- Big Sky Express
Big Sky Express was an
airline based inBrisbane ,Queensland ,Australia . It was established and started operations in2004 and was an Australian community airline operating scheduled domestic passenger services in the north western part ofNew South Wales . It ceased operations in2006 [Flight International 27 March 2007] .Services
Big Sky Express operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations:
Brisbane ,Coonabarabran , Grafton,Gunnedah ,Inverell ,Sydney and Taree. However on27 November 2006 , Big Sky Express was grounded by theCivil Aviation Safety Authority due to safety concerns about the operator of its aircraft, Transair. [Desmond, Rosemary. [http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,20829413-31037,00.html "Lockhart River crash airline grounded", News Corporation Australian website] retrieved2008 -01-24 .]Fleet
The Big Sky Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005) Fact|date=March 2007 :
*1 Fairchild Metro II
*2 Fairchild Metro IIIExternal links
* [https://www.bigskyexpress.com.au/ Big Sky Express]
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