Destinations
Flight West operated 34 routes at the time its services were suspended.
Over the airline's 14 year history, it travelled to destinations in Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island including: Bamaga, Barcaldine, Bedourie, Birdsville, Blackwater, Boulia, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Charleville, Coen, Cooktown, Doomadgee, Edward River, Emerald, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Kurumba, Kowanyama, Lockhart River, Longreach, Mackay, Mornington Island, Mount Isa, Normanton, Norfolk Island, Proserpine, Quilpie, Richmond, Rockhampton, Roma, Sydney, Thursday Island (Horn Island), Townsville, Weipa, Windorah and Winton.
The Fokker jets were used on services linking Norfolk Island with Brisbane and Sydney, and between Brisbane, Townsville, Gladstone, Longreach and Emerald.
In Brisbane, the airline operated from the Ansett Domestic terminal. In Cairns the airline operated from its own terminal on the western side of the airport adjacent to the Captain Cook Highway for a short time, before transferring its operations to the Ansett Terminal in the main terminal complex on the eastern side of the airport.
The Flight West base in Cairns was later sold to Transtate airlines.
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