Laynha Air (Nhulunbuy) ceased operations earlier this year as the Laynhapuy Aviation Aboriginal Corporation saw no further business case to keep the airline running. Its services were taken over by Mission Aviation Fellowship of Australia (Nhulunbuy) earlier this year, the owner said in a statement.
"Laynha Air celebrates the strong support provided by MAF over many years and the Board of Laynhapuy Homelands is delighted that, through the Service Level Agreement signed with MAF today, the Laynhapuy relationship with MAF will continue well into the future," the Chairperson of the Laynhapuy Aviation Aboriginal Corporation Barayuwa Mununggurr has said.
MAF has been providing pilots and maintenance services to Laynha Air since 2003. The company had also been leasing its fixed-wing aircraft from MAF.
Laynha Air used to operate charter flights out of its base at Nhulunbuy serving the needs of the Aboriginal communities spread around the Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
