[1] In 1985 the airline acquired a 79-seat Fokker F.28 and began operating a twice-daily Adelaide to Moomba route on behalf of energy company, Santos.

[2] On 10 March 1986 Lloyd Aviation began operating routes to and from Broken Hill just after Airlines of S.A terminated theirs Also during March 1986 Lloyd Aviation introduced Cessna Citation jets on their Adelaide to Port Lincoln and Adelaide to Whyalla routes (however these aircraft were soon withdrawn and replaced with Bandeirantes & Cessna 402s).

Ltd.[1] During the later months of 1987 the airline scaled back its routes from Adelaide to Olympic Dam, Port Lincoln and Whyalla, but maintained its services to Kingscote.

[1] On 11 November Lloyd Aviation introduced the 25-seat Mohawk 298 on the Brisbane to Bundaberg and Gladstone route on behalf of Ansett Australia.

During the pilots' dispute of 1989 Lloyd Aviation began operating a leased Fokker F.28 to and from Norfolk Island on behalf of East-West Airlines.