Shoal Air
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Shoal Air is an air charter
Air charter
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...

 company based in Kununurra
Kununurra, Western Australia
Kununurra is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region approximately from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was initiated to service the Ord River Irrigation scheme....

, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It specialises in corporate and community air charter for the remote communities of the Western Australian Kimberley Region. It was established and started operations in its current form in 2002. Its main base is Kununurra Airport
Kununurra Airport
Kununurra Airport is an airport in Kununurra, Western Australia. The airport is from the town centre.- Airlines and destinations :* Airnorth * Skywest Airlines - Charter airlines :* Shoal Air...

 (KNX) with a satellite base at Wyndham
Wyndham, Western Australia
Wyndham is the oldest and northernmost town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, located on the Great Northern Highway, northeast of Perth. It was established in 1885 as a result of a gold rush at Halls Creek, and it is now a port and service centre for the east Kimberley with a...

 .

Services

Shoal Air operates charter and scenic flight services throughout the Kimberley or nearby Top End
Top End
The Top End of northern Australia is the second northernmost point on the continent. It covers a rather vaguely-defined area of perhaps 400,000 square kilometres behind the northern coast from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin across to Arnhem Land with the Indian Ocean on the west, the...

 communities of Australia.

Fleet

As of December 2009 the Shoal Air fleet consists of the following aircraft: and as sighted.
  • 1 Auster 6A
    Auster Tugmaster
    |-See also:...

  • 1 Cessna 206
  • 3 Cessna 210
    Cessna 210
    The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear single-engine general aviation aircraft which was first flown in January 1957 and produced by Cessna until 1985.-Design and development:...

  • 2 Cessna 310
    Cessna 310
    The Cessna 310 is an American six-seat, low-wing, twin-engined monoplane that was produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the first twin-engined aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II.-Development:...

  • 1 Mooney M20K
    Mooney M20
    The Mooney M20 is a family of piston-powered, propeller-driven general aviation aircraft, all featuring a low-wing and tricycle gear, manufactured by the Mooney Airplane Company.The "M20" was the twentieth design from Al Mooney, and his most successful...

  • 1 Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain
    Piper PA-31 Navajo
    The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engine aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also licence-built in a number of Latin American countries. Targeted at small-scale cargo and feeder liner operations and...

  • 1 Gippsland GA8 Airvan
    Gippsland GA8
    The Gippsland GA8 Airvan is a single-engined utility aircraft manufactured by Gippsland Aeronautics of Victoria, Australia. It can seat eight including one pilot.-Development:...

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