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Founded | 19 October 1963 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | July 2018 | ||||||
Hubs | Adelaide | ||||||
Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
Headquarters | Adelaide, Australia | ||||||
Website | www.rossaircharter.com.au |
Rossair Charter was an air charter company based in Adelaide, Australia. [1] In November 2013, it merged with Air South, another South Australia based charter company. [2] In July 2018, the company was placed into voluntary administration. [3] [4]
The company was established in 1963. [1] It was Australia's second oldest continually operating air transport company, the oldest being Qantas. [2] On 1 June 2017 the company ceased operations after one of their aircraft on a training flight crashed in Renmark, South Australia. All 3 on board, including the company's Chief Pilot and a CASA Inspector, were killed. [5] Following this incident the company continued non-flying operations until July 2018 when it was placed into voluntary administration.
As of November 2013 the Rossair fleet consists of the following aircraft: [6]