North Queensland Airways
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North Queensland Airways Pty. Ltd. (NQA) was an Australian company established on 7 May 1936 to operate air services in Queensland, Australia.
With its headquarters at Cairns, Queensland it initially had a share capital of 50,000 pounds in one pound shares, and the managing director and chief pilot was Thomas Horatio McDonald.[1] As well as operating a flying school at Cairns using De Havilland Gipsy Moth aircraft, it began scheduled flights on 1 June 1936 operating between Cairns and Innisfail with De Havilland Puss Moth and Monospar monoplanes, and in April 1937 extended its services to Brisbane with De Havilland Dragon eight-seat biplanes.[2]
