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BITRE | Report 115See Appendix A, Table A1, for detailed statistics on airlines serving regional airports,by state and territory, over the past 22 years.See Appendix A, Table A2, for detailed statistics on regional airports served, by airline,over the past 22 years.2.2.2 State levelNew South WalesThe general trend in the number of airlines serving New South Wales’ regional airportsclosely resembles the national trend (Figure 2.24). While there were 21 airlines serving57 regional airports in 1984, only 13 airlines served 35 regional airports in 2005. Onlyone airline (Eastern Australia Airlines) from 2005 has been providing services to thestate since 1984 (or earlier) and two airlines (Air Link and Sunstate Airlines) have beenproviding services to the state since 1991 (Table 2.9).In 2005, Regional Express and Eastern Australia Airlines were the two major airlinesserving regional airports in New South Wales. Regional Express served 16 regionalairports and Eastern Australian served 12 regional airports.Figure 2.24 Number of airlines serving regional airports in New South Wales,1984 to 200560305025Number of airports served403020201510Number of airlines100Source:198419851986Single operatorTwo operators1987198819891990BITRE time series estimates.Three operatorsFour operators1991199219931994Five operatorsSix or more operators1995199619971998199920002001Number of airlines20022003200420055040