NORTHERN AIRLINE IN TROUBLE

The  scheduled  3pm departure  Airnorth  flight  from Townsville to Darwin last Sunday did not  leave  until 1 am  the next day with weary  passengers   due to some  unexplained  problem   with   the  plane  down  the  Gold Coast.  Now  it  has  been  announced  in  Darwin  that  the  US  parent company, Bristow  Group , is facing collapse   and   may  file for  bankruptcy .  A  few  weeks ago , midst much fanfare, it was announced  in  Townsville that  the   airline would extend  the  Darwin-Townsville route  to  the   Gold  Coast.  Bristow bought into Airnorth  in 2015, providing services  to  northern parts of   WA , NT , Queensland  and  Timor  Leste .