Aboriginal Air Services

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Aboriginal Air Services
IATA ICAO Callsign
I8--
Founded2000
Ceased operations2006
Headquarters Alice Springs Airport, Australia
Engineless EMB-110 of PY Air at Essendon Airport PY Air (Aboriginal Air Services) Embraer EMB-110 Vabre.jpg
Engineless EMB-110 of PY Air at Essendon Airport

Aboriginal Air Services was an umbrella company of 4 distinct airlines owned by the Aboriginal people of central Australia. Four companies (see list below) gradually came together as a consortium over nearly twenty years. [1] The consortium, known as Aboriginal Air Services was fully owned by the Aboriginal people.

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In the late 1990s, Aboriginal Air Services offered tourist flights on the mail plane. [2]

The consortium ceased operating on 17 September 2006. [3]

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References

  1. Aboriginal Air Services
  2. "Outback special delivery" . The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 14 February 1998. p. 12, S6. Retrieved 19 September 2019 via newspapers.com.
  3. "Aboriginal Air Services to close". The Age. 15 September 2006.
  4. D'Alpuget, Blanche (28 January 1989). "Hope springs in Alice" . The Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend. Sydney, New South Wales. p. 33. Retrieved 19 September 2019 via newspapers.com.