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QantasLink
IATA
QF		ICAO
NONE		Callsign
NONE
FoundedGrouped in 2002
Fleet size8 Boeing 717 and 34 Dash 8 aircraft
DestinationsRegional Australia
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Key people
Website: http://www.qantaslink.com.au

QantasLink is a regional subsidiary of Australian airline Qantas and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance.


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History

Until 2002 Qantas' various subsidiaries operated under separate brands. In 2002 a common brand was created encompassing the regional subsidiaries Airlink, Sunstate, Eastern Australia Airlines, and Southern Australian Airlines.

For a short while[citation needed], QantasLink took over some of the Qantas' non-trunk routes, such as Sydney - Sunshine Coast using Boeing 717 planes that were inherited after Qantas acquired Impulse Airlines. QantasLink ceased operating some of these routes after Qantas formed low-cost subsidiary Jetstar and transferred the Boeing 717 aircraft and routes to the new airline. In 2005/06 8 of the 717s were returned to QantasLink following Jetstar's acqisition of Airbus A320 aircraft. However this time they are being operated in Western Australia, Northern Territory and far north Queensland. The remaining 6 717s have been decomissioned from Jetstar use and are currently stored in Brisbane and Newcastle.

Fleet

The current QantasLink fleet consists of the following aircraft:

QantasLink flights are operated by the airlines that make up the group - Eastern Australia Airlines, Sunstate Airlines and National Jet. Although all flights use QF IATA codes the actual ICAO codes and callsigns used in the Air Traffic Control system vary as to the airline operating the service. Eastern and Sunstate also use special two letter ICAO codes for use in Australia only. As a guide Eastern and Sunstate operate the Dash 8 services with the Boeing 717 and BAe146 flights being operated by National Jet. The codes used by these airlines are:


ICAO Callsign
EA Eastern
SS Sunstate
NJS National Jet Systems

Expansion

Currently, the airline will also be acquiring 7 new Dash 8-400 series turboprop airliners, which have been progressively joining the fleet since early 2006.

As part of their further expansion, QantasLink entered into the South Australian market in December 2005, with flights from Adelaide to Port Lincoln and Kangaroo Island. Interstate flights to and from Kangaroo Island were also introduced direct to and from Melbourne. Due to low passenger loads, these services ceased operation at the end of June, 2006. Along with the services ex Melbourne to Burnie.

Since 2005, Qantaslink services in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory have been contracted to National Jet Systems, using the QantasLink brand. The hubs for QantasLink under the National Jet Systems contract are in Perth, Western Australia, Cairns, Queensland and Darwin, Northern Territory.

Qantas will replace its daily Melbourne-Launceston Boeng 737 service with a twice daily QantasLink Dash 8 service from Aug 1st, 2006.

Destinations

Former destinations

In 2006 QantasLink discontinued its flights from Sydney to Ballana Byron, with Jetstar taking over these flights. QantasLink has also pulled out of the Gold Coast airport, with Jetstar replacing their services. QantasLink used to fly from Gold Coast to Brisbane and Newcastle Williamtown.

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