{"id":11029,"date":"2008-06-02T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/new-operator-and-aircraft-for-norfolk-air-2\/"},"modified":"2008-06-02T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T12:05:00","slug":"new-operator-and-aircraft-for-norfolk-air-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/06\/new-operator-and-aircraft-for-norfolk-air-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Operator and Aircraft for Norfolk Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.norfolkair.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.norfolkair.com\/images\/nlk_aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Norfolk Air today announced it had signed a contract with Nauru-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourairline.com.au\/\">Our Airline<\/a> to provide flights between Norfolk Island and Australia from May 21 next year.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows the recent sale of Melbourne-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozjet.com.au\/\">Ozjet Airlines<\/a>, which has chartered a Boeing 737-200 to Norfolk Air since it began operations a little over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Air CEO Ewan Wilson said the island would get a newer-generation 737-300 aircraft under the terms of the contract, signed by the Norfolk Island Government as the owner of Norfolk Air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is excellent news because we will be getting a newer generation airline that will not only reduce our fuel bill considerably but give us extra reach and capacity,\u201d Mr Wilson added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can also base the aircraft on the island and paint it in our own livery, and will be able to call on a second 737-300 as back-up, something that will improve our efficiency considerably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wilson said the agreement capped off a great year for Norfolk Air, which operates three services a week to Sydney and Brisbane, single flights to Newcastle and Melbourne, and is to start a second Melbourne flight on September 1 and a new Gold Coast service from October 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only have we added new gateways but we\u2019ve been able to improve our year round load factor and yield, and are on line for a second profit in as many years despite record fuel costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the Our Airline contract provided for two highly regarded Australian aviation companies to service the new aircraft \u2013 Brisbane-based Jetcare for line maintenance work and John Holland Aviation Services in Melbourne for all heavy maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk Air today announced it had signed a contract with Nauru-based Our Airline to provide flights between Norfolk Island and Australia from May 21 next year. The move follows the recent sale of Melbourne-based Ozjet Airlines, which has chartered a Boeing 737-200 to Norfolk Air since it began operations a little over two years ago. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}