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Air Link

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Australian airline

Air Link is an Australian airline based in Dubbo, New South Wales. It operates air charter services and recommenced regular passenger services in November 2019. As of 2024, Aviation Logistics Holdings (ALH) who owns Air Link, AirMed and Chartair, employs nearly 300 staff and owns and operates 70 aircraft across its seven bases in four states.2 It is part of Regional Express Holdings.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1971Founded1

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Air Link (VH-DVR) Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain at Sydney Airport
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Air Link is an Australian airline based in Dubbo, New South Wales. It operates air charter services and recommenced regular passenger services in November 2019. As of 2024, Aviation Logistics Holdings (ALH) who owns Air Link, AirMed and Chartair, employs nearly 300 staff and owns and operates 70 aircraft across its seven bases in four states. Aviation Logistics Group operates one of Australia's largest fleet of general aviation aircraft across its subsidiaries and associated companies. Air Link has bases in Dubbo, Brisbane (Archerfield), Sydney (Bankstown), Melbourne (Essendon) and Cairns.2

Corporate structure

Air Link is part of a group headed by Regional Express Holdings. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

Air Link was established in by Olaf Weyand in 1974 as an aircraft charter operation based in Dubbo. In 1989 the company was acquired by David and Barbara Miller. Regular regional airline services across western New South Wales were commenced in 1991, when Hazelton Airlines divested itself of its piston-engined aircraft and the routes served by those aircraft. On 30 November 2005 Regional Express Holdings Air Link, with David Miller appointed as Chief Executive, and it was run as an independent airline within the Regional Express group.

On 10 November 2008 Regional Express Holdings announced that Air Link would cease all scheduled operations on 20 December and concentrate on its air charter and aircraft maintenance business. Scheduled services resumed again in 2014 with a daily return service between Dubbo and Sydney operated on behalf of Regional Express Airlines. In 2015, services commenced to Cobar with a Beech 1900D and in December 2017 Air Link ceased these flights.

At the start of 2018 the company ceased all operations for Regional Express, with the sole remaining Beech 1900D sold and soon after suspended all charter flights. In September 2018, Regional Express Holdings sold the Air Link business to Aviation Logistics Holdings. From November 2019, Air Link recommenced regular passenger services with flights to Bourke, Lightning Ridge and Walgett using its Piper Chieftain fleet. From 2019, the fleet has been progressively refurbished, particularly to incorporate the company's new stylised logo.

In 2025, Air Link announced they would construct a new office and maintenance facilities at Dubbo Regional Airport. The facilities include a patient transfer lounge for use by AirMed, as well as a large hangar and new company offices. In September of the same year, Air Link acquired the charter operations of East Air, providing it with an additional base at Cairns Airport in Far North Queensland.

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Destinations

Prior to the cessation of scheduled services in December 2008, Air Link operated to the following destinations:

Bathurst

Bourke

Cobar

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Coonamble

Lightning Ridge

Mudgee

Sydney

Walgett

Prior to the second cessation of scheduled services, Air Link operated to the following destinations on behalf of Regional Express Airlines:

Cobar

Dubbo

Sydney

Destinations from the recommencement of services in November 2019:

Bourke

Lightning Ridge

Walgett

Fleet

As of February 2024, the fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Formerly operated

Beechcraft 1900D

Cessna Citation M2

From Wikipedia’s article on Air Link, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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