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HISTORY Norfolk Jet Express was established in May 1997 by Norfolk Island resident and businessman Gregg Prechelt , who was the Chief Executive and Chairman of the airline. Operations commenced the same month with a BAe 146 -100. A codeshare agreement with Qantas was signed in 1999 . Eventually services to Australia were operated with a Boeing 737-400 configured with 128 economy seats and 12 business class seats (wet leased from Air Nauru on behalf of Norfolk Air Express. In August 2004 a service to Auckland was inaugurated using a Fokker F100 configured with 89 economy seats and 8 business class seats.(wet leased from Alliance Airlines The flights to Auckland soon ceased because of costs. Norfolk Jet Express went into voluntary liquidation 4 June 2005 owing the Norfolk Island Goverment $569,000 in unpaid landing fees and services. An undetermined amount was also owed to Brisbane , Melbourne and Sydney airports for landing fees and to the lessor of the airline's Boeing 737 and Fokker 100 aircraft. All flights for 4, 5 and 7 June to and from Brisbane and Sydney however went ahead as scheduled while an alternative solution to service provision was found. After urgent discussions, Norfolk Island Government's Offical Secretary, Peter Maywald, announced on 7 June that Qantas and Air Nauru would jointly provide replacement services for at least 12 months. For the first week after liquidation, Alliance Airlines aircraft were used for services, following which it was planned that Qantas would operate the flights from 11 June using Air Nauru Boeing 737 aircraft chartered by the Norfolk Island Government (ref: Air International, July 2005). SERVICES Norfolk Jet Express provided services from Norfolk Island to Brisbane and Sydney using the Air Nauru Boeing-737 400 and Alliance Airlines Fokker F100 aircraft and to Auckland at one stage. FLEET The aircraft fleet consisted of a Fokker F100 (wet leased from Alliance Airlines ) and a Boeing 737-400 (of Air Nauru ) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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