Skippers Aviation is an Australian regional airline based out of Perth Airport that specialises in charter flights for companies with fly-in fly-out workers.
Primarily serving the northern Goldfields, Skippers also has a secondary base in Broome in order to service the Kimberley region.
It began scheduled services in March 1999 after winning a Government of Western Australia contract to operate flights from Broome to Derby.
[6] As of January 2020, Skippers Aviation also operates scheduled services to the following regional destinations out of Perth and Broome: As of August 2019, the Skippers Aviation fleet consists of 26 aircraft:[7] On 26 June 2007, an Embraer Brasilia (VH-XUE) on a charter flight was executing a go-around at Jundee Airstrip in Western Australia.
Though presumed to be a UAV, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation was unable to confirm the nature of the object.