SH SHA Destinations 9 Founded 1990 | SHA SHARP Fleet size 14 | |
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Parent company Sharp Aviation Pty. Ltd. Key people Managing Director: Malcolm SharpDirector: Peter Sobey Profiles | ||
Sharp airlines
Sharp Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia and operating in the southern states of Australia. Its main bases are Portland Airport, Adelaide Airport and Launceston Airport. The airline also provides charter operations to regional Victoria and South Australia. The parent company Sharp Aviation has a flight training operation base at Hamilton Airport, and a maintenance base at Portland Airport.
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History
Commencing airline operations using the Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, the airline has continued to grow; acquiring Fairchild Metro aircraft to replace the Chieftains and adding Essendon Airport to the route network. In April 2008 it commenced services from a new Adelaide Airport base of operations to Port Augusta. In October 2009 Sharp Airlines commenced a trial period connecting Adelaide with Portland and Avalon Airport. In January 2010 it became a permanent addition to the flight schedule. In October 2010 Sharp Airlines took over routes to Flinders Island from Launceston in Tasmania and Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Victoria from previous operator Airlines of Tasmania. In late 2011 flights to King Island from Launceston via Wynyard started twice daily.
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Sharp Airlines operates the following scheduled services.
The scheduled services are operated using the airline's Metro III and Metro 23 aircraft. It also operates charter services using a mix of other aircraft in the fleet as well as the Metros.
Fleet
As of September 2016 the Sharp Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: