Pearl Aviation

The airline was formed and started operations in 1964. It was acquired by Ansett Airlines in 1987. The company was divided into airline and non-airline operations and the non-airline operations were purchased in 1996 by Paspaley Pearling (which by that time had been operating aircraft to its pearl farms for over ten years) and renamed.[http://www.aeropearl.com.au/Intercom7.pdf AeroPearl Intercom Newsletter No. 7.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718235846/http://www.aeropearl.com.au/Intercom7.pdf |date=18 July 2008 }} Retrieved: 9 September 2008. One of the divisions of east–west that was purchased was an operation at Sydney Airport, conducting air ambulance flights for the Ambulance Service of New South Wales. In 2004 Pearl Aviation was awarded a ten-year contract to operate four Beechcraft Super King Airs configured as air ambulances for the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service,[http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=940&d=5 "Aerial Medical Service Celebrates 60 Years Of Service"; Northern Territory Government Media Release.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726143016/http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=940&d=5 |date=26 July 2008 }} Retrieved: 10 September 2008 after losing a similar Ambulance Service of New South Wales contract to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia the previous year. In 2010 the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service terminated the contract with Pearl Aviation.

AeroPearl is a joint venture between Pearl Aviation and Aerodata AG of Germany, based at Brisbane Airport.[http://www.aeropearl.com.au/where.htm "Where we are"; AeroPearl website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905141511/http://www.aeropearl.com.au/where.htm |date=5 September 2008 }} Retrieved: 9 September 2008. It operates under contract to Airservices Australia; it uses two Beechcraft Super King Airs to check the network of Australian civil aviation navaids, and has also performed similar work in various Asian countries.[http://www.aeropearl.com.au/operations.htm "Key Operations and Current Programs"; AeroPearl website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905141519/http://www.aeropearl.com.au/operations.htm |date=5 September 2008 }} Retrieved: 9 September 2008.

File:Pearl Aviation (VH-FIY) Beechcraft B300 Super King Air 350, on contract for Airservices Australia Flight Inspection Service, taxiing at Wagga Wagga Airport.jpg

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As of November 2021 the Pearl Aviation fleet includes:{{cite web |title=Pearl Aviation |url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/ |website=Rzjets |accessdate=28 January 2020}}

• 2 Beechcraft Super King Air
• 0 Fairchild Metroliner
• Dornier 328
• 3 Grumman Mallard
• Dassault Falcon 900

The Dornier 328 aircraft were operated from four separate bases in Australia on a ten-year contract for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Some 120 staff are involved in providing the service.{{cite web |title=Pearl Aviation - AeroRescue |url=http://www.paspaleygroup.com/aviation/aerorescue |website=Paspaley |accessdate=28 January 2020}}

The Grumman Mallard aircraft are operated in support of the Paspaley Pearling Company's ship fleet.{{cite web |title=Pearl Aviation - Paspaley Pearling Company |url=http://www.paspaleygroup.com/pearling |website=Paspaley |accessdate=28 January 2020}}

In 2016 Pearl Aviation scaled back its charter services from Darwin due to reduced demand from the mining sector. At that time its fleet included the following aircraft:{{cite web |title=Australia's Pearl Aviation to scale back Darwin operations |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/43248-australias-pearl-aviation-to-scale-back-darwin-operations |website=Ch.aviation |accessdate=28 January 2020}}

• 11 Beechcraft Super King Air
• 4 Fairchild Metroliner
• 3 Cessna Citation II
• 1 IAI Westwind

At December 2009 the Pearl Aviation fleet consisted of:[http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 Australian civil aircraft register search] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20091213040236/http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 |date=13 December 2009 }} using "AeroRescue" as the Registered Operator search parameter. Search conducted 2009-12-30.[http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 Australian civil aircraft register search] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20091213040236/http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 |date=13 December 2009 }} using "Paspaley" as the Registered Owner search parameter. Search conducted 2009-12-30.[http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 Australian civil aircraft register search] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20091213040236/http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_90127 |date=13 December 2009 }} using "Pearl Aviation" as the Registered Operator search parameter. Search conducted 2009-12-30.

• 3 Beechcraft B300 Super King Air 350

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