{"id":365397,"date":"2026-02-09T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1428302"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:18:46","slug":"axe-could-fall-on-sharps-melbourne-king-island-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=365397","title":{"rendered":"Axe could fall on Sharp\u2019s Melbourne-King Island route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1390887 wp-post-1428302\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/Sharp_Airlines_Metro_2_Ess_Sep_22_07_Cameron_Wilkes_blllew\/Sharp_Airlines_Metro_2_Ess_Sep_22_07_Cameron_Wilkes_blllew.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"c_fill,w_1200,h_675,ar_16:9\/f_auto\" data-version=\"1693377492\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>The airline has warned that the route \u201crequires a level of government support to remain viable\u201d, and is currently only offering bookings for reduced services between King Island and mainland Tasmania in the 2026-27 peak, as reported by the King Island Courier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The airline has warned that the route \u201crequires a level of government support to remain viable\u201d, and is currently only offering bookings for reduced services between King Island and mainland Tasmania in the 2026-27 peak, as reported by the King Island &#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-365397","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\/365397","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=365397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365398,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365397\/revisions\/365398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}