RMA Gold Airways
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Ceased operations | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Website | www.goldairways.com.au |
RMA Gold Airways was a proposed Australian airline that critics labelled as "pretend".[1][2] It was a proposed Australian regular public transport and cargo airline to be based in Melbourne operating under the trading name of Gold Airways. It was planned that the airline would fly a fleet of Airbus A320, Boeing 747 and Embraer 190 aircraft to Australian capital cities and popular regional centres and eventually, with the larger aircraft, to international destinations.[3]
It had been proposed by former Ansett employees.[3] The RMA stood for Reginald Miles Ansett, the founder of Ansett.[4]
Until September 2012, RMA Gold Airways Limited had been listed in the Australian Business Register, having previously been known as Ansett Limited from 17 February 2004 until 21 June 2004, and then RMA Gold Airways Limited until its deregistration in 2014.[5]
Despite branding itself as an airline, the company never possessed any aircraft, crew, or operational capabilities. It launched a booking platform on its website, despite lacking the resources to operate flights. The company also proposed an initial public offering, timed with the 10th anniversary of Ansett's collapse, but this too failed to materialise.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "ASIC Free Company Name Search - RMA GOLD AIRWAYS PTY LTD". Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ a b Rochfort, Scott (8 July 2012). "The little airline that couldn't". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ a b Rochfort, Scott (3 January 2006). "Another airline, just $70m needed". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Rochfort, Scott (21 September 2005). "Another Gold Air has vision but not the planes". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Australian Business Number 19 107 563 806 Australian Taxation Office