Cobham Aviation Services Australia
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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Hubs | Adelaide Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Darwin International Airport Cairns International Airport Perth Airport |
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| Fleet size | 25[1] | |||
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| Parent company | Cobham Aviation Services Australia | |||
| Headquarters | Adelaide Airport, South Australia, Australia | |||
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| Website | www.nationaljet.com.au | |||
Cobham Aviation Services Australia (formerly National Jet Systems), is a scheduled and charter airline based in Adelaide, Australia. It provides aviation services including wet leasing, scheduled airline operations, and charter services across Australia. Cobham conducts passenger and freight operations on behalf of clients such as Australian air Express and Santos.[citation needed] Cobham provides mining and resource companies Fly In/Fly Out (FIFO) services across remote Australia. Its main base is Adelaide International Airport, with hubs at Cairns International Airport, Darwin International Airport and Perth Airport.[2] It is a major contractor for QantasLink.[3]
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[edit] History
National Jet Systems (NJS) was established in 1989 and started operations on 1 July 1990. It soon commenced scheduled operations on behalf of Australian Airlines, mainly to tourist destinations in northern Australia, operating a fleet of BAe 146 aircraft under the Airlink brand. After Australian Airlines was taken over by Qantas it continued these operations, and in 2005 commenced operating Boeing 717 aircraft, the operation being rebranded as QantasLink at the same time. The services on behalf of QantasLink are contracted until 2012.[4]
NJS is ultimately owned by Cobham plc. NJS has a sister company; National Jet Express, known as Jetex, which conducts scheduled freight services on behalf of Australian air Express (AaE).[5] Jetex operates three BAe 146 freighters on night freight services to and from curfew-restricted Sydney Airport. NJS has a subsidiary, Surveillance Australia,[6] which operates a civilian aerial surveillance program on behalf of the Border Protection Command. Another subsidiary company, Fleet Support, formerly operated Learjets configured as target tugs on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy until the contract was lost to Pel-Air in 1996. In early 2009, National Jet rebranded its name to Cobham (known as Cobham Aviation Services Australia or CAvSA) inline with a global Cobham rebranding initiative by its parent company Cobham plc. The company's legal identity as National Jet Express will still remain however the company would trade and operate its aircraft under the name Cobham.
[edit] Destinations
Cobham's operations can be broken into four separate branches; it flies some scheduled services on its own behalf,[7] but the majority of its scheduled operations are on behalf of QantasLink and AaE. It also has an extensive charter operation in support of the mining industry.[8][9]
- Cobham scheduled services
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- Learmonth (Learmonth Airport)
- Perth (Perth Airport)
- Ravensthorpe (Ravensthorpe Airport)
- Murrin Murrin Joint Venture (Murrin Murrin)
- Domestic scheduled destinations for QantasLink
[edit] Fleet
As of November 2009 the Cobham fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1][5][11]
- 1 Avro RJ70
- 3 BAe 146-100
- 1 BAe 146-100QT (registered to NJS, operated by Jetex on freight services for AaE)
- 3 BAe 146-200
- 2 BAe 146-300
- 2 BAe 146-300QT (registered to NJS, operated by Jetex on freight services for AaE)
- 11 Boeing 717-200 (operated by NJS for QantasLink)
- 1 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103
- 1 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian civil aircraft register search, using "National Jet" as the search parameter. Search conducted 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 54. 2007-04-10.
- ^ About Our Subsidiary Companies: QantasLink (accessed 2008-03-10)
- ^ "Cobham Australia Subsidiary National Jet Seals Increased B717 Fleet, Five Year Deal with QantasLink"; National Jet Media Release. Retrieved: 6 September 2008.
- ^ a b CASA website link to National Jet Express AOC. Retrieved: 6 September 2008
- ^ Surveillance Australia - home page. Retrieved: 16 June 2009.
- ^ National Jet ticketed schedules page. Retrieved: 6 September 2008.
- ^ "National Jet Seals Expanded Services for Murrin Murrin"; National Jet Media Release. Retrieved: 6 September 2008.
- ^ "National Jet Seals Barrow Island Contract with Bristow Helicopters"; National Jet Media Release. Retrieved: 6 September 2008.
- ^ National Jet Santos Basin Schedules
- ^ CASA website link to National Jet Systems AOC. Retrieved: 12 September 2008.
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