Eastern Australia Airlines

Short description: Australian regional airline

Eastern Australia Airlines

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Founded| 1949
Operating bases| Adelaide Airport, Melbourne Airport, Sydney Airport
Frequent-flyer program| Qantas Frequent Flyer
Fleet size| 19
Destinations| 25
Parent company| Qantas
Headquarters| Mascot, New South Wales, Australia

Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd is an airline based on the grounds of Sydney Airport in Mascot, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is a regional domestic airline serving sixteen destinations within Australia under the QantasLink banner. Its main base is Sydney Airport, with a hub at Melbourne Airport.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Destinations
* 3 Fleet
* 3.1 Historical fleet
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

The airline was established and started operations in 1949. It began in Tamworth as Tamworth Air Taxi Service (shortened to Tamair later on). The name was changed to Eastern Australia Airlines in 1986. Australian Airlines purchased 26% of Eastern Australian Airlines from East-West Airlines in 1988, and the airline became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1991. Qantas purchased Australian Airlines in 1992.

In 2002, Qantas merged its Mildura-based subsidiary Southern Australia Airlines with Eastern, the resulting operation using the Eastern name.

In August 2008 it was announced that Eastern Australia would shortly commence operating 72-seat Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft on services to regional centres in New South Wales, supplementing services with smaller 50-seat Dash 8s and allowing the removal of 36-seat Dash 8s from service on some routes altogether with the retirement of all 100 series Dash 8s.[3]

In June 2015, Qantas Group chief executive Alan Joyce announced that Eastern Australia would operate regional services in New Zealand, using Jetstar-branded Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops.[4]

In September 2019, Jetstar CEO Garath Evans announced a proposal to withdraw from regional flying in New Zealand. This was followed up by a confirmation in October 2019. Jetstar cited soft demand, higher fuel costs and a loss making operation as reasons for the withdrawal. Following the withdrawal, the five Jetstar-branded Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft were transferred back to Australia.[5][6]

## Destinations

An Eastern Australia DHC-8-201 at rest at the Sydney main base. The pink ribbon forward of the entry door is to advertise QantasLink's support of breast cancer research, while aft of the door is the Oneworld logo. An Eastern Australia Airlines Bombardier Q300 at Wagga Wagga Airport in QantasLink colors

Eastern Australia Airlines operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations. Between December 2015 and November 2019 Eastern Australian Airlines operated regional domestic services within New Zealand under the Jetstar brand.[7]

Australia

From Sydney

* Albury, New South Wales
* Armidale, New South Wales
* Bendigo, Victoria
* Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
* Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
* Dubbo, New South Wales
* Griffith, New South Wales
* Lord Howe Island
* Merimbula, New South Wales
* Mildura, Victoria
* Moree, New South Wales
* Orange, New South Wales
* Port Macquarie, New South Wales
* Tamworth, New South Wales
* Toowoomba, Queensland
* Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

From Melbourne

* Albury, New South Wales
* Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
* Devonport, Tasmania
* Kingscote, South Australia (seasonal)
* Launceston, Tasmania
* Mildura, Victoria
* Mount Gambier, South Australia
* Adelaide, South Australia
* Merimbula, New South Wales (seasonal)
* Burnie, Tasmania

From Adelaide

* Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
* Kingscote, South Australia
* Mount Gambier, South Australia
* Port Lincoln, South Australia
* Whyalla, South Australia

## Fleet

As of August 2019 the Eastern Australia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8][needs update]

Eastern Australia Airlines fleet  Aircraft  | Total  | Notes

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Bombardier DHC-8-200 | 3  |
Bombardier Q300 | 16  |

### Historical fleet

Eastern Historical Fleet Aircraft  | In Fleet

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Cessna 404 Titan | 9

## See also

* List of airlines of Australia

## References

1. ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. 66.
2. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 75. 2007-04-03.
3. ↑ "QantasLink Announces New Q400 Schedule for NSW"; Qantas Media Release.. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
4. ↑ Bradley, Grant (18 June 2015). "Regional shake-up: Jetstar to break Air New Zealand's domestic stranglehold". The New Zealand Herald (NZME). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11467277.
5. ↑ "Jetstar proposes withdrawal from regional flying in New Zealand"; Jetstar Media Release.. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
6. ↑ "Jetstar confirms withdrawal from five regional domestic routes in New Zealand"; Jetstar Media Release.. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
7. ↑ Qantas online schedule.. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
8. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 4. October 2019.

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