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Sharp Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
SH Approved to use "SH" as designator in flightplan by AirServicesAustralia SHARP
Founded1990
Fleet size13
Destinations9
Parent companySharp Aviation Pty. Ltd.[1]
HeadquartersHamilton, Victoria, Australia
Key peopleManaging Director: Malcolm Sharp , Director: Peter Sobey
Websitewww.sharpairlines.com.au

Sharp Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Hamilton, Victoria, 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 operating 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. As of 28th April, 2008 they commenced services from a new Adelaide Airport base of operations to Port Augusta and Mildura. On the 12th October, 2009 Sharp Airlines commenced a trial period connecting Adelaide Airport with Portland Airport and Avalon Airport. On the 4th January 2010 it became a permanent addition to the flight schedule.[4] As of 1st October, 2010 Sharp Airlines has taken over Airlines of Tasmania's operations to Flinders Island, from Launceston and Melbourne, Victoria (Essendon Airport)

Destinations

Sharp Airlines operates the following scheduled services.[5][6]

Sharp Airlines Fairchild Metro III at Essendon Airport

The scheduled services are operated using the airline's Metro III & 23 aircraft. It also operates charter services using a mix of other aircraft in the fleet as well as the Metros.

Fleet

As of July 2011 the Sharp Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

Sharp Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
Cessna 172 4 3 Predominantly used for flight training purposes.
Cessna 182 1 3 Predominantly used for flight training purposes.
Piper PA-34-220T Seneca IV 1 5 Used for flight training and charter.
Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain 1 9 Used for 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.

  1. ^ National Training Information Service - Registered Training Organisation
  2. ^ Sharp Airlines :: About Sharp Airlines
  3. ^ Sharp Airlines :: About Sharp Airlines
  4. ^ Sharp Airlines: Adelaide Flight Services to Continue into 2010
  5. ^ http://sharpairlines.com/pub/Flight_Schedule_4Feb_2008.pdf
  6. ^ http://sharpairlines.com/pub/FlightSch-AugustaAdelaideMildura.pdf
  7. ^ Australian civil aircraft register search, using "Sharp Aviation" as the search parameter. Search conducted 26 July 2011.
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