Skippers Aviation
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 scheduled | ||||||
| Headquarters | Perth Airport | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Skippers Aviation is an Australian regional airline based out of Perth Airport that specialises in charter flights for companies with fly-in fly-out workers. It also operate flights for the mining industry in Western Australia, as well as some scheduled regular public transport flights. Primarily serving the northern Goldfields, Skippers also has a secondary base in Broome in order to service the Kimberley region.
Skippers Aviation was founded in 1990. It began scheduled services in March 1999 after winning a Government of Western Australia contract to operate flights from Broome to Derby.[1][2] It held a 25% stake in Hazelton Airlines that was sold to Ansett Transport Industries in 2000.[3][4] It took over the Perth to Busselton and Margaret River service from Maroomba Airlines on 31 July 2000.[5]
Services
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Skippers Aviation is the largest provider of fly-in fly-out services for the mining industry in Western Australia. It operates weekly flights and supports many mining companies and mine sites.[6]
As of January 2020, Skippers Aviation also operates scheduled services to the following regional destinations out of Perth and Broome:
Fleet
As of August 2019, the Skippers Aviation fleet consists of 26 aircraft:[7]
- 3 Cessna 441 Conquest II (based out of Broome)
- 4 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8
- 6 de Havilland Canada/Bombardier DHC-8-300 Dash 8
- 6 Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia (Fleet placed into long-term storage December 2020)
- 5 Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23
- 2 Fokker 100
