ALLIANCE AIRLINES

'Alliance Airlines' is a charter airline based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It specialises in long-term contract charter to the mining and resources industry and government in Australia, as well as ad hoc charter operations and aircraft leasing to international airlines. Its main base is in Brisbane Airport, with hubs at Townsville Airport, Perth Airport and Adelaide Airport.Alliance Airlines

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History

Destinations

Fleet

External links

References

History

Alliance was established and started operations in early August 2002 when Brisbane-based Queensland Airline Holdings acquired the assets of the dormant Flight West Airlines,^[1] which had been established on 25 May 1987 and was liquidated in 2001. The airline is wholly owned by Queensland Airline Holdings^[2] and has 219 employees^[3].
Alliance had wet leasing contracts with Norfolk Jet Express, until that airline was liquidated on 4 June 2005.^[4] For the first week after liquidation, Alliance were used for services, but Qantas soon overtook these services from June 11, using Air Nauru (now "Our Airline") aircraft. Alliance currently holds dry-leasing contracts with Air Niugini for Papua New Guinea and North Queensland services.^[5]

Destinations

Alliance operates contract charter flights primarily for the resources sector, usually into outback areas where skilled labor is rare.
Alliance Airlines currently flies from Townsville to Phosphate Hill (Incitec Pivot - Southern Cross Operations), Century Mine (Zinifex Limited), Gove (Alcan), Cloncurry (Xstrata), Cannington Mine (BHP Billiton) and Mt Isa (CopperCo Ltd).
Alliance Airlines currently flies from Brisbane to Gove (Alcan), Telfer (Byrnecut) and Ballera (Santos).
In November 2006, Alliance Airlines commenced operations of charter services from Perth to BHP Billiton's "Nickel West" operations at Mount Keith and Leinster.
In June 2007, Alliance commenced operations between Adelaide and Olympic Dam using two Fokker F50 aircraft in support of BHP Billiton's fly-in/fly-out rosters.^[6] A third Fokker F50 is to be based at Adelaide in 2007 to operate an Adelaide to Prominent Hill charter service in support of Oxiana's mine based there.
Charter services also extend from Brisbane to Canberra and the Australian Defence Forces use Alliance for charter flights to East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

Fleet

As of August 2007 the Alliance Airlines fleet includes:

★ 11 Fokker 100s

★ 3 Fokker 50s (with options on a further two aircraft)
Services are provided using the following aircraft:

Registration	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Delivery Date	Seating
VH-FWH	Fokker F100	11316	31 July 2002	105Y
VH-FWI	Fokker F100	11318	31 July 2002	105Y
VH-FKA	Fokker F100	11345	17 July 2005	100Y
P2-ANB (leased to Air Niugini)	Fokker F100	11349	26 July 2004	92Y/8J
VH-FKD	Fokker F100	11357	September 2005	100Y
VH-FKE	Fokker F100	11358	9 July 2004	92Y/8J
VH-FKF	Fokker F100	11365	1 July 2005	100Y
VH-FKG	Fokker F100	11366	21 February 2005	105Y
VH-FKJ	Fokker F100	11372	2007	100Y
VH-FKK	Fokker F100	11379	2007	100Y
VH-FKL	Fokker F100	11380	2007	100Y
VH-FKX	Fokker F50	20312	August 2007	56Y
VH-FKY	Fokker F50	20284	11 February 2007	56Y
VH-FKZ	Fokker F50	20286	5 April 2007	56Y

External links

★ Alliance Airlines

References

1. Asia Travel Tips
2. Directory: World Airlines
3. Alliance Airlines
4. About Alliance Charter
5. Perth Airport Welcomes Alliance Airlines
6. Contract to service Olympic Dam no longer with Rex