Maroomba Airlines

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Maroomba Airlines
Maroomba Airlines Logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
KN- MBMaroomba -
Founded1985
Fleet size5
DestinationsGolden Grove, Windarling, Noresman, Southern Cross Kalgoorlie
Holding company#Parent company Nantay Pty Ltd
Headquarters Perth Airport
Website maroomba.com.au

Nantay Pty. Ltd., trading as Maroomba Airlines since 1998, is a small airline and air charter company based in Perth, Western Australia.

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Overview

Founded in 1985 as Maroomba Aviation, then renamed Maroomba Air Services in 1997, the airline operates ad hoc charter services around Western Australia.

It currently operates fly-in fly-out mining charter contracts and also operates a Beechcraft Super King Air and a Hawker 850XP business jet on behalf of the Western Australian government for ministerial transport around the state. In November 2008, Maroomba was selected to operate the Rio Tinto LifeFlight jet, on behalf of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Western Operations. [1] The Hawker 800XP is the first jet aircraft to be used by the RFDS and allows faster transport of patients around the expanses of WA. [2] [3]

Fleet

A Maroomba DHC-8-300 approaching Perth Airport in 2022 Maroomba Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-8 VH-QQP Perth 2022 (01).jpg
A Maroomba DHC-8-300 approaching Perth Airport in 2022

As of February 2024 the Maroomba Airlines fleet consists of: [4] [5]

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References

  1. Maroomba to Operate RFDS Jet Archived 14 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Australian Aviation
  2. Langford, Stephen (7 December 2009). "The first medical jet aircraft for the Royal Flying Doctor Service". Medical Journal of Australia. 191 (11): 609–610. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03346.x. PMID   20028278. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. Langford, Stephen (2015). The Leading Edge. Innovation, technology and people in Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service. Perth, Western Australia: UWA Publishing. pp. 90–102. ISBN   9781742588148.
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