Alliance Airlines Expands
ALLIANCE AIRLINES EXPANDS ITS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONS WITH THE PURCHASE OF 2 NEW FOKKER 50 FLEET UNITS
Alliance Airlines has today announced the acquisition of a further two Fokker 50, 56 Seat turbo prop aircraft to join three similar aircraft already based at Adelaide Airport.
These additional aircraft will be delivered to Alliance in early June 2008 and be progressively brought on line as additional fleet units over the subsequent three months.
The Alliance fleet will then consist of a total of 16 aircraft comprised of 11 Fokker 100 jet aircraft and 5 Fokker 50 turbo prop aircraft based in three states and operating across Australia and within the Asia-Pacific region.
This announcement coincides with the sixth anniversary of the company’s commencement of operations in Queensland in 2002 when it operated two Fokker 100 aircraft.
“The arrival of these additional aircraft and the recent establishment of a major engineering base at Adelaide airport adds to the significant investment the company made during 2007 to support its operations to Olympic Dam and Oxiana’s Prominent Hill operation”, Scott McMillan, Alliance Airlines Managing Director said.
Alliance commenced operations in South Australia on the 2nd July last year with two Fokker 50 aircraft and added a third in October and is currently operating 62 flights per week to and from Adelaide airport.
Mr McMillan noted that “the fly in fly-out of staff from Adelaide to the remote mine sites of Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill to support ongoing exploration, extraction and processing of mineral reserves provides important economic benefits to both regional communities as well as the State. Alliance is therefore delighted to be a cornerstone supplier to the resource sector within South Australia.
To support this expanded operation, Alliance has recently occupied the largest hangar on Adelaide Airport and is progressively expanding the engineering capabilities of that facility to ensure the most efficient operation of the five Fokker 50 aircraft. This facility will be developed over time to support future Fokker 100 operations
The Alliance base in Adelaide now employs 53 staff, including flight crew, engineering customer service, operational staff and management.
