Chartair

Chartair is a general aviation operator headquartered at Darwin Airport in Marrara, Northern Territory, with an office in Alice Springs and a base in Katherine. Its history traces to 1974, when engineer Roger Leach set up Leach Aero Services in Alice Springs.

It is part of the Aviation Logistics Group, which also includes Air Link and describes a combined fleet of more than 70 aircraft across eight bases. Chartair's own aircraft count is not stated on its site, and other sources give differing figures.

Charter work covers corporate and commercial trips, fly-in fly-out crew changes, freight, medical and tourism flights. Chartair also runs scheduled passenger flights between Darwin and Katherine and the subsidised RASS mail-plane service to remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Alongside flying, the company offers aerial survey, aircraft recovery, maintenance and ground handling. Its focus is regional and remote outback travel rather than long-range business jet charter.