Regulated air services
Queensland is an extensive area with a population unevenly distributed within its borders and numerous island communities in the far north. It has the highest percentage of population outside a capital city of any mainland state within Australia, and land transport is disrupted by the annual wet season in northern and western regions.
To ensure year-round access to regular passenger transport services, the Queensland Government supports certain regular passenger transport air, long distance bus and rail services and provides passenger transport access to more than 70 of Queensland's most transport-disadvantaged communities. It helps travel for 192 000 air passengers, 117 000 long distance bus passengers and 37 000 rail passengers (excluding coastal routes).
Queensland Transport regulates and/or subsidises certain public transport air services to ensure that identified transport-disadvantaged communities have year-round access to a range of essential business, educational, medical, and cultural destinations—reducing the social and economic isolation of rural and remote Queenslanders.
In May 2002, following a comprehensive review, the government endorsed the routes and minimum service levels to apply to the current air service contracts. QantasLink and MacAir were the successful tenderers for these routes, committing the government to A$6.9 million each year in funding (increasing by CPI) to ensure continuity of these services for the next five years.
See the link below for a map of regional air routes.
Map of routes (PDF**, 139KB)Contact us regarding any questions you have about aviation in south-east Queensland.
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Last updated 24 November 2008
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