Cobham (airline)
Cobham Aviation Services Australia | |
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IATA code : | NC |
ICAO code : | JTE |
Call sign : | JETEX |
Founding: | 1989 |
Seat: | Adelaide , Australia |
Turnstile : | |
Home airport : | Adelaide |
Alliance : | QantasLink |
Fleet size: | 18th |
Aims: | national |
Website: | www.cobhamaviationservices.com |
Cobham Aviation Services Australia (previously National Jet Systems ) is an Australian airline based in Adelaide and based at Adelaide Airport . It was a subsidiary of the British Cobham plc and mainly flies under the QantasLink brand . Cobham Aviation was established in May 2020 Qantas Airways acquired
history
Cobham Aviation was founded under the name National Jet Systems in 1989 and began flight operations on July 1, 1990. Soon, scheduled services were flown on behalf of Australian Airlines under the name Airlink . Mainly holiday resorts in the north of Australia were flown to with a BAe 146 fleet .
After the takeover of Australian Airlines by Qantas , the route network was retained and in 2005 flight operations began under the QantasLink brand with the Boeing 717-200 . This contract initially ran until 2012 and was initially extended to 2018. In 2016, the contract was again extended for ten years, i.e. until 2026.
In 2009 National Jet Systems was renamed Cobham Aviation Services Australia .
The company also owns the subsidiary National Jet Express ( Jetex for short ), which operates cargo flights for Australian Air Express , and Surveillance Australia , which operates for the Border Protection Command . Another subsidiary called Fleet Support , which operated for the Royal Australian Navy , ceased operations in 1996.
Destinations
Cobham Aviation Services Australia serves numerous destinations within Australia under the QantasLink brand and also offers charter flights .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Cobham Aviation Services Australia fleet consists of 18 aircraft with an average age of 17.3 years:
Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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Avro RJ85 | 1 | ||
Avro RJ100 | 2 | ||
BAe 146-200 | 1 | ||
BAe 146-300 | 1 | ||
BAe 146-300QT | 1 | Cargo plane | |
Boeing 717-200 | 8th | operated for QantasLink | |
De Havilland DHC-8-400 | 3 | ||
Embraer 190 | 1 | ||
total | 18th | - |
Former aircraft types
- De Havilland DHC- 8-100
- De Havilland DHC- 8-300
- Embraer 190
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Qantas buys Cobham Aviation; to take B717s in-house. In: ch-aviation.com. May 22, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Telegraph Investor - Cobham awarded 5-year QantasLink contract extension, October 17, 2011 , accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ Cobham gets 10-year, A $ 1.2 billion contract extension for QantasLink 717 flying. In: Australian Aviation. June 4, 2016, accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ cobhamaviationservices.com - Commercial Aviation (English), accessed on November 16, 2016
- ^ Cobham Aviation Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .