Regional Pacific Airlines
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Regional Pacific Airlines was an airline
based in Queensland
, Australia
. It was established and started operations in May 2001 and operated scheduled services from Horn Island in Queensland .
On Tuesday 29th June 2010, it was announced that Regional Pacific Airlines had gone into administration and all business and flight operations were stopped.
As of May 2009, the Regional Pacific Airlines fleet includes two (2) Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia
aircraft.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was established and started operations in May 2001 and operated scheduled services from Horn Island in Queensland .
On Tuesday 29th June 2010, it was announced that Regional Pacific Airlines had gone into administration and all business and flight operations were stopped.
Fleet
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
-Accidents:*Brazilian Air Force on July 8, 1988 an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília registration FAB-2001 crashed during and engine-out landing at São José dos Campos. Five of the 9 occupants died....
aircraft.
Destinations
As of November 2009, Regional Pacific Airlines operated scheduled service to the following domestic destinations:- Alice Springs (ASP) – Alice Springs AirportAlice Springs AirportAlice Springs Airport is a small regional airport 14 kilometres south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.The airport has two runways, the largest of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing...
(1 flight daily to Mount Isa) - BamagaBamaga, Queensland-Language:The community languages of Bamaga are Kalaw Kawaw Ya, Brokan , and English, particularly for education and government business.-Industry:...
(BAM) – Northern Peninsula Airport (2 flights daily to Cairns) - CairnsCairns, QueenslandCairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...
(CNS) – Cairns Airport (2 flights daily to Bamaga, 3 flights daily to Mount Isa) - Mount IsaMount Isa, Queensland-Culture and sport:The local theatre group, the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, or MITS, often holds plays and musicals, at least once every few months or so....
(ISA) – Mount Isa AirportMount Isa AirportMount Isa Airport is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia. It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres....
(2 flights daily to Alice Springs, 3 flights daily to Cairns)
External links
- Regional Pacific Airlines redirects to Regional Pacific Travel Guide
- Aircraft photos - Regional Pacific Airlines at Airliners.netAirliners.netAirliners.net is an aviation website founded by Johan Lundgren, Sweden, in 1997, evolving from his previous Pictures of Modern Airliners site started in 1994...
- Aircraft photos - Regional Pacific Airlines at Jetphotos.net
- Regional Pacific Airlines Closes and goes into Administration - retrieved Tuesday 6th July 2010