Pelican Airlines Plans for Newcastle Canberra Services
Pelican Airlines Plans for Newcastle Canberra Services Regional charter operator Pelican Airlines has confirmed plans to launch regular public transport (RPT) Flights between Canberra and Newcastle from late April using BAE Jetstream 32 Aircraft. Pelican chief executive Paul Graham says the Airline is working with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) on varying its AOC, which only covers charter Flights, to include RPT services. He says the process, including proving Flights, hopefully will be concluded by late March with the first service between the nation’s Capital and Newcastle scheduled to take off on April 27th. Graham said Pelican plans to use two 19-seat BAE Jetstream 32 Aircraft, which he describes as ideal for the one-hour route, to operate double daily Canberra-Newcastle services from Monday to Friday, as well as a Flight on Sunday afternoon. He expects Canberra-Newcastle services to be well received, given it linked the nation’s capital with RAAF Willi