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Australia is an island continent located southeast of Asia and forming, with the nearby island of Tasmania, the Commonwealth of Australia. The continent is bordered on the north by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Torres Strait, on the east by the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea, on the south by the Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Indian Ocean. The Commonwealth extends for about 4000 km (about 2500 mi) from east to west and for about 3700 km (about 2300 mi) from north to south. Its coastline measures some 25,760 km (about 16,010 mi). The area of the Commonwealth is 7,682,300 sq km (2,966,200 sq mi), and the area of the continent alone is 7,614,500 sq km (2,939,974 sq mi), making Australia the smallest continent in the world, but the sixth largest country.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA/ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

Aaron Airlines

* - * AB / C32   Defunct  

Aboriginal Air Services (Aboriginal Airlines)

2000* - 2006* -- / --- Aboriginal Air Services Status?  

Adagold Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Adastra Aerial Surveys

1973* - 1973 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ad-Astral Aviation

2006* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Adelaide Airways

1935 - 1936 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Advance Airlines

1974 - 1980 DR / --- Avdev Airlines Davey Status?  

Aero Marine Consulting

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Aerocab

1978* - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Aerodyne

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

Aerolink Air Services

1999* - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Aeromil

2000 - 2000 -- / ---   Status?  

Aeropelican Air Services

1971 - 2009> OT / PEL   Active  

Aero-Tropics

1999 - 2008 HC / ATI Aero-Tropics Defunct  

Air Australia

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Air Bee

1947 - 1947* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Cairns

1993 - 1994* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Cargo Australia

1989 - 2003* -- / --- TransAustralian Air Renamed  

Air Central Eyre

1987 - 1990* -- / ---   Defunct  

Air Charter

1994* - 1994* -- / ---   Defunct  

Air Charter Australia

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Charter Centre

1981 ~ 1983 -- / ---   Unknown  

Air Charter Tours

Early 1970s -- / --- Southern Cross Airlines Renamed  

Air Connex

2002* ~ 2002* -- / ---   Unknown  

Air Eastland

Early 1970s NO / --- East Coast Commuter Airlines Renamed  

Air Express

1952 - 1979 -- / ---   Defunct  

Air Facilities

1992 - 2002* FZ / --- Air Facilities Status?  

Air Fraser Island

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Frontier

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Great Lakes

1971* - 1982* -- / ---   Defunct  

Air Kangaroo (PACE)

1978? -- / ---   Began?  

Air Kangaroo Island

1990 - 1994 -- / --- Air Kangaroo Island Defunct  

Air Kangaroo Island

1994 - 1994* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Kimberly

1995 - 1995 -- / ---   Defunct  

Air Link (Airlink)

1971 - 2009> DR / ---   Active  

Air Maroochy

1982 - 1994* QO / ---   Status?  

Air Midwest

1992* - 1993 FH / ---   Defunct  

Air Mount ISA

2002* - 2003* -- / ---   Defunct  

Air New South Wales

1981 - 1985 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Air Ngukurr

2002* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Air North International

1988 - 1993 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Air North Queensland

1990* - 1990* -- / ---   Status?  

Air North Regional

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Air Nostalgia

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Air NSW

1985 - 1989 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Air Queensland

1976* - 1988 -- / --- Air Queensland Renamed  

Air South Regional

1993 - 2009> -- / ---   Active Status

Air Swift

1992 - 1994* KJ /   Status?  

Air Tasmania

1969 - 1990 XZ / --- Airlines of Tasmania Renamed  

Air Tiwi

1996^ - 2001* -- / ---   Status?  

Air Transit

1982* - 1990 -- / --- Air Kangaroo Island Renamed  

Air W.A.

1984 - 1985 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Air Whitsunday

1988* - 1988 -- / --- Seair Pacific Renamed  

Air Whitsunday Seaplanes

1999* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Aircrafts Pty

1929* - 1948 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

AirCruising Australia

1998 - 2009> -- / AIX Air Cruising Australia Active  

Airlines (WA)

1955* - 1955 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Airlines of Australia

1934 - 1942 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Airlines of New South Wales

1959 - 1968 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Airlines of Northern Australia

1982 - 1985 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Airlines of South Australia

1981 - 1986 -- / --- Airlines of South Australia Defunct  

Airlines of South Australia

1998 - 2004 RT / LRT ASA Renamed  

Airlines of Tasmania

1990 - 2009* FO / ATM Airlines of Tasmania Status? Status

Airlines of Western Australia (W.A.)

1981 - 1984 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Airlink

1991 - 2009* DR / ---   Status? Status

AirNorth

1982* - 1988 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Airnorth

1993 - 2009> TL / ANO AirNorth Active  

Airnorth Central

1975^ - 1998 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Airnorth Central Australia

1993 - 1993 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Airnorth Katherine

1991* - 1993 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

AirServices Australia

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

AirSwift Aviation

2000* - 2007 -- / --- Skytrans Regional Renamed New

AirTex Aviation

1982 - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Albatross Airlines

1979 - 1998 UX / ---   Defunct  

Alliance Airlines

2002 - 2009> QQ / QQA Alliance Airlines Active  

Alligator Airways

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Amann Aviation

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Amity Aviation

1982 - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

ANA (Australian National Airlines)

1936 - 1957 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ancove

1991* - 1991* -- / ---   Status?  

Anindilyakwa Air

2000* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Ansett

1969 - 2002 AN / AAA Ansett Defunct  

Ansett - ANA

1957 - 1969 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett Air Freight

1989* - 2000* -- / ---   Defunct  

Ansett Airlines of New South Wales

1968 - 1981 WX / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett Airlines of Northern Australia

1981 - 1982 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett Airlines of South Australia

1959 - 1964 -- / --- Airlines of South Australia Renamed  

Ansett Airways

1936* - 1946 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett Express

1990 - 1993 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett N.T. (Ansett Northern Territories)

1985 - 1991 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett NSW (Ansett of New South Wales)

1989 - 1990 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Ansett WA

1985 - 1993 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Antonov Airlines Cargo

1989 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Aquatic Air

1975 - 1993 VZ / ---   Defunct  

Arcas Airways

1971^ - 1992 -- / --- Air Facilities Renamed  

Arnhem Air

1979* - 1998 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Arnhem Land Community Airline

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

ASA (Airlines of SA)

2004 - 2006* -- / --- ASA Status?  

Asian Express Airlines

1996 - 2008 HJ / AXF Tasman Cargo Airlines Renamed Status & End date

Associated Airlines

1938 - 2000* -- / ---   Status?  

Augusta Airways

1983 - 1998 BH / --- ASA Renamed  

Aus Air

2001* - 2002* -- / ---   Status?  

Aus-Air

1982 - 1999 NO / AUS Aus-Air Defunct  

Aussie Airways

1998 - 1998 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australasian Jet

1989* - 2000* -- / ---   Status?  

Australia Air Express

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

Australia Air International

1993 - 1994 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australia Connection Airways

1997? -- / ---   Began?  

Australia North-West

1991 - 1991 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australia World Airways

1993 - 2000 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australia-Asia Airline

1991 - 1996 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australian Aerial Services

1930* - 1930* -- / ---   Status?  

Australian Air Charterers

1956 - 1982 -- / --- Aus-Air Renamed  

Australian Air Express

1992 - 2009> XM / XME   Active  

Australian Airlines

1986 - 1990* -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Australian Airlines

2002 - 2006 AO / AUZ   Defunct  

Australian Airlink

1991* ~ 1992* -- / ---   Unknown  

Australian Challenge Airways

2004? -- / ---   Began?  

Australian Commuter Airlines

1994? -- / ---   Began?  

Australian Flyers

1997 - 2000 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australian Jet Air Charterers

1977* - 1978 -- / --- Jet Charter Airlines Renamed  

Australian Jet Charter

1997* ~ 1997* -- / ---   Unknown  

Australian National Airways

1930* - 1931* -- / ---   Status?  

Australian Regional Airlines of Queensland

1988 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Australian Transcontinental Aerial Services

1920* - 1920* -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Australian Vintage Travel

1987* - 1987* -- / ---   Status?  

Australiawide Airlines

2002* ~ 2002* -- / ---   Unknown  

Avdev Airlines

1980 - 1980* -- / --- Avdev Airlines Davey Renamed  

Avdev Airlines Davey

1980* - 1984 -- / --- Avdev Airlines Davey Defunct  

Aviatour

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Avior Airlines

1979* - 1987 XP / ---   Defunct  

Avtex Aviation (Avtex Air Services)

1982^ - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

AWAS

2004* ~ 2006* -- / ---   Unknown  

Ayers Rock Air Services

1985* - 1985* -- / ---   Status?  

Backpackers Xpress

2005? -- / ---   Began?  

Bankstown Air Charter

1998* ~ 1998* -- / ---   Unknown  

Bare Air

1992* - 1993* -- / ---   Status?  

Barrier Reef Airways

1947 - 1954 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

BBA Air Cargo

1976 - 1979 BQ / --- BBA Air Cargo Defunct  

Better Air Transport

Late 1940s -- / ---   Status?  

Big Sky Express

2004 - 2006 -- / ---   Defunct  

Bizjets (Business Jets)

1966* - 1979* BQ / ---   Status?  

Bloodstock Air Services

1983 - 1983 -- / ---   Defunct  

Brain & Brown Airfreighters

1949 - 1976 -- / --- BBA Air Cargo Renamed  

Brindabella Airlines

1994 - 2009> FQ / ---   Active Start date

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines

1947* - 1943* -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Broome Airlines

2000* - 2000 -- / --- Northwest Regional Airlines Renamed  

Broome Aviation

2002* - 2006* FY / ---   Status?  

Bush Pilots Airways

1951 - 197* QN / --- Air Queensland Renamed  

Butler Air Transport

1934* - 1959 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Butler Airlines

1978* - 1979* OT / ---   Status?  

Cairns Seaplanes

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Cape York Air

1980* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Capitol Airlines

1990* - 1990* -- / ---   Defunct  

Cargomasters

1981 - 1983 -- / ---   Defunct  

Carnavon Air Taxis

1963^ - 1972* -- / --- SkyWest Airlines Renamed  

Casair

2004* - 2009* -- / --- Casair Status? Status

Central Air

1999* - 1999* -- / ---   Status?  

Central Airlines (Central Highlands Air Transport)

1980* - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Central Pacific (Air Brisbane)

1996 ~ 1997 -- / ---   Unknown  

Challenge Air Services

1988 - 1989 -- / ---   Defunct  

Charrak Air

1996* - 1996* -- / ---   Status?  

Chartair

1982* - 1989* -- / ---   Status?  

Charter Air Cruise

1983^ - 1983* -- / --- Air Cruising Australia Renamed  

Charter Cruise Air

1989* - 1989* -- / ---   Status?  

Civil Flying Services

1965* - 1979* YT / ---   Status?  

Clubair

1979* - 1982* CG / --- Wings Australia Renamed  

Coast to Coast Air Charters

1992* ~ 1993* -- / ---   Unknown  

Coast to Coast Airlines

1992 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Cobden Air

1978* - 1979* XF / ---   Status?  

Cobden Air Services

2002* - 2002* -- / ---   Status?  

Cockatoo Island Airways

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

Commander Air

2004* - 2006* -- / --- Unknown Renamed  

Commercial Aviation

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Commodore Aviation

1969* - 1982* -- / ---   Defunct  

Compass Airlines

1990 - 1991 -- / ---   Defunct  

Compass Airlines

1992 - 1993 -- / --- Compass Airlines Defunct  

Complete Aviation Services

1992^ - 1993 * -- / --- Casair Renamed  

Connair

1970 - 1979 CK / --- Northern Airlines Renamed  

Connellan Airways

1943 - 1970 -- / --- Northern Airlines Renamed  

Coral Sea Airlines

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Corporate Airlines Canberra

1992* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Country Connection Airline

1991 - 2002* XL / NSW   Status?  

Countryair

1958^ - 1990 CE / ---   Defunct  

Crane Airlines

1987* - 1990 FD / --- Sydney Airlines Renamed  

Cranways

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Dakota Airways

1988 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Dakota Down Under

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Defunct  

Dakota National Air

1992 - 2002* -- / --- Discovery Airways Renamed  

Davey Air Services

1958 - 1980* -- / ---   Status?  

DC-3 Queensland (Air Rambler)

1988 - 1991* -- / ---   Defunct  

Desert Air Safaris

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Discovery Airways

2004* - 2006* -- / --- Discovery Airways Status?  

Drennan Aviation

1983* - 1983* -- / ---   Defunct  

Eagle Airways

1978* - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

East Coast Airlines

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

East Coast Commuter Airlines

Late 1970s -- / --- East Coast Commuter Airlines Status?  

Easter Airlines

1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Eastern Airlines

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Eastern Australia Airlines (Eastern Airlines)

1987 - 2009> QF / EAQ Eastern Australia Airlines Active  

Eastern Pacific Airlines

1992* - 1993* -- / ---   Status?  

Eastland Air (Moore's Air Charter)

1989* - 2002 -- / ---   Defunct  

EastWest Airlines

1989* - 1990 EW / --- Ansett Renamed  

East-West Airlines

1947 - 1989* EW / --- Ansett Renamed  

Eco Airlines

2005* - 2005* V2 / AKT   Defunct  

Edge Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Elite Airways

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Status?  

Emu Airways

1974 - 1979* -- / --- Air Kangaroo Island Renamed  

Emu Airways

1983 - 1983 -- / ---   Defunct  

Emu Airways

1991 - 2005 -- / --- Regionallink Airlines Defunct  

EWA (East West Airlines)

1953* -1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Execujet Australia

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Status?  

Executive Air

1959^ - 1994* -- / ---   Status?  

Express Freighters Australia

2006 - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Eyre Commuter (Eyre Charter)

1980 - 1998* -- / ---   Status?  

Falcon Airlines

1987* - 1990 AB / ---   Defunct  

FAST (Falcon & Sopac Transport)

1976* - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Fitzroy Aviation

1999* - 1999* -- / --- Fitzroy Aviation Status?  

Fleet Air

1977* - 1977 -- / --- IAF Renamed  

Flight Australia

1989 - 1991 -- / ---   Defunct  

Flight West Airlines (Queensland Regional Airlines)

1987 - 2001 YC / FWA Alliance Airlines Renamed  

Flightways

1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Flinders Island Airlines

1946 - 1990 CK / ---   Defunct  

Flinders Island Airways

1932 - 1933 -- / --- Tasmanian Aerial Services Renamed  

Formula Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Forrestair Cargo

1974 - 1978 -- / ---   Defunct  

Fortescue Air Charter

Early 1980s -- / ---   Defunct  

Garn Air Airservices*

1999* ~ 1999* -- / ---   Unknown  

Gawne Airlines

1994 - 1994 -- / ---   Defunct  

Gawne Airlines (Gawne Aviation)

Early 1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Geelong Air Travel

1977* - 1979* FK / ---   Status?  

Geelong Flight Centre

1995* - 1999* -- / ---   Defunct  

General Cargo Australia

1980 - 1983 -- / ---   Defunct  

Gibbes Sepik Airways

1949* - 1961* -- / ---   Defunct  

Global Air Australia

1997 - 2006* -- / GFR   Status?  

Gold Airways (RMA Gold Airways)

2006? -- / ---   Began?  

Gold Coast Air Charter (Twin Air)

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

Gold Wings Australia

1983 - 1985 -- / ---   Defunct  

Golden Eagle Airlines

1995* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Golden West Airways

1989* - 1989* -- / ---   Defunct  

Goldfields Air Services

1982* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Great Western Aviation

1998* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Guinea Airways

1928 - 1959 -- / --- Airlines of South Australia Renamed  

GWA (Great Western Airlines)

2002* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

H.C. Sleigh Aviation

1982* - 1990 -- / --- Airlines of Tasmania Renamed  

Hamilton Island Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Hardy Aviation

1991 - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

HATS (Holden's Air Transport)

1930s -- / --- Airlines of South Australia Renamed  

Hazelton Airlines

1993 - 2002 ZL / HZL Regional Express Renamed  

Hazleton Air Charter

1997* - 1997* -- / --- Regional Express Status?  

Hazleton Air Services

1953 - 1993 ZL / --- Regional Express Renamed  

Heavylift Cargo Airlines

2004 - 2009> HN / HVY   Active  

Helitrans

1984* ~ 1984 -- / --- Sunbird Airlines Unknown  

Henebury Aviation

1978* - 1985* HZ / ---   Defunct  

Heron Airlines*

1999* - 1999* -- / ---   Status?  

Hinterland Aviation

1999* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Holyman's Airways

1932 - 1936 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Holyman's Airways

1932* - 1933 -- / --- Tasmanian Aerial Services Renamed  

Horizon Airlines

1999 - 2003 -- / --- Macair Defunct  

Horizon Airways

1993* - 2003 -- / ---   Defunct  

IAF Air Freighters

1998 - 2006* -- / --- IAF Status?  

Ibis Airlines

1999* - 1999 -- / ---   Defunct  

Impulse Airlines

1982 - 2004 -- / --- JetStar Airways Renamed Status & Tree

Independent Air Freighters

1993 - 1998 -- / --- IAF Renamed  

Indian Ocean Airlines

1992 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Indian Ocean Airlines*

1976 - 1976 -- / ---   Defunct  

Inland Pacific Air

1993 - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Interair

1981 - 1981* -- / ---   Status?  

International Aviation

1998* - 1999 YK / --- Macair Renamed  

IPEC (Interstate Parcel Express Company)

1976^ - 1993 -- / --- IAF Defunct  

Island Air

1971* - 1972 -- / --- Union Air Renamed  

Island Airlines

1996* - 1999* DG / ---   Status?  

Island Airlines Tasmania

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Defunct  

Jan Beers Aviation

1980* - 1984* -- / ---   Status?  

Janami Air

* - * -- / --- Aboriginal Air Services Renamed  

Jet Charter Airlines

1978 - 1979* -- / --- Jet Charter Airlines Status?  

Jetair Australia (JetAirlines of Australia)

1969 - 1970 -- / ---   Defunct  

Jetcraft Air Cargo (Aviation)

1989^ - 2008 -- / JCC Toll Aviation Renamed Status & Tree

JetStar Airways

2004 - 2009> JQ / JST JetStar Airways Active  

JetStar International

2007? -- / ---   Began?  

Kakadu Air

1993* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Karratha Flying Services

2004* - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Kellcote*

2005* ~ 2005* -- / ---   Unknown  

Kendell Airlines

1971 - 2002 KD / --- Regional Express Renamed  

Kentialink Australia

1997* - 1998 -- / --- Fitzroy Aviation Renamed  

Kimberly Seaplanes

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

King Island Airlines

1990 - 2006* KG / ---   Status?  

Kingfisher Aviation

1998* ~ 1998* -- / ---   Unknown  

Koomeela Airlines

1988 - 1989 -- / --- Rebel Air Renamed  

Larkin Aviation Company

1923* ~ 1923* -- / ---   Unknown  

Laurie Potter Airlines

Mid 1980s -- / --- Western Airlines Renamed  

Laynha Air

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

LeisureJet

2005? -- / ---   Began?  

Lincoln Airlines

1987* - 1998 RT / --- ASA Renamed  

Lindeman Island Aerial Services

1979* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Link Airways

1984 - 1994 JK / ---   Defunct  

Lion Air Australia

2008? -- / ---   Began?  

Lip Air

1997 - 1999 -- / --- Aero-Tropics Renamed  

Lloyd Air (Queensland)

1987 - 1988 -- / --- Queensland Pacific Airlines Renamed  

Lloyd Aviation Jet Charter

1969 - 1990 UD / --- Pearl Aviation Renamed  

MacAir

1996 - 2009 CC / MCK Macair Defunct  

Macair Air Charter

1948 - 1948 -- / ---   Defunct  

MacArthur Airways

1978* - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Macknight Airlines

1970 - 1991* MT / ---   Status?  

MAF (Missionary Aviation Fellowship)

1989* - 1998* -- / ---   Status?  

Majestic Airways

1994 - 1995 -- / ---   Defunct  

Maroomba Airlines (Maroomba Air Services)

1998* - 2006* -- / --- Maroomba Air Service Renamed  

Marshall Airways

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Marthakal Yolngu Airline

2004* - 2006* -- / --- Unknown Renamed  

Masling Commuter Services

1967^ - 1981 EK / --- Wings Australia Renamed  

McIver Aviation

1972 - 1972* -- / ---   Status?  

McKinlay Air Charter

1961^ - 1996 -- / --- Macair Renamed  

Melbourne Regional Airlines

1992 - 1993 MT / ---   Defunct  

Midstate Airlines

1986* - 1989 -- / --- Western Airlines Renamed  

MMA (MacRobertson Airline Services)

1955 - 1981 MV / --- Ansett Renamed  

MMA (MacRobertson Miller Aviation)

1927 - 1955 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Monarch Air

1991 - 1993 OB / ---   Defunct  

Moree-Narrabri Airways

1992* ~ 1993* -- / ---   Unknown  

MVA (Murray Valley Airlines)

1979* - 1986 MB / --- SunState Airlines Renamed  

National Airlines

1991 - 1991* -- / ---   Status?  

National Jet Systems

1990 - 2009> NC / NJS   Active  

Nationwide Air Services

1977* - 1977* -- / --- Southern Cross Airlines Renamed  

Nautilus Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Navair

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Network Aviation

1998 - 2009> -- / ---   Active  

New England Airways

1931^ - 1934 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

New England Airways

Early 1970s -- / --- East Coast Commuter Airlines Renamed  

New Guinea Gold No Liability

1927 - 1928 -- / --- Airlines of South Australia Renamed  

New Holland Airways (Sydney Charter Services)

1948 - 1948 -- / ---   Defunct  

NGA Aviation

1993 - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Ngaanyatjarra Air

* - * -- / --- Aboriginal Air Services Renamed  

Ngurratjuta Air

2000* - 2000* -- / --- Aboriginal Air Services Renamed  

Noosa Air

1975 - 1983 OF / --- SunState Airlines Renamed  

Norfolk Air

2006 - 2009> O7 / ---   Active  

Norfolk Airlines

1988* - 1991* UG / ---   Status?  

Norfolk Island Airlines

1975 - 1979* UG / ---   Status?  

Norfolk Jet Aviation

1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Norfolk Jet Express

1997 - 2005 YE / ---   Defunct  

Norfolk Pacific Aviations

1980s -- / ---   Status?  

North Air Queensland

1990* - 1990* -- / ---   Status?  

North West

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

North West Airlines (Northwest Airlines)

1988 - 1989 -- / ---   Defunct  

Northern Air Charter

2002* - 2002* -- / ---   Status?  

Northern Airlines

1979 - 1981 -- / --- Northern Airlines Defunct  

Northern Territory Air Charter

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Northwest Airlines (Northwest Skyways)

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Northwest Regional Airlines

2000 - 2006* -- / --- Northwest Regional Airlines Status?  

Numberindi Air

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Oceania Air

2005 - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

O'Connor Airlines

1973 - 2007 UQ / OCM   Defunct  

Opal Air

1963^ - 1981* OB / ---   Status?  

Ord Air Charter

1984* - 1998* RF / ---   Status?  

Outback Air

1984* - 1984 -- / --- Sunbird Airlines Renamed  

Oxley Airlines

1979* - 1994 VQ / --- JetStar Airways Renamed Tree

Oz Airlines

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

OzJet

2005 - 2009> O7 / OZJ   Active  

Pacific Air Express

1993 - 2009> -- / PAQ   Active  

Pacific Air Freighters

1993^ - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Pacific Aviation

2002* - 2004 -- / --- JetStar Airways Renamed Tree

Pacific Rim Airways

1996 - 1997 -- / ---   Defunct  

Pacific Rim Airways

2002* - 2003* -- / ---   Status?  

Pacific Transair

1996 - 1996 -- / ---   Defunct  

Pacific Transport

1930s -- / ---   Status?  

PAGAS (Port Augusta Air Services)

1967^ - 1982* YP / ---   Status?  

Paggis Airlines

1982 - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Palace Air

2004? -- / ---   Began?  

Par Avion

1983 - 1990 -- / ---   Defunct  

Paradak

1978 - 1980 -- / ---   Defunct  

Par-Avion Airlines

1998* - 2000* -- / ---   Status?  

Pearl Aviation

1996* - 2009> -- / --- Pearl Aviation Active  

Pearl Coast Airways

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Defunct  

Pel-Air Aviation (Qwestair)

1984 - 2009> -- / QWA   Active  

Pel-Air Express

2004* - 2009> -- / ---   Active  

Peninsula Air Services (Peninsula Airlines)

1993* - 1994* -- / ---   Status?  

Perth Cityflyer

2003? -- / ---   Began?  

Phillip Island Air Services

1982* - 1994* -- / ---   Status?  

Piccolo Aviation

1989* - 1990* NP / ---   Status?  

Pilbara Air Services

1977* - 1978 JV / --- Jet Charter Airlines Renamed  

Pionair

2000 - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Premiair Aviation

1967^ - 1971 -- / --- Regional Express Renamed  

Premier Airlines

1994 - 1996 -- / --- Premier International Airlines Defunct  

Premier International Airlines

1996 - 2001 -- / --- Premier International Airlines Defunct  

Promair

1989* - 1993* -- / ---   Status?  

Qantas

1992 - 2009> QF / QFA Qantas Active  

Qantas Air Link

1997* - 1997* -- / ---   Status?  

Qantas Empire Airways

1934 - 1982 -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Qantas Ltd

* - * -- / --- Qantas Status?  

Queensland Airlines

1949 - 1958 -- / --- Ansett Renamed  

Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Service

1920* - 1920* -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Queensland Pacific Airlines

1972* - 1972 -- / ---   Defunct  

Queensland Pacific Airlines

1988 - 1991 QJ / --- Queensland Pacific Airlines Defunct  

Queensland Regional Airlines

2003 - 2007 Q7 / --- Skytrans Regional Renamed  

Rebel Air

1979 - 1988 -- / --- Rebel Air Renamed  

Rebel Air

1989 - 1990 -- / --- Rebel Air Defunct  

Redpath Regional Air Services

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Regionair (Region Air)

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Defunct  

Regional Pacific Airlines

2001 - 2009> QT / ---   Active  

Regionallink Airlines

2004 - 2006* -- / --- Regionallink Airlines Status?  

REX (Regional Express)

2002 - 2009> ZL / HZL Regional Express Active  

RL Aviation

2005* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Rockhampton Aerial Service

1934* - 1935* -- / ---   Status?  

Rossair

1982* - 1988 RF / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Rossair

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Rottnest Airbus

1985 - 1998 WI / --- Maroomba Air Service Renamed  

Rudge Air

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Defunct  

Rundle Air Service

Early 198s -- / ---   Status?  

S.A. Regional Airlines

1994 - 1994 -- / ---   Defunct  

SAATAS

1973 - 1979* -- / --- SAATAS Status?  

Sabair

1982* - 1994* ZG / ---   Status?  

Savage Air Services

1987* - 1987 -- / ---   Defunct  

Savannah Aviation

1990s -- / ---   Status?  

Seair Pacific

1988* - 2006* -- / --- Seair Pacific Renamed  

Seaplane Safaris

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Seaview Air

1992* - 1994 CD / ---   Defunct  

Seawing Airways

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Setair

1983* - 1984* -- / ---   Defunct  

Sharp Airlines

2007? -- / ---   Began?  

Sharp Airlines (Sharp Aviation)

1990^ - 2009* -- / SHA   Status? Status

Shepparton Airlines

1987* - 1999* -- / ---   Defunct  

Shine Air Services

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Shoal Air

2006? -- / ---   Began?  

Shortstop Air Charter

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Shortstop Jet Charter

1980 - 1980* -- / ---   Status?  

Shuttle Airlines

1992* - 1992* -- / ---   Status?  

Silver City Air Taxis

1978* - 1979* XQ / ---   Status?  

Singleton Air Services

1980 - 1988 -- / --- Yanda Airlines Renamed  

Skippers Aviation

1990 - 2009> JW / ---   Active  

SkyAirWorld

2008 - 2009 S9 / SYW   Defunct  

Sky-Link Airlines

1989 - 1990* -- / ---   Status?  

Skylink Australia

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Skyport

1975 - 1993* -- / ---   Status?  

Skytour Air Charters

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Skytours

2000? -- / ---   Began?  

SkyTraders

2004* - 2009* -- / ---   Status? Status

Skytrans

1990 - 2007 NP / --- Skytrans Regional Renamed  

Skytrans Regional

2007 - 2009> -- / --- Skytrans Regional Active  

Skyway Airlines

Early 1970s SI / --- Avdev Airlines Davey Renamed  

Skyways International*

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

SkyWest Airlines

1989* - 2009> XR / OZW SkyWest Airlines Active  

Skywest Aviation

1990 - 1996* -- / --- Pearl Aviation Renamed  

Slingair

1999* - 1999* -- / ---   Status?  

South Australia & Territory Air Services

1963^ - 1973 -- / --- SAATAS Renamed  

South Coast Airlines

1978 - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

South Pacific DC.3 (South Pacific Airmotive)

1993 - 1998 -- / ---   Defunct  

South Western Airlines

Early 1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Southbank Aviation

1977* - 1978 CE / --- Jet Charter Airlines Renamed  

Southern Air Services

1989* - 1989* -- / ---   Status?  

Southern Airlines

1991* - 1993 -- / ---   Defunct  

Southern Australian Airlines

1992 - 2002 -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Southern Cross Airlines

1991 - 1992 -- / --- Compass Airlines Renamed  

Southern Cross Airlines (Air Services)

1978* - 1982* -- / --- Southern Cross Airlines Status?  

Southern Pacific Regional Airlines

1991* - 1993 -- / ---   Status?  

Southern Sky Airlines

1997* - 1999 -- / ---   Defunct  

Sovereign Airlines

1976 - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Spirit Air

1989 - 1989* -- / ---   Defunct  

Spirit Airlines

2003? -- / ---   Began?  

Splitters Creek Airlines

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

State Air

1986 - 1989 -- / ---   Defunct  

State Wide Air Charter

1978* - 1979* -- / ---   Status?  

Stategic Air

2009+ -- / ---   Planned New

Sunbird Airlines

1984 - 1990* -- / --- Sunbird Airlines Status?  

Sungold Airlines

1986* - 1989 -- / --- Queensland Pacific Airlines Status?  

Sunshine Express Airlines

1998 - 2006 CQ / EXL   Defunct  

SunState Airlines

1982 - 2009> QF / SSQ SunState Airlines Active  

Sunstate Airlines (Mildura)

1986 - 1992 OF / --- Qantas Renamed  

Survey & Inland Transportation

1939 - 1943 -- / --- Northern Airlines Renamed  

Sydney Aerial Tours (Sydney Air Scenics)

1999* - 2003* -- / ---   Status?  

Sydney Airlines

1990 - 1990* FD / ---   Status?  

Sydney Harbour Seaplanes

1993 - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

T.Thomas Air Transport Systems

1981* - 1982 -- / ---   Defunct  

TAA (Trans Australian Airlines)

1946 - 1986 -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Tamair

1985* - 1987* -- / --- Eastern Australia Airlines Renamed  

Tamair

1987* - 1998 GG / ---   Defunct  

Tamworth Air Taxi Service

1949* - 1949* -- / --- Eastern Australia Airlines Renamed  

Tangalooma Airlines

1979* - 1988* -- / ---   Status?  

Tasair

1998* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Tasfast Air Freight

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Tasman Airlines

1974* - 1974* -- / ---   Status?  

Tasman Australian Airlines

1998 - 1999 -- / --- Fitzroy Aviation Renamed  

Tasman Cargo Airlines

2008 - 2009> HJ / AXF Tasman Cargo Airlines Active New

Tasmanian Aerial Services

1933 - 1933* -- / --- Tasmanian Aerial Services Status?  

TennantAir

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

Thorpe's Transport

1979* - 1984 YW / --- Sunbird Airlines Renamed  

Tiger Airways Australia

2007 - 2009> TT / TGW   Active Status & Start date

Tillair

1983* - 1988 -- / --- AirNorth Renamed  

Tintair Airlines

1982* - 1982* -- / ---   Status?  

TNT

1988* - 1988* -- / ---   Status?  

Toll Aviation

2008 - 2009> -- / JCC Toll Aviation Active Start date & Tree

Torres Air

1990* - 1990* ZE / ---   Status?  

Trans Australian Air Express

2001 - 2003* -- / ---   Status?  

Trans Oceanic Airways

1947 - 1953 -- / ---   Defunct  

Transair

2002* - 2008* JT / ---   Status?  

Transasian Air Express

2001 - 2002 -- / --- TransAustralian Air Renamed  

TransAustralian Air (Express)

2002 - 2003 -- / --- TransAustralian Air Defunct  

Transcontinental

1991* - 1991* -- / ---   Status?  

Transcontinental Airlines of Australia

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Transoceanic Airways

1989* - 1989* -- / ---   Defunct  

Transpac Express

2002* - 2002* -- / ---   Defunct  

Transtate Airlines

1997* - 2000 BH / --- Macair Renamed  

Trans-West Air Charter

1967* - 1979* WW / ---   Status?  

Transworld Aircraft

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Travair

1986 - 1987 -- / ---   Defunct  

Travmar Aviation

1977 - 1978 -- / ---   Defunct  

Tropic Air Services

1968* - 1982* EP / ---   Status?  

TropicAir

2000* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Tropical Airlines

2002? -- / ---   Began?  

Tropical Airways

2003? -- / ---   Began?  

TwinPioneer Airlines

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Union Air

1971* - 1979* UJ / --- Union Air Status?  

UODU Air (Up Over Down Under)

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

Uzu Air

1994* - 1999* LF / ---   Status?  

V Australia

2009 - 2009> VA / ---   Active Status

Valley Air

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

Valley Air Charter

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Victorian Air Coach Services

1961 - 1966 -- / ---   Defunct  

Vincent Aviation (Australia)

2004 - 2009> BF / VIN   Active  

Virgin Blue

2000 - 2009> DJ / VOZ   Active  

VivaJet Airlines

2009+ -- / ---   Planned New

Waratah Air Services

1980s -- / ---   Status?  

Wards Express

1966 - 1996* -- / ---   Status?  

Watson Aviation Services

* - * -- / ---   Status?  

West Australian Airways

1921 - 1936 -- / --- Ansett Defunct  

Western Airlines

1982* - 1984* -- / ---   Defunct  

Western Airlines

1989 - 2002* EM / --- Western Airlines Status?  

Western Australian Airways

1929* - 1930* -- / ---   Status?  

Western NSW Airlines

1982* - 1993 FO / ---   Defunct  

Western Queensland Auto Aerial Service

1920* - 1920* -- / --- Qantas Renamed  

Westwing Aviation

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Wettenhall Air Services

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Whitaker Air Charters (Air Services)

1989* - 2006* SE / ---   Status?  

Whitaker Pty

1970 - 1975 -- / --- SunState Airlines Renamed  

Whyalla Airlines

1990 - 2000 WA / ---   Defunct  

Wilderness Air

2004* - 2006* -- / ---   Status?  

Williams Airlines

1972^ - 1979* YI / ---   Status?  

Wings Australia (Jet Charter Airlines)

1981 - 1982* -- / --- Wings Australia Defunct  

Winrye Aviation

2003* - 2004* -- / ---   Status?  

Wudinna Air Services

1980s -- / ---   Defunct  

XP Express

1990* - 1990* -- / ---   Status?  

Yanda Airlines

1988 - 2001 -- / --- Yanda Airlines Defunct  

Yoman

* ~ * -- / ---   Unknown  

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