Macair Airlines

MacAir Airlines
IATA CC	ICAO MCK	Callsign Macair
Founded		1992
Hubs		Brisbane Airport Cairns Airport Mount Isa Airport Townsville Airport
Fleet size		10
Destinations		29
Headquarters		Townsville, Queensland
Key people		Chief Pilot - Capt Andre Ayton
Website: http://www.macair.com.au

MacAir Airlines is a regional airline based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It operates scheduled passenger services throughout Queensland from major regional locations, as well as regular and ad hoc charters for the minerals industry in Queensland. Its main operations base is Townsville International Airport, with hubs at Cairns International Airport, Brisbane Airport and Mount Isa Airport.^[1]

History

MacAir Airlines was established and started charter operations in 1992 as McKinlay Air Charters, adding scheduled services in 1998. In May 2000 the Collins family sold the airline to Transjet, owner of Transtates Airlines. The two brands were merged and operate under the MacAir name. In November 2003 MacAir acquired Horizon Airlines. The airline is wholly owned by Transjet.^[1]. Since its inception, MacAir Airlines has grown to become a major player in Australia's regional aviation network and plays an important role in providing transport to both passengers and freight throughout regional Queensland. MacAir Airlines is based in Townsville. Staff are based in Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa and Brisbane. In 1998 the growth of the mining industry and MacAir Airlines' fly-in fly out operations led to the expansion of the carrier and the introduction of passenger services in North Queensland. The year 2000 saw further expansion for MacAir when it merged with passenger airline Transtate Airlines and incorporated their Gulf of Carpentaria services under the MacAir banner. Today MacAir services many destinations in its network, with the link between Townsville and Mt Isa being the busiest. This route serves the mining industry that has built up on this lucrative corridor and sees the company's Saab 340 service this two hour sector. MacAir Airlines is a Qantas commercial partner. As such, the airline has worldwide distribution through the Qantas reservation system. This agreement between the two carriers gives passengers the ability to choose several options for booking tickets along with the ability to accrue and utilise frequent flyer points on a number of services. In Brisbane MacAir and Regional Express share roughtly the same area of the airport since both airlines operate the Saab 340.

Destinations

Routes from Townsville to
Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Winton, Longreach, Moranbah, Brisbane
Hughenden, Richmond, Julia Creek

Routes From Cairns to
Mount Isa, Normanton, Mornington Island, Burketown, Doomadgee
Pormpuraaw, Kowanyama

Routes from Brisbane to
Moranbah, Townsville
Oakey, St George, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah
Charleville, Quilpie, Birdsville, Bedourie, Boulia, Mount Isa

Charter Connections for Mining Companies from Townsville to
Osborne, BHP's Cannington, Zinifex Century Mine

Fleet

The Macair Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2007:^[2]

• 1 ATR-42-500
• 4 Fairchild Metro 23
• 6 Saab 340B

External links

• Macair Airlines
• Macair Airlines own Cadet Scheme

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 46. 
2. ^ CASA Aircraft registry

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