Eastern Australia Airlines
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| IATA code : | QF |
| ICAO code : | EAQ |
| Call sign : | Q LINK |
| Founding: | 1949 |
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Sydney , Australia
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| Home airport : | Sydney |
| Alliance : | QantasLink |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Qantas Frequent Flyer |
| Fleet size: | 19th |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.qantas.com |
Eastern Australia Airlines Pty. Ltd. is an Australian regional airline based in Sydney and based at Kingsford Smith International Airport . It is a subsidiary of Qantas Airways and part of the QantasLink brand .
history
Eastern Australia Airlines was founded in Tamworth in 1949 as Tamworth Air Taxi Service and consisted of a machine and a pilot at the start of the flight. Shortly thereafter renamed Tamair , it served small towns and farms in New South Wales and Queensland .
After 36 years of expansion and through mergers with several smaller companies, the name was changed to Eastern Australia Airlines in 1987 . In 1988 Australian Airlines acquired 26% of the company from its parent company, East-West Airlines . In 1991, Eastern Australia Airlines was fully acquired by Australien Airlines. In 1992, Qantas again bought Australian Airlines.
In 2002, Qantas merged its Mildura- based subsidiary Southern Australia Airlines with Eastern Australia Airlines under their name. Today it flies with other regional airlines exclusively under the QantasLink brand .
Destinations
Eastern Australia Airlines flies to destinations within Australia from Sydney under the QantasLink brand .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Eastern Australia Airlines fleet consists of 19 aircraft with an average age of 18.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| De Havilland DHC-8-200 | 3 | operated for QantasLink | 36 | |
| De Havilland DHC-8-300 | 16 | operated for Qantas Link | 50 | |
| total | 19th | - |
See also
Web links
- Qantas website (including English, German)
Individual evidence
- ^ Eastern Australia Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ qantas.com - Dash 8, accessed November 17, 2016
