Australian Airlines
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| Founded | May 2001 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 27 October 2002 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 30 June 2006 Qantas Frequent Flyer | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Qantas Group headquarters) | ||||||
Australian Airlines was a full-service airline based in Australia, serving Australian and Asian destinations between 2002 and 2006. It was an all-economy, full-service international leisure carrier, and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas (although run independently of the mainline carrier). Its main hub was at Cairns Airport, with a secondary hub at Sydney Airport.
The airline ceased operations under its own
History
The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 27 October 2002, reusing the name Qantas gained when it acquired former Australian domestic carrier
The airline's aircraft were re-painted back into the Qantas livery and returned to Qantas short-haul for use on their domestic and trans-
During April 2006, Qantas confirmed that, to focus on its two-brand strategy of Qantas and Jetstar, the Group had decided that it would abandon Australian Airlines.[3][4] On 30 June 2006, Australian Airlines ceased to exist, with the airline's Boeing 767-300s and crew to still provide services from Cairns under the Qantas brand.[1]: 11 The following day, the airline's fleet was absorbed into Qantas's mainline fleet.[5] The parent company closed down the Australian Airlines operation completely at the end of August 2007.
Financial performance
| Year | Passengers (thousand) |
RPK (million) |
ASK (million) |
Load factor (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 272 | 1,538 | 2,602 | 59.1 |
| 2004 |  705 |
3,485 |
5,148 |
67.7
|
| 2005 | 812 |
3,906 |
5,646 |
69.2
|
| 2006 |  705 |
3,553 |
5,257 |
67.6
|
Destinations
At the time before it ceased operations, Australian Airlines operated scheduled services to the following destinations:
- Australia
- Cairns – Cairns Airport (Main hub)
- Darwin – Darwin International Airport
- Gold Coast – Gold Coast Airport
- Melbourne – Melbourne Airport
- Perth – Perth Airport
- Sydney – Sydney Airport (Secondary hub)
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Singapore – Changi Airport
- Taiwan, Republic of China
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport[Note 1]
Note 1 Suspended prior to ceasing operations
Fleet
In August 2006, Australian Airlines operated five
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Attention to Detail, Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Qantas. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Qantas – Expanding Overseas...and at Home
- ^ "Qantas and Jetstar to lead the way – Australian Airlines to be scrapped". Asiatraveltips.com. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Qantas scraps its budget carrier Australian Airlines". The Star Online. 11 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Hogg, Andrew. "National University Finance & Procurement Conference 2006". Qantas. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
External links
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 December 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2004.
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