlines, a company associated with Ansett Australia. It operated services for Ansett Australia and later became a wholly owned subsidiary.[1]
Aeropelican's main route was historically between
Following the collapse of parent company Ansett Australia in September 2001, Aeropelican was placed into administration. It was acquired by International Air Parts in April 2002. On 20 June 2003 the airline entered into a commercial agreement with Rex Airlines.
Aeropelican commenced services from Sydney to
Also in 2008 International Air Parts sold the airline to Business Air Holdings.[7]
Brindabella Airlines merger and demise
In October 2011, it was announced by Aeropelican's Chief Commercial Officer, Fabrice Binet, that Canberra-based regional operator
Following a series of groundings of Brindabella's aircraft by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority due to overdue engine inspections and maintenance in November and December 2013,[13] the airline was forced to suspend all flying operations, then was placed in receivership on 15 December.[14][15][16]
On 23 December 2013 it was announced that most of the 140 employees would be retrenched, with a dozen kept on to maintain the aircraft.[17]
The airline FlyPelican was formed by former Aeropelican staff using former Aeropelican aircraft.[18]
Destinations
As of April 2012, scheduled services were operated on the following routes:[19]
Fleet
As of December 2012 the Aeropelican fleet consisted of:[20]
FlyPelican
Some of the staff involved with Aeropelican formed FlyPelican in 2015, using former Aeropelican aircraft.[21]
References
- Notes
1. ^ Aeropelican has been approved by Airservices Australia to use the designator of "PE" for its flights instead of using aircraft registrations.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 49.
- ^ Aeropelican Media Release retrieved 25 January 2008. Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Newcastle airline to begin flights in February Inverell Times[permanent dead link] retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ^ Aeropelican Media Release retrieved 25 January 2008. Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aeropelican Media Release Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ "Aeropelican Air Services to Cease Operations Between Newcastle and Tamworth" - Aeropelican Media Release retrieved 27 November 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "About us" - Aeropelican website retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ "Soaring high". Cobar Age. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "No summer flights for Cooma region". Cooma Monaro Express. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Flights for bumper weekend". Cooma Monaro Express. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Sydney-Snowy Mountains timetable". Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Farewell Aeropelican".
- ^ "CASA asks Brindabella to complete overdue engine checks". ABC News. 20 November 2013.
- Daily Telegraph. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Brindabella Airlines - Temporary Suspension of Services Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Brindabella Airlines 14 December 2013
- Canberra Times. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Brindabella Airline staff retrenched following company's collapse ABC News 23 December 2013
- ^ Gordon, Jason (25 May 2015). "FlyPelican announces Canberra, Sydney schedules". Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Aeropelican destinations retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Our Fleet" - Aeropelican website retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ "FlyPelican announces Canberra, Sydney schedules". Newcastle Herald. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Aeropelican Information Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine