North Queensland Heli Taxi are preparing to provide helicopter taxi, tour, and air work services based in the Proserpine and Airlie Beach area. Starting in June, 2014.
The business, using the 'Heli Taxi' brand, aims to offer affordable and flexible helicopter services, making travel easier across the region and out to the islands.
This service will include transit 'Heli Taxi' flights on request from travellers, from Proserpine / Whitsunday Coast Airport to and from: Shute Harbour Airport, Abell Point Marina (when approved), Bowen, Collinsville, Abbot Point, Montes, and the islands (only exclusions being Hamilton and Hayman Islands).
North Queensland Heli Taxi will also provide tours to the Great Barrier Reef to view Heart, Hardy and Hook reefs as well as Whitehaven Beach and other unique destinations around the Whitsunday and Bowen Basin regions.
When fully operational and the anticipated approvals are in place North Queensland Heli Taxi expects to operate from bases at Abell Point Marina, Shute Harbour Airport, and Proserpine / Whitsunday Coast Airport, as well as on-demand operations at Bowen and Collinsville Airports.
These excellent locations will provide great flexibility for travellers who could use the service of helicopters, for either business, photography, surveys, or tourism purposes. It is anticipated that the local 'tradies' will be very interested in availing themselves of the Heli Taxi service to travel at an affordable cost to the islands, eliminating the ferry waiting and travelling time, enabling them to do more work between their start and finish times on the islands.
For example a 10 minute 'tradies trip' from either Shute Harbour airport or Abell Point Marina to Daydream Island would be approximately $60 per person for 3 persons in a Robinson R44, or the same figure per person for 4 persons in a Robinson R66 Turbine. For incoming or outgoing travellers from the jets, a helicopter transfer flight between Proserpine airport and Airlie Beach (Shute Harbour airport or Abell Point Marina) would be only $133 each per person for 3 persons in an R44 or 4 in an R66. To or from Bowen would be a similar price. In some cases a 'dead leg' charge could apply when flying to a pickup.
One restriction at present is that North Queensland Heli Taxi cannot economically operate to Hayman or Hamilton Islands due to exclusive arrangements already in place with another operator.
Following months of preparation, North Queensland Heli Taxi expects to be operational from early-June 2014.
Helicopters available will be:
- 2x Robinson R22, one passenger
- 2x Robinson R44, three passengers
- 2x Robinson R66, four passengers.
For more information contact:
Ron Harris
Mobile: 0428 263 111
Email: ron.harris@bigpond.com
Hinchinbrook Helicopters Pty Ltd, tla North Queensland Heli Taxi
Lot 14 Shute Harbour Airport
Airlie Beach QLD 4802
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