Maroomba Airlines

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| IATA = KN

| ICAO = - MB

| callsign = Maroomba -

| founded = 1985

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| destinations = Golden Grove, Windarling, Noresman, Southern Cross Kalgoorlie

| parent = Nantay Pty Ltd

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| headquarters = Perth Airport

| website = [http://maroomba.com.au/ maroomba.com.au]

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Nantay Pty. Ltd., trading as Maroomba Airlines since 1998, is a small airline and air charter company based in Perth, Western Australia.

Overview

Founded in 1985 as Maroomba Aviation, then renamed Maroomba Air Services in 1997, the airline operates ad hoc charter services around Western Australia.

It operates predominantly fly-in fly-out mining charter contracts and previously also operated a Beechcraft Super King Air and a Hawker 850XP business jet on behalf of the Western Australian government for ministerial transport around the state. In November 2008, Maroomba was selected to operate the Rio Tinto LifeFlight jet, on behalf of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Western Operations.[http://australianaviation.com.au/maroomba-to-operate-rfds-jet/ Maroomba to Operate RFDS Jet ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014163537/http://australianaviation.com.au/maroomba-to-operate-rfds-jet/ |date=14 October 2009 }} - Australian Aviation The Hawker 800XP is the first jet aircraft to be used by the RFDS and allows faster transport of patients around the expanses of WA.{{Cite journal|last=Langford|first=Stephen|date=7 December 2009|title=The first medical jet aircraft for the Royal Flying Doctor Service|url=https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/191/11/first-medical-jet-aircraft-royal-flying-doctor-service|journal=Medical Journal of Australia|volume=191|issue=11|pages=609–610|doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03346.x |pmid=20028278 |access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412002030/https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/191/11/first-medical-jet-aircraft-royal-flying-doctor-service|archive-date=12 April 2012|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{cite book|last1=Langford|first1=Stephen|title=The Leading Edge. Innovation, technology and people in Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service|date=2015|publisher=UWA Publishing|location=Perth, Western Australia|isbn=9781742588148|pages=90–102}}

It currently operates a fleet of De Havilland Canada DHC-8 for primarily charter. The fleet consists of one 100 series, three 300 series aircraft.

Fleet

alt=A Maroomba DHC-8-300 approaching [[Perth Airport in 2022|thumb|A Maroomba DHC-8-300 approaching Perth Airport in 2022]]

As of December 2024 the Maroomba Airlines fleet consists of:[https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?search_api_fulltext=nantay Australian civil aircraft register search], using "Nantay" as the search parameter. Search conducted 9 March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.maroomba.com.au/our-fleet/|title=Maroomba fleet |date=9 March 2023}} Retrieved 9 March 2023.

1 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100{{cite journal |title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) |journal=Airliner World |date=October 2019 |page=4}}
3 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300

References

External links

[http://www.maroomba.com.au/ Maroomba Airlines]
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