AIRNORTH
Airnorth is the major regional aviation operator in Northern Australia. Headquartered in Darwin the company operates 156 scheduled departures weekly, servicing eight destinations including, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Kununurra Western Australia, Broome WA, Dili Timor-Leste and Bali Indonesia (6 domestic, 2 international) and uplifting 203, 600 passengers annually.
Airnorth directly employs more than 180 staff in Darwin and provides indirect employment through the contracting of ground service operations across all its destinations.
In recent years Airnorth has experienced significant change through their reaction to both internal and external pressures. The demise of Ansett in 2001 saw Airnorth develop a crisis management plan which enabled the company to recover from a massive disruption in operations and restore air services to a majority of Airnorth's destinations in a matter of days, at the same time enduring net financial losses of $1.6M.
Since then Airnorth has formed a corporate alliance with Qantas Airways which includes the hosting of all flights in the Amadeus system, inclusion in the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, electronic ticketing and baggage checks, joint marketing activities and participation in a joint training program for Qantas aircrew.
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