Norfolk Air was an airline based on

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, an external territory of

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. It was owned by the Administration of Norfolk Island, with flights operated by Our Airline. The airline provided services between Norfolk Island Airport and

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and

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. As Norfolk Island was outside of the

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, flights were required to depart from international terminals at each airport and passengers were required to carry a document of identity or passport.

History

The airline began operations in May 2006, initially operating services between Norfolk Island and Brisbane and Sydney, with flights subsequently added on a weekly basis from Newcastle in May 2007 and from Melbourne in November 2007. All services were operated by

OzJet Ozjet Airlines Pty Ltd was a airline, scheduled and air charter, charter airline with its head office in Tullamarine, Melbourne, Australia operating within Australasia from Melbourne Airport, Sydney Airport and Perth Airport. In 2008 the airlin ...

until May 2009 when Our Airline commenced flying on Norfolk Air's behalf using B737-300 aircraft. One of Our Airline's B737-300 was painted in Norfolk Air's

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. Our Airline provided the aircraft and technical crew for the operations, while Norfolk Air provided the cabin crew, with all cabin crew being residents of Norfolk Island. Norfolk Air VH-NLK

In April 2009 OzJet announced its decision to terminate charter services on behalf of Norfolk Air with immediate effect. Subsequently, Norfolk Air announced that Our Airline would begin operating all Norfolk Air services ahead of the changeover already planned for May 2009. On 24 December 2011 the Norfolk Island Government decided to withdraw services, with the final flight operating on 26 February 2012.

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took over services between the Australian mainland and Norfolk Island on 6 March 2012, operating from Sydney and Brisbane using Airbus

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aircraft.

Destinations

Norfolk Air operated from its base at Norfolk Island Airport to

and

Fleet

As of May 2009, the Norfolk Air fleet included:

References

Norfolk Air withdrawal.

External links

Norfolk Air
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History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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