Aboriginal Air Services was an umbrella company of 4 distinct airlines owned by the Aboriginal people of central Australia. Four companies (see list below) gradually came together as a consortium over nearly twenty years.[1] The consortium, known as Aboriginal Air Services was fully owned by the Aboriginal people.
In the late 1990s, Aboriginal Air Services offered tourist flights on the mail plane.[2]
The consortium ceased operating on 17 September 2006.[3]
Airlines
- Ngaanyatjarra Air (Western Australia)
- Ngurratjuta Air (Northern Territory, operated by the Ngurajuta Association of Hermannsburg)[4]
- Janami Air (Northern Territory, from the Warlpiri tribe)
- PY Air (South Australia)
Fleet
See also
References
- ^ Aboriginal Air Services
- ^ "Outback special delivery". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 14 February 1998. p. 12, S6. Retrieved 19 September 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aboriginal Air Services to close". The Age. 15 September 2006.
- ^ D'Alpuget, Blanche (28 January 1989). "Hope springs in Alice". The Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend. Sydney, New South Wales. p. 33. Retrieved 19 September 2019 – via newspapers.com.
