Light aircraft charter, scenic flights and pilot training based in Townsville, Queensland
Cleveland Bay Aviation is a general aviation business based in Townsville, North Queensland. Its website lists a Townsville office and presents the company as both a charter provider and a flight training school.
On the charter side, the company advertises island charters, including flights to Hamilton Island, and reef flights over the Great Barrier Reef. Other sources list air taxi work alongside scenic flights. The website does not name the aircraft used for charter work, and partner logos for Foxbat, Piper and Cessna suggest a light piston fleet rather than business jets.
Training is a large part of the business. Course listings and testimonials cover recreational, private and commercial pilot licences, flight reviews, endorsements and ratings, and conversion from RAA to RPL. Regional press reported that the school helped set up a remote training operation near Richmond in north-west Queensland. In 2021 it signed a memorandum of understanding with CQUniversity and Skytrans Airlines covering a graduate pilot pathway into Skytrans.
Travellers looking at this company should expect short regional and scenic flights around North Queensland in light aircraft, not long-range private jet charter.
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