FlyPelican
Regional airline of Australia
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Pelican Airlines Pty Ltd, operating as FlyPelican, is an Australian regional airline. Created by former Aeropelican staff with its previous aircraft fleet,[1] FlyPelican initially operated air charter services and subsequently commenced scheduled flights on 1 June 2015.[2] The airline is currently the only airline based in Newcastle, New South Wales, with its main base at Newcastle Airport.[3]
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| Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Newcastle Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
FlyPelican offers both Regular Public Transport Services to destinations across NSW, ACT, QLD and Adhoc / Contracted charters. The company slogan is Fly Local, Fly Pelican.
Destinations
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As of April 2025, in addition to regular and adhoc charters, FlyPelican operates to the following destinations:[4]
- Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra
- New South Wales
- Narrabri
- Cobar
- Newcastle
- Gold Coast
- Sydney
Victoria
- Melbourne / Geelong
Terminated destinations
- New South Wales
- Taree
- Port Macquarie
- Dubbo
- Bathurst
- Ballina
- Albury
- Mudgee
- South Australia
- Adelaide
- Adelaide Airport (operated March 2018 to April 2019 by Alliance Airlines)[8][9]
Queensland
- Sunshine Coast
Interline agreements
Fleet
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As of August 2025[update], FlyPelican operates the following aircraft:[11]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Passengers |
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| British Aerospace Jetstream 32 | 5 |
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