O'Connor Airlines is a regional Australian, regularly scheduled passenger airline, operating between five south-eastern cities.

Code Data

• IATA Code: UQ (used OL up to 1990)
• ICAO Code: OCM
• Callsign: O'Connor

History

Beginning as a one-aeroplane flight school in South Australia, O'Connor Airlines developed, over some years, into a freight and passenger service flying to 18 regional and country centres across the state. This was to change when it lost the freight contact. It subsequently relaunched itself, re-basing in Mount Gambier, and began to fly to Melbourne. It also began to service the Victorian town of Mildura in 1998. They use QANTAS facilities at Melbourne and Adelaide airports. Originally, they used those of Australian Airlines.

Services

It currently services Adelaide, Melbourne, Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Mildura on a daily basis. They flew to Renmark, South Australia, for a brief period in 2001, but that service has since ceased. During 2000 (the most recent data available), they carried 41,732 passengers.

Fleet

Its fleet consists of BAe Jetstream 32 and Cessna Conquest II models.

External Links

• O'Connor Airlines