Airlines of New South Wales
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Airlines of New South Wales (also known as Air New South Wales , Ansett NSW, and Ansett Express ) was a regional Australian airline.
history
Air New South Wales was formed in 1959 when Reg Ansett took over Butler Air Transport. In 1963, the airline took the airport to Bathurst, New South Wales, and was the airport's first tenant. New South Wales airlines operated passenger flights in New South Wales and later in other Australian states. 1964–65 the airline fought a case in the High Court , the Airlines of New South Wales Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2), responsible for assessing the spheres of constitutional power of national and state governments over aviation mattered.
In the late 1950s, Reg Ansett expanded his Ansett Transport Industries (ATI) business in the Australian aviation market. Ansett wanted to acquire Butler Air Transport from Arthur Butler, but Butler turned down a deal that would have earned Butler a place on the ATI board. Ansett had already acquired a 40 percent stake in Butler Air Transport when he acquired the ailing Australian National Airways in 1957. Reg Ansett, in what one author described as "a spectacular initiative," then used nine of his own aircraft to fly Ansett nominee shareholders to a Butler Air Transport meeting and take over the business from Arthur Butler. After a lawsuit, Ansett gained full control of Butler air traffic in 1958. The company was renamed "Airlines of New South Wales" on December 17, 1959 and flew its first commercial flight on December 19 of the same year. The airline operated connections from Sydney to regional New South Wales centers and later to other Australian cities. In 1964, Airlines of New South Wales was a subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries. In addition to providing scheduled flights, the airline also conducted tourist activities, with actor Steve Dodd working as a guide in Central Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the 1960s, New South Wales Airlines stood at the center of an Australian high court against the powers of the state and national governments to regulate air travel. New South Wales Airlines and East-West Airlines were two commercial airlines that provided services in regional New South Wales. Jack Renshaw's New South Wales government attempted to manage the allocation of routes between airlines, which threatened to reduce the number of routes available to New South Wales airlines. The New South Wales airline has a Commonwealth license to operate flights between Sydney and Dubbo but was not licensed under newly enacted state aviation laws. On October 23, 1964, the airline sought an injunction from the High Court to prevent New South Wales from enforcing laws that would prevent them from operating the Sydney to Dubbo route. On October 26, the airline increased the pressure by operating an indirect route to Dubbo via Canberra, in the event of a financial loss, crossing a state border and thus avoiding the application of New South Wales law.
In 1968 or 1969 it was renamed Ansett Airlines of New South Wales, which at the time of the Australian Government's 1978 domestic airport review was one of five regional airlines operating in Australia. In 1981 the airline was renamed Air New South Wales; In March 1990 it was renamed Ansett NSW and later that year again referred to as Ansett Express, which merged into Ansett in 1993 and ended the history of Airlines New South Wales as a separate entity.
fleet
- De Havilland DH.84 Dragon
- De Havilland DH.114 Heron
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Convair CV-240
- Short Sunderland (managed and operated for Ansett Flying Boat Services)
- Fokker F-27
- Fokker F28-1000 (the airline's only jet aircraft)
- Fokker 50
Destinations
- Adelaide
- Albury
- Ballina
- Bathurst
- Bourke
- Broken Hill
- Canberra
- Casino
- Cobar
- Coffs Harbor
- Coolangatta
- Cooma
- Coonabarabran
- Coonamble
- Corryong
- Deniliquin
- Dubbo
- Griffith
- Hay
- Kempsey
- Lightning Ridge
- Lord Howe Island
- Melbourne
- Merimbula
- Moree
- Moruya
- Mudgee
- Narrabri
- Narrandera
- Nyngan
- Parkes
- Sydney
- Toowoomba
- Wagga Wagga
- Wilcannia
Incidents
New South Wales airlines have had two reportable accidents. On December 12, 1960, a Douglas DC-3 crashed during a pilot training flight at sea, killing three people. On April 1, 1965, a Douglas C-47 crashed on a scheduled flight. The plane was written off, but there were no fatalities.
In 1986 there was also an incident involving an F27. Passengers on a Dubbo Sydney flight were being prepared for an emergency landing after Dubbo employees found a nose wheel component on the runway. The passengers were preparing for an emergency landing and were instructed to buckle up as it was thought the nose wheel would fail. However, the plane landed safely and was then inspected by engineers on the apron at Sydney Airport.
