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Cunnamulla Airport
Cunnamulla Airport is an airport in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia. The airport is west northwest from the town. 1970 Royal Tour In April 1970 Princess Anne was scheduled to visit Cunamulla during a Royal Tour. Local authorities decided the derelict Miles M.65 Gemini at the airport had to be moved out of sight. A rope was attached to the tailwheel and a tractor pulled from the front, with the expectation that the inverted aircraft would be pulled over on to its undercarriage legs. However the deteriorated wooden fuselage was crushed and broke up. The wreck was moved out of sight on the airport. Airlines and destinations Services are operated under contract to the Government of Queensland. Previously operated by Skytrans, services have been operated by Regional Express Airlines since 1 January 2015. See also * List of airports in Queensland This is a list of airports in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. __TOC__ List of airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Paroo
The Shire of Paroo is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre is the town of Cunnamulla. The Paroo Shire covers an area of . In the , the Shire of Paroo had a population of 1,679 people. Geography The region incorporates the towns of Cunnamulla, Yowah, Eulo, Queensland, Eulo and Wyandra, Queensland, Wyandra, with Cunnamulla being the hub of the Shire and is centrally situated on the crossroads of the Shire of Balonne, Balonne and Mitchell Highway, Mitchell Highways. Cunnamulla, meaning "long stretch of water", gets its name from the Warrego River which flows past the town. The Paroo Shire is bounded by the Open Mitchell Grass Flood Plains in the East to the Yowah opal fields where the Yowah nut is found and the Mulga Lands, Mulga lands to the West. Main industries within the Shire are beef, Goat meat, goat, fat Lamb and mutton, lamb, wool, Opal, opal mining and Tourism in Australia, tourism. Locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George Airport (Queensland)
St George Airport is an airport southeast of St George, Queensland, Australia. Airlines and destinations Services are operated under contract to the Government of Queensland and have been operated by Regional Express Airlines since 1 January 2015. See also * List of airports in Queensland This is a list of airports in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. __TOC__ List of airports The list is sorted by the name of the community served, click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listin ... References Airports in Queensland {{Queensland-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Queensland
This is a list of airports in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. __TOC__ List of airports The list is sorted by the name of the community served, click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listing order. Airports named in bold are Designated International Airports, even if they have limited or no scheduled international services. Defunct airports {, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:auto;" ! width="*" , Community ! width="*" , Airport name ! width="*" , Type ! width="*" , International Civil Aviation Organization airport code, ICAO ! width="*" , International Air Transport Association airport code, IATA ! width="*" , Coordinates , - , Antil Plains, , Antil Plains Aerodrome, , Military, , , , , , , - , Eagle Farm, Brisbane, , Eagle Farm Airport, , Military/Public, , , , , , , - , Charters Towers, , Breddan Aerodrome, , Military, , , , , , , - , Petri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Express Airlines
Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional services using turboprop aircraft. Between 2021 and 2024, Rex also operated jet services between selected major Australian cities. In July 2024, it collapsed and was placed into voluntary administration. It is the primary subsidiary of Regional Express Holdings, itself predominantly foreign-owned by Singaporean businessman Lim Kim Hai and Hong Kong investment firm PAG. Rex is Australia's second-largest regional airline by number of regional destinations, serving 45 regional destinations, behind QantasLink, who serve 55 regional destinations across Australia. On the night of 30 July 2024, the airline ceased all bookings for domestic jet service routes to capital cities and fell into voluntary administration, appointing joint administrators from Ernst & Young. It came one day after Rex stopped trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), amid fears the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skytrans Airlines
Skytrans is an Australian airline and air charter business based in Cairns, Rockhampton and Townsville, in Queensland. The airline operates RPT (Regular Public Transport), charter and ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) services in Cairns, Horn Island, Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville. On 31 March 2015, two months after being placed into administration, the company returned to the skies. As of March 2024, the airline is now owned by European based Avia Solutions Group. History Skytrans was founded by David and Sue Barnard in October 1990 as a charter airline, and began scheduled flights in 1993. In November 2000, Skytrans merged with AirSwift Aviation, another small regional airline based in Cairns. In June 2001, Skytrans took over services to Cooktown and Karumba from MacAir Airlines. In January 2005, the airline began to operate in competition with QantasLink on the Cairns to Townsville route, operating from its own terminals in both cities. In December 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Queensland
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the state constitution. Since federation in 1901, Queensland has been a state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of the monarch, Charles III), although the governor in practice performs only ceremonial duties, with de facto executive power lying with the Cabinet. The Cabinet is the government' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (IATA: WTB, ICAO: YBWW, formerly Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) is an airport in Wellcamp, west from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The airport and an associated aviation and business park is the brainchild of the Wagner family, a business family prominent in the Toowoomba region. It is the first major greenfield public airport development in Australia since Melbourne Airport opened in 1970. It is also the first privately funded major airport in the country. The airport is rated at Code E and with its long by wide runway can handle aircraft the size and weight of the Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-8. The airport is estimated to have a catchment area of 344,000 people and in 2017 handled 157,000 passengers (a 25.9% growth from the previous year), making it the 33rd busiest regional airport in Australia annually. History Prior to the construction of this airport, the Toowoomba region had not been serviced by a jet-capable airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thargomindah Airport
Thargomindah Airport is an airport near Thargomindah, Queensland, Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia. Airlines and destinations Services are operated by Regional Express Airlines under contract to the Government of Queensland, Government of Queensland. See also * List of airports in Queensland References Airports in Queensland Shire of Bulloo {{Queensland-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport is an international airport serving Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. The airport services 31 airlines flying to 50 domestic and 29 international destinations, total amounting to more than 22.7 million passengers who travelled through the airport in 2016. In 2016, an OAG report named Brisbane airport as the fifth-best performing large-sized airport in the world for on-time performance with 87% of arrivals and departures occurring within 15 minutes of their scheduled times, slipping from 88.31% the year before. It covers an area of , making the airport the largest in land area in all of Australia. Brisbane Airport is the primary hub for Virgin Australia, a major hub for Qantas, and a secondary hub for Qantas' low cost subsidiary Jetstar. Brisbane has the third highest number of domestic connections in Australia following Sydney and Melbourne. It is also home to Qantas' Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 heavy maintenance facilities. Virgin A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, the locality of Cunnamulla had a population of 1,233. Geography Cunnamulla lies on the Warrego River in South West Queensland within the Murray–Darling basin, Murray–Darling drainage basin. It flows from the north (Coongoola) through the town, which is in the centre of the locality, and exits to the south (Tuen, Queensland, Tuen). The Mitchell Highway passes through the locality from north (Coongoola) to south (Tuen), while the Balonne Highway enters the location from the east (Linden, Queensland, Linden). The two highways intersect in the town, which is located in the centre of the locality. The Bulloo Developmental Road starts in Cunnamulla and exits the locality to the west (Eulo, Queensland, Eulo). C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Airlines
Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional services using turboprop aircraft. Between 2021 and 2024, Rex also operated jet services between selected major Australian cities. In July 2024, it collapsed and was placed into voluntary administration. It is the primary subsidiary of Regional Express Holdings, itself predominantly foreign-owned by Singaporean businessman Lim Kim Hai and Hong Kong investment firm PAG. Rex is Australia's second-largest regional airline by number of regional destinations, serving 45 regional destinations, behind QantasLink, who serve 55 regional destinations across Australia. On the night of 30 July 2024, the airline ceased all bookings for domestic jet service routes to capital cities and fell into voluntary administration, appointing joint administrators from Ernst & Young. It came one day after Rex stopped trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), amid fears the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles M
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a imperial unit, British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of Unit of length, length equal to 5,280 Foot (unit), English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international yard and pound, international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the #Roman, Roman mile (roughly ), such as the #Nautical, nautical mile (now exactly), the #Italian, Italian mile (roughly ), and the li (unit), Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 (), but the greater importance of furlongs in the Kingdom of England#Tudor period, Elizabethan-era England meant th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
