Air Whitsunday is a charter airline based in 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...

 that operates a fleet of seaplane

Seaplane

A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...

s. The company also operates tours.

History

Air Whitsunday pioneered seaplane services to the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Island in April 1973.

Destinations

• Whitsunday Airport
  Whitsunday Airport
  Whitsunday Airport is an airport located near Shute Harbour in Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia.-See also:* Whitsunday Coast Airport , a similarly named airport in Proserpine, Queensland.-External links:* , official website...
  
  
• Whitsunday Coast Airport
• Hamilton Island
  Hamilton Island
  Hamilton Island may refer to:* Hamilton Island , Australia** Hamilton Island Race Week, keelboat regatta** Great Barrier Reef Airport, formerly Hamilton Island Airport* Hamilton Island , Canada...
  
  
• Mackay Airport
  Mackay Airport
  Mackay Airport located in Mackay, Queensland, Australia is a major Australian regional airport that services the city of Mackay, with flights to the cities of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns...
  
  
• Peppers Palm Bay
• Hayman Island
  Hayman Island
  Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, part of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia at...
  
  

Fleet

• 3-Cessna 208 Caravan
  Cessna 208
  The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the United States by Cessna. The airplane typically seats nine passengers, with a single person crew, although with a FAR Part 23 waiver, it can seat up to fourteen passengers...
  
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• 3-DHC-2 DeHavilland Beaver
  De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application , and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft...
  
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Tours

• Whitsunday Airport
• Reef Adventure Tour - This tour showcases the magnitude of the Great Barrier Reef from above, before landing and transferring to our private semi-submersible at Hardy Reef for 2 hours coral viewing and snorkelling. Enjoy aerial views of Hook Island and Hardy and Heart Reefs from above and explore the amazing underwater world from below.
• Whitehaven Experience

This magnificent unspoilt beach is a ‘must see’ destination on your holiday. The tour is designed to capture Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet in all its glory. Swim or Stroll along 7 Kilometres of pure white silica beach on uninhabited Whitsunday Island, or take a picnic lunch and relax with a glass of chilled sparkling wine.

• Reef & Whitehaven Panorama

For a complete experience, try a visit to the Great Barrier Reef and Whitehaven Beach, all on the one tour. Combine all of the features of our Reef Adventure Tour with a one hour stop on Whitehaven Beach, an extraordinarily beautiful part of our World Heritage National Park. In some weather conditions this tour may require the seaplane to land at an alternate beach in the vicinity of Whitehaven Bay.

• • Reef & Island Flight -Scenic flights