Former airlines

• Air Link (Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Lightning Ridge, Sydney, Walgett) - Air Link ceased to run scheduled services in 2009. It is now a charter airline now owned by Regional Express.
• Ansett Australia
  Ansett Australia
  Ansett Australia, Ansett, Ansett Airlines of Australia, or ANSETT-ANA as it was commonly known in earlier years, was a major Australian airline group, based in Melbourne. The airlines flew domestically within Australia and to destinations in Asia during its operation in 1996...
  
   (Sydney) - Airline went bankrupt in 2002.
• Hazelton
  Hazelton Airlines
  Hazelton Air Services Pty Limited, trading as Hazelton Airlines, was an Australian regional airline which operated until 2001. It was established as an independent airline but by the end of its existence had become a subsidiary of Ansett Australia....
  
   / Kendell (Sydney, Broken Hill, Orange, Gold Coast, Brisbane)

Virgin Australia

Dubbo was one of the twenty destinations looked at by Virgin Australia (formerly known as Virgin Blue) for services to Sydney using its new Embraer aircraft. As of April 2011, Virgin Australia has not announced the launch of services to Dubbo. When Virgin Australia launched an advertising campaign for their Velocity Rewards scheme, they said "Why take a holiday in Dubbo when you've been dying to go to Vanuatu?". The city took offence at this statement saying that it was portraying Dubbo as a boring place. This incident occurred during the time of scouting. The airline subsequently withdrew the ad and apologised to the city. In February 2011, the airline announced the purchase of 18 ATR 72

ATR 72

The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...

 aircraft, with the chief aim of increasing presence in regional areas. This may see the airline launch services to Dubbo, as well as other regional airports.

Incidents

• At Dubbo Airport there is a concern of animal and bird strikes. There has been an accident near the airport in July 2009 where a small aerobatic plane crash landed in a paddock near the airport.

• In April 2010, it was found that the PIN to access the secure areas of the airport such as the tarmac was taped to the gate above the keypad. This was deemed "not acceptable" by Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese. Despite this security breach, the airport managed to pass a security audit in 2009.

Statistics

Dubbo Airport was ranked 34th in Australia for the number of revenue passenger

Revenue passenger

A revenue passenger is someone who has paid the transport operator for her or his trip. That excludes non-paying passengers such as airline employees flying on free or nearly-free passes, babies and children who do not have a seat of their own, etc...

s served in financial year 2009-2010.

External links

• Dubbo City Regional Airport at Dubbo City Council site
• Dubbo Aero Club
• Images of airport terminal at Australian Monitor site