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Chapter 4 | Access to regional air servicesFigure 4.5 shows that interstate air services commenced on 49 regional routesbetween 2001 and 2005. Of these, there were 41 routes, each with an average of lessthan three return flights a week. Each of the remaining eight routes had an averageof at least three return flights a week.Figure 4.5 Regional routes where interstate air services commenced between2000 and 2005DarwinGoveKatherine-T indalBroomeCairnsTownsvilleMackayRockhamptonAyers RockBirdsvilleHervey BayInnaminckaBalleraNappa MerrieBrisbaneGrafton0 500 1000Source:PerthKilometresBITRE time series estimates.AdelaideKangaroo IslandRegional routes where an average ofat least three return flights a week commenced after 2000Regional routes where an average of less thanthree return flights a week commenced after 2000WilliamtownMildura GriffithNarranderaWagga WaggaAlburyMount HothamMelbourne Latrobe ValleyLauncestonHobartPortMacquarieTo Norfolk IslandAgain, most of these routes radiated out from airports at major cities or larger regionalairports. As shown in Figure 4.5, air services commenced or resumed on many airroutes from Perth and Broome to regional airports in other states between 2000 and2005. Commencement of air services after 2000 were observed on regional air routesbetween Mildura and Albury, Griffith, Narrandera and Wagga Wagga.109