Sharp Airlines
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Southern Australia's Regional Airline | ||||||
| Parent company | Sharp Aviation Pty. Ltd.[1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia | ||||||
| Key people |
Managing Director: Malcolm Sharp Director: Peter Sobey | ||||||
| Website | www.sharpairlines.com.au | ||||||
Sharp Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia and operating in the southern states of Australia. Its main bases are Portland Airport,[2] Adelaide Airport[3] and Launceston Airport. The airline also provides charter operations to regional Victoria and South Australia. The parent company Sharp Aviation has a flight training operation base at Hamilton Airport, and a maintenance base at Portland Airport.
History
Commencing airline operations using the venerable Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, the airline has continued to grow; acquiring Fairchild Metro aircraft to replace the Chieftains and adding Essendon Airport to the route network. In April 2008 it commenced services from a new Adelaide Airport base of operations to Port Augusta. In October 2009 Sharp Airlines commenced a trial period connecting Adelaide with Portland and Avalon Airport. In January 2010 it became a permanent addition to the flight schedule.[4] In October 2010 Sharp Airlines took over routes to Flinders Island from Launceston in Tasmania and Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Victoria from previous operator Airlines of Tasmania. In late 2011 flights to King Island from Launceston via Wynyard started twice daily.
Destinations
Sharp Airlines operates the following scheduled services.[5][6]
- From Portland, Victoria (Portland Airport)
- From Warrnambool, Victoria (Warrnambool Airport)
- From Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide Airport)
- From Flinders Island, Tasmania (Flinders Island Airport)
- From King Island, Tasmania
The scheduled services are operated using the airline's Metro III and Metro 23 aircraft. It also operates charter services using a mix of other aircraft in the fleet as well as the Metros. A new service will start to Hobart from King Island via Burnie in September.[7]
Fleet
As of November 2012 the Sharp Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
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| Cessna 172 | 3 | 3 | Predominantly used for flight training purposes. |
| Piper PA-34-220T Seneca IV | 1 | 5 | Used for flight training and charter. |
| Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III | 2 | 19 | |
| Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 | 4 | 19 |
References
- Notes
1. ^ Sharp has no registered ICAO or IATA codes allocated, but uses 'SH' on all scheduling, ticketing and baggage (as an official IATA code would be). It is authorised by Airservices Australia to use this designator of "SH" for its flights instead of using aircraft registrations.
- ↑ National Training Information Service - Registered Training Organisation
- ↑ Sharp Airlines :: About Sharp Airlines
- ↑ Sharp Airlines :: About Sharp Airlines
- ↑ Sharp Airlines: Adelaide Flight Services to Continue into 2010
- ↑ http://sharpairlines.com/pub/Flight_Schedule_4Feb_2008.pdf
- ↑ http://sharpairlines.com/pub/FlightSch-AugustaAdelaideMildura.pdf
- ↑ http://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/flights-to-boost-hobart-king-island-service/story-fnj64obd-1227451106393
- ↑ Australian civil aircraft register search, using "Sharp Aviation" as the search parameter. Search conducted 9 November 2011.
External links
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