Aero-Tropics Air Services

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Aero-Tropics Air Services
IATA ICAO Callsign
HCATIAEROTROPICS
Founded1995
Commenced operationsFebruary 2000
Ceased operationsOctober 2008
Operating bases Cairns Airport
Hubs Horn Island Airport
Fleet size13
Destinations13
Headquarters Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Website Aero-Tropics.com.au

Lip-Air Pty Ltd, [1] [2] operating as Aero-Tropics Air Services (ATAS), [3] was an airline based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Its main base was Cairns Airport, with its operating hub at Horn Island Airport. [4]

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History

Lip-Air Pty Ltd was a privately owned company established by the Lippmann family in 1995. The company's Aero Tropics Air Services (ATAS) division started operating air charters in 1997, serving the region of Torres Strait, Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria. ATAS obtained a Regular Public Transport licence in February 2000 from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and began operating daily scheduled services to/ from and between the Torres Strait Islands. [5] In March 2007 it had 50 employees. [4] It grew from one 5-seat Partenavia P.68 aircraft based on Coconut Island to a fleet of eighteen aircraft based at Karumba, Horn Island and Cairns. [5] As of November 2008 it operated scheduled domestic services to 12 destinations in the Torres Strait Islands. [6] In late June 2008 the airline was grounded for five days by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). [7] As a result, the Queensland Government removed the Government contract for Aero-Tropics delivering mail and some supplies, flying to many remote Cape York towns. The contract was awarded to West Wing Aviation. In October 2008 CASA grounded the airline again after two incidents on successive days prompted concerns about the airline's training and supervision of its pilots. [7] The second grounding proved to be permanent, as the airline went into liquidation the following month. [8]

Incidents and accidents

Fleet

As of July 2008, the Aero-Tropics Air Services (ATAS) fleet consisted of: [9]

At the time of liquidation, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) showed that the airline owned the following aircraft: [10]

Destinations

As of July 2008, Aero-Tropics Air Services (ATAS) operated scheduled domestic services to the following destinations: [6]

  1. Badu Island [3] – Badu Island Airport
  2. Boigu Island [3] – Boigu Island Airport
  3. Cairns – Cairns Airport
  4. Coconut Island [3] (Poruma Island) – Coconut Island Airport
  5. Darnley Island [3] (Erub Island) – Darnley Island Airport
  6. Horn Island [3] – Horn Island Airport (hub)
  7. Kubin Village [3] (Moa Island) – Kubin Airport
  8. Mabuiag Island [3] – Mabuiag Island Airport
  9. Murray Island [3] – Murray Island Airport
  10. Saibai Island [3] – Saibai Island Airport
  11. Warraber Island [3] (Sue Islet) – Warraber Island Airport
  12. Yam Island [3] (Iama Island) – Yam Island Airport
  13. Yorke Island [3] – Yorke Island Airport

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Business Number (ABN) 88 068 117 537: LIP-AIR PTY. LIMITED". Australian Business Register (ABR).[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Air Operator Certificate for Lip-Air". Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Retrieved 19 November 2008.[ dead link ] As the airline no longer exists, conducting a search now does not produce the same result.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Home page". Aero Tropics Air Services (ATAS). Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 27 March 2007. p. 50.
  5. 1 2 "Company profile". Aero Tropics Air Services. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  6. 1 2 "Route map". Aero Tropics Air Services. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  7. 1 2 "Aero Tropics apologises over grounding". The Australian. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Aerotropics told to liquidate". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Fleet". Aero Tropics Air Services. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  10. ↑ "CASA civil aircraft register search, using "Lip-Air" as the search parameter". Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Retrieved 19 November 2008.[ dead link ] As the airline no longer exists, conducting a search now does not produce the same result.
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