Pionair Australia

Pionair Australia is a passenger and cargo airline based at Sydney Bankstown Airport.[1]

Pionair Australia
IATA ICAO Callsign
PH SFZ PIONAIR
AOC #CASA TAOS.0512
HubsSydney , Cairns , Adelaide
Focus citiesAdelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Port Moresby
Fleet size10
HeadquartersBankstown Airport
Key peopleSteve Ferris, CEO
Employees75

History
Pionair Australia BAe146-200 at Sydney Airport

Pionair Australia has been operating for over 20 years, specialising in both dangerous and non-dangerous cargo transport, FIFO operations and charter transport.[1] The airline holds an IAOC permit, allowing the airline to operate and carry passengers and cargo anywhere in the world. Since 2016, Pionair Australia operates Virgin Australia Cargo flights under contract via TNT.[2]

As at April 2020 the company has 5 BAe146 Freighters and 4 Bae146 Passenger aircraft

The first of two Embraer E190-E2 were delivered in January 2020 for operations on behalf of Air Kiribatti , scheduled start Mid 2020 ( now delayed due Covid-19)


Fleet

Pionair currently operates 9 British Aerospace BAe146 aircraft. The airline previously operated a Convair 580 within Australia.[3] The average Bae fleet age is approximately 30 years old and the E190 fleet are New build aircraft .

Aircraft In service On order Notes
BAe146-200 4
BAe146-200(QT) 4 One Stored
BAe146-300(QT) 1 1
E190-E2 1 1
Total 10 2

References
  1. www.pionair.com.au http://www.pionair.com.au/. Retrieved 2020-02-25. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Virgin Australia's freighter aircraft take off". Australian Aviation. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. "Pionair Australia Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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