Regional air

Air transport in New South Wales

Regional airlines deliver all-important air links to rural and regional centres across NSW. States and Territories have the power to regulate business arrangements on their intrastate air services, but not safety, security or operational requirements, which are all federal powers. The NSW Government regulates intrastate air routes by limiting competition on low volume routes and licensing these routes on a one-route one-licence basis. Higher volume routes are deregulated (unlicensed), which allows open competition. These arrangements recognise that higher volume routes can operate competitively, while low volume routes may not be as robust and are protected from competition to provide greater stability and encourage route development.

• Regulation and licensing
• Passenger statistics
• NSW rural and regional air operators