{"id":269560,"date":"2025-08-19T14:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1418138"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:31:32","slug":"exclusive-ex-skytrans-boss-brings-new-competition-to-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269560","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Ex-Skytrans boss brings new competition to Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzU5Ij48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1418143 wp-post-1418138\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/att.4jC8sWKk7v9vohafyjABmIBHrQiv8C4svZLosLESh5M_gn7eg5.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"c_fill,w_1200\/f_auto\" data-version=\"1755577729\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"1200 674\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, Milne \u2013 who bought East Air after leaving Skytrans, now SmartLynx Australia, earlier this year \u2013 said the carrier\u2019s first route from Cairns to Hamilton Island is only the beginning, with plans to become \u201ca dominant player in the regional market\u201d in Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, Milne \u2013 who bought East Air after leaving Skytrans, now SmartLynx Australia, earlier this year \u2013 said the carrier\u2019s first route from Cairns to Hamilton Island is only the beginning, with plans to become \u201ca d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,273,312,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-269560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270190,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269560\/revisions\/270190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}