Not to be confused with Air Australia, Australian National Airways (1930), or Australian National Airways.
For Australian Airlines (1986–1993), see Trans Australia Airlines.
Australian Airlines
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
AO
AUZ
AUSTRALIAN
Founded
May 2001 (2001-05)
Commenced operations
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Ceased operations
30 June 2006 (2006-06-30)[1]
Hubs
Cairns
Secondary hubs
Sydney
Frequent-flyer program
Qantas Frequent Flyer
Fleet size
1
Destinations
6
Headquarters
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Qantas Group headquarters)
An Australian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER (VH-OGI) at Sydney Airport in 2005
Australian Airlines was a full-service airline based in Australia, serving Australian and Asian destinations between 2002 and 2006. It was an all-economy, full-service international leisure carrier, and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas (although run independently of the mainline carrier). Its main hub was at Cairns Airport, with a secondary hub at Sydney Airport.
The airline ceased operations under its own livery on 30 June 2006,[1] but continued to operate flights for Qantas under a wet lease agreement. This means Australian Airlines operated flights for Qantas using its own crew/cost base, but under the Qantas brand. Qantas decided to discontinue the public use of the Australian Airlines brand in favour of having Jetstar as its leisure, now low-cost carrier. Qantas and Jetstar are operating services to replace Australian Airlines' routes, with Jetstar International introduced in late 2006 to help expand the Qantas Group's international presence.
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