Airtex Aviation

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Airtex Aviation
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Founded1982
Commenced operations1982
Ceased operations2010
Hubs Bankstown Airport, Sydney, NSW
Headquarters Bankstown Airport
Bankstown, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Avtex Air Services Pty Ltd, trading as Airtex Aviation, [1] was an Australian air charter company with its head office at Bankstown Airport, Sydney. [2] Formed in 1982, the company operated passenger and freight air charter services, as well as air search and rescue services. [3]

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On 20 July 2010 the Civil Aviation Safety Authority suspended the operator certificates of Avtex and its sister company Skymaster Air Services, which operated the organisation's piston engine aircraft, after a crash on an Airtex aircraft in Canley Vale in western Sydney which caused two deaths. A number of other serious incidents in the time prior to the accident had been taken in consideration for this decision. Further enquiries found that "pilot bullying, deliberate rule breaking and corner cutting were amongst the unsafe practices". After the matter ran its course by February 2011, Avtex and Skymaster were left without further recourse against the suspension of their air operator's certificates and had to cease operations. [4] [5]

Fleet

As of December 2009, the Airtex fleet consisted of: [6]

Incidents and accidents

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References

  1. CASA website link to Airtex Aviation Air Operator Certificate. Retrieved: 5 December 2008. [ dead link ]
  2. "Location Map" Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine . Airtex Aviation. Retrieved on 26 June 2010.
  3. "Airtex Aviation website". Airtex Aviation. 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  4. Two Sydney based air operators suspended Archived 12 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Civil Aviation Safety Authority, 24 July 2010.
  5. Ben Sandilands: Tribunal publishes indictment of general aviation operator , crikey.com, 9 February 2011.
  6. Australian civil aircraft register search, using "Avtex" as the search parameter. Search conducted 24 December 2009.
  7. "VH-OZG Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
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  9. Robinson, Georgina (15 June 2010). "'We have to put it down on the road' pilot tells control seconds before fatal crash". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2010.