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Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd (trading as Pel-Air) is an airline based in Mascot, Sydney, Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regional Express Holdings, which also owns Australian airlines Regional Express Airlines (Rex) and Air Link. Pel-Air specialises in air charter and ad hoc services, operating executive charter services throughout Australasia, as well as freight services through its subsidiary Pel-Air Express. It also operates medevac and government support services. Its main base is Sydney Airport, with other bases at Brisbane Airport, Darwin International Airport, and Nowra Airport.〔(Pel-Air website ) retrieved 200]-08-27.〕 == History == The company was founded in 1984 and the following year acquired its first Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Westwind aircraft. In January 1989 it commenced scheduled passenger-carrying operations in Western Australia via subsidiary company Qwestair, initially with a leased Beech 200 Super King Air flying between Perth and Telfer. A Westwind replaced the King Air in March of that year, and a Cessna 310 was added in January 1992 to operate between Port Hedland and Telfer via Marble Bar and Woodie Woodie. Qwestair ceased operations in November 1995 after the Perth-Telfer route was awarded to another company, and the two Westwinds then in use returned to operations.〔''Australian Aviation'' magazine annual Regional Airline Directories 1989, 1992 and 1996. Aerospace Publications.〕 Also in 1995 Pel-Air took over Newcastle Aviation, an operator of Fairchild Metro III, and leased Metro II and Mitsubishi MU-2 freighters. Following the takeover the Mitsubishis and Metro IIs were handed back to their owners and the Metro III fleet was expanded. In 1996 won a contract to provide support to the Royal Australian Navy, resulting in further expansion of the fleet with the acquisition of four Learjets. In 1997 acquired several Metro II aircraft and on-sold them to the Royal Australian Air Force for use as training aids at RAAF Base Wagga near Wagga Wagga. In 2003 the company introduced a new type into its fleet when it took delivery of a leased Beechcraft 1900C freighter. The type proved to be more expensive to operate than the Metro III and the two aircraft in the fleet were handed back to their lessors. In 2005 another new type was added to the fleet when the company placed an Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia freighter into service, for use on nightly flights between Sydney and Brisbane carrying Fairfax Media newspapers. Also in 2005 it was announced that would be purchased in stages by Regional Express Holdings; the company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary in mid-2007. Also in 2007, Aspen Medical entered an existing joint venture between and CareFlight International to operate air ambulance flights out of Darwin International Airport using one of the Westwind aircraft. In June 2008 it was announced that a Pel-Air Westwind II would be based at Perth Airport for use as an air ambulance in conjunction with CareFlight.〔("Jet ambulance to boost medical evacuation services in W.A. (Perth)"; CareFlight Media Release. ) Retrieved: 5 September 2008〕 This service was withdrawn in June 2009. In late 2008 the company added another new type to the fleet, when it took delivery of two Saab 340A freighters, previously operated in passenger service with the parent company's other airline subsidiary Regional Express Airlines.〔 In February 2009 Pel-Air began fly-in fly-out operations from Townsville Airport on behalf of Barrick Gold, after the previous operator MacAir Airlines collapsed; using Saab 340Bs of sister airline Rex to provide the service.〔("Regional Express Subsidiary Pel-Air Awarded Osborne Mine Contract" - Regional Express Holdings Media Release ) retrieved 8 December 2009.〕 Fly-in fly-out operations expanded later that year when flights from Adelaide Airport on behalf of Iluka Resources commenced in August under a three-year contract.〔("Rex Subsidiary Pel-Air Awarded Jacinth-Ambrosia Charter Contract" - Regional Express Holdings Media Release ) retrieved 8 December 2009.〕 In April 2009 Regional Express Holdings announced that due to the cancellation of a number of contracts it would cease all scheduled Metro III freight operations at the end of May. Remaining scheduled freight operations would be conducted using the Saab 340As.〔("Rex to Cease Metro 3 Freight Services" - Regional Express Holdings Media Release ) retrieved 10 June 2009.〕 Also in April Regional Express Holdings launched RexJet Executive Charter as a division of Pel-Air, in a rebranding and expansion of the group's existing passenger air charter business.〔("Rex to offer private jets" - traveldaily.com.au news, 28 April 2009 ) retrieved 8 December 2009.〕〔("Rex Subsidiary Pel-Air Awarded Commonwealth Air Transport Deed of Standing Offer" - Regional Express Holdings Media Release ) retrieved 8 December 2009.〕 In July 2009 the parent company announced that Pel-Air had been named as preferred tenderer for the provision of air ambulance services in Victoria. The company took over from the previous operator, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, in mid-2011.〔("Rex owned subsidiary Pel-Air selected as preferred tenderer by Ambulance Victoria" - Regional Express Holdings Media Release ) retrieved 25 October 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pel-Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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