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Aeropelican happy with summer operation Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation Pty Ltd, owner of Snowy Mountains Airport and Aeropelican said passenger loads for October have exceeded initial estimates. Chairman of Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation, Kevin Blyton, said, “It’s great to see that members of the local community are supporting this vital service. Aeropelican has made a significant contribution to the Snowy Mountains region through the delivery of a year-round air service. We are pleased to see that it is showing signs of growth for them”. Aeropelican is a Newcastle based independent regional airline, which currently operates services to Sydney from Newcastle, Mudgee, Narrabri & the Snowy Mountains. Aeropelican operates a fleet of BAE Jetstream 32 Turboprop aircraft. Business Development Manager of Aeropelican, Fabrice Binet, said, “Aeropelican is committed to the Snowy Mountains region. As a sign of this we recently lowered the introductory fare for summer to just $99 one way. “We have been actively discussing the performance of the service with the major stakeholders of the region. Their feedback has been positive overall. We have taken on board comments regarding the scheduled time of the service, and are working on options for a more convenient flight time in the future”. Mr Binet has confirmed that Aeropelican is working with all stakeholders to ensure that the service remains successful in the long term. Aeropelican is grateful for the support and commitment Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation has shown in getting the service up and running. The Aeropelican year round service to Snowy Mountains Airport operates daily SundayFriday, with the flight times designed to allow connections to other services both domestically and internationally.
Volume 5 Edition 10 ISSN 1834-0318
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More water for Snowy
In September. water was released from Jindabyne dam into the Snowy River in a test run. Photo by Mandy Lamont. Environmental flows in the Snowy River will start ramping up tomorrow after the finalisation of an agreement between the NSW, Victorian and Australian Governments to provide an additional 24 billion litres of water this year. The majority of the increased flows will commence tomorrow and last for about 10 days, simulating the high flows from the annual snowmelt that helped give the Snowy River its wild reputation before it was dammed as part of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme. There will also another volume of additional releases in April 2011. NSW Water Minister Phil Costa and Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding said the States were on track to provide additional water to boost flows this year and every year after that, after the Australian Government covered the cost to Snowy Hydro of foregone power generation. “The Snowy River is one of NSW most iconic rivers Since 2002, 251 billion litres of environmental flows have been released down the Snowy River including the biggest ever single releases
in February this year. Now, we are delivering on our commitment in partnership with the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments to further boost environmental flows. “The additional 24 billion litres of environmental flows comes on top of 38 billion litres already set aside for environmental releases down the Snowy River this financial year – boosting total flows to 71 billion litres,” Minister Costa said. Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding said the annual high spring flows would now be a feature of the Snowy River for years to come, with a spectacular cascade released from Jindabyne Dam. “The Snowy River communities have waited 43 years to see this again, after the completion of Jindabyne Dam in 1967 saw the mighty Snowy reduced to less than one per cent of its original flows. Drought and a lingering water debt to Snowy Hydro unfortunately were keeping environmental releases at a minimum. Under this agreement to repay the debt two years early, the Snowy River will now get its full environmental allocation this year and every year afterwards,” he said.
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