Maroomba Airlines
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| Founded | 1985 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | Golden Grove, Windarling, Noresman, Southern Cross Kalgoorlie | ||||||
| Parent company | Nantay Pty Ltd | ||||||
| Headquarters | Perth Airport | ||||||
| Website | maroomba.com.au | ||||||
Nantay Pty. Ltd., trading as Maroomba Airlines since 1998, is a small airline and air charter company based in Perth, Western Australia.
Overview
Founded in 1985 as Maroomba Aviation, then renamed Maroomba Air Services in 1997, the airline operates ad hoc charter services around Western Australia.
It currently operates fly-in fly-out mining charter contracts and also operates a Beechcraft Super King Air and a Hawker 850XP business jet on behalf of the Western Australian government for ministerial transport around the state. In November 2008, Maroomba was selected to operate the Rio Tinto LifeFlight jet, on behalf of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Western Operations.[1] The Hawker 800XP is the first jet aircraft to be used by the RFDS and allows faster transport of patients around the expanses of WA.[2][3]
Fleet
As of February 2024 the Maroomba Airlines fleet consists of:[4][5]
References
- ^ Maroomba to Operate RFDS Jet Archived 14 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Australian Aviation
- ^ Langford, Stephen (7 December 2009). "The first medical jet aircraft for the Royal Flying Doctor Service". Medical Journal of Australia. 191 (11): 609–610. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03346.x. PMID 20028278. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Langford, Stephen (2015). The Leading Edge. Innovation, technology and people in Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service. Perth, Western Australia: UWA Publishing. pp. 90–102. ISBN 9781742588148.
- ^ Australian civil aircraft register search, using "Nantay" as the search parameter. Search conducted 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Maroomba fleet". 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 4. October 2019.
External links
- Maroomba Airlines
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