The history of ASL Airlines Australia dates back to 1991 when Pionair was formed in Queenstown, New Zealand.
1991
Pionair is Formed
ASL Airlines Australia’s history dates back to 1991 when Pionair was formed in Queenstown, New Zealand as a sightseeing company with a Douglas DC-3
1991
1991
1998
Pionair Expands into the Australian market
1998
1998
2003
Pionair Welcomes Convair 580
This heralded an introduction to new markets as aircraft diversified into fly-in fly-out operations
2003
2003
2007
Pionair Begins Freight Operations
Freight operations commenced in 2007 for Toll Priority with a converted passenger Convair 580
2007
2007
2014
Commencement of freight operations for Virgin Australia and Quantas
2014
2016
Cargo operations begin on behalf of TNT/FedEx
2016
2019
Pionair Acquires Three BAe 146-300QT Freighters
2019
2020
Launch of BAe 146-300QT Operations
2020
2020
BAe 146-300 Begins Hobart Freight Initiative
2020
2020
Pionair Adds First E190-E2 to its Fleet
This aircraft is the first of its type in the region
2020
2022
Pionair Acquires Two Royal Air Force BAe 146 aircraft
2022
2023
Pionair Acquired by ASL Aviation Holdings
2023
2023
2023
Pionair Becomes ASL Airlines Australia
The airline is rebranded as ASL Airlines Australia, in common with ASL Group’s European airlines ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Belgium, ASL Airlines France and ASL Airlines United Kingdom.
2023
2023
2024
ASLA’s First B737-800BCF aircraft arrives at BNE
2024
2024
ASLA Introduces First B737-800BCF to its AOC
Making it the first of its type to be added to an Australian AOC
