Fleet
Over the years, the airline operated the following aircraft types:
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| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Airbus A300 |
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wide-body aircraft |
| Beechcraft Queen Air | light utility aircraft | ||
| Bell 47 | light helicopter | ||
| Boeing 707 | leased from Qantas | ||
| Boeing 727 | |||
| Boeing 737-200 |
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| Boeing 737-300 |
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| Boeing 737-400 |
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| Boeing 757-200 |
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leased from Monarch Airlines |
| Bristol Freighter | cargo aircraft | ||
| Cessna 182 | light utility aircraft | ||
| Cessna 185 | light utility aircraft | ||
| Cessna 404 Titan | light aircraft | ||
| Consolidated PBY Catalina | flying boat | ||
| Convair CV-240 | |||
| de Havilland Dragon | |||
| de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | STOL aircraft | ||
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | STOL aircraft | ||
| de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover | transport aircraft | ||
| Douglas DC-3 Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
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| Douglas DC-4 Douglas C-54 Skymaster |
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| Douglas DC-6 | |||
| Fokker F27 Friendship | |||
| Grumman G-73 Mallard | amphibious aircraft | ||
| Handley Page Jetstream | regional airliner | ||
| Hiller OH-23 Raven | helicopter | ||
| Lockheed L-188 Electra | |||
| Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | |||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9 | |||
| Piper PA-23 | light utility aircraft | ||
| Vickers Viscount |
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Famous quotes containing the word fleet:
“A city on th’ inconstant billows dancing;
For so appears this fleet majestical.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)