11th Dec 2006 07:00
Advent Air Limited11 December 2006 11 DECEMBER 2006 ADVENT AIR LIMITED ("Advent Air" or the "Company") EXPANDED CHARTER CONTRACT WITH ARGYLE DIAMOND MINES The Board of Advent Air, which owns and operates Western Australian basedSkywest Airlines Pty Ltd ("Skywest"), is pleased to announce that it has todayagreed with Argyle Diamonds Limited ("Argyle"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RioTinto Plc, to extend the existing Argyle charter contract and add furtherflights: •The revised contract should contribute an additional AUS$5m in revenue per annum to Skywest; •The contract has been extended until October 2008; and •Skywest will provide Argyle, with another four commuter flights a week. Advent Air Chairman, Jeff Chatfield said: "Skywest has a leading position servicing the resources sector in WesternAustralia and our growing fleet will enable us to build on this position. "A key component of our strategy at the moment is to expand our regular charterservices with major resource companies. Increasing the flight operations forArgyle is an excellent opportunity for Skywest to demonstrate further itsability in the resources sector," ---ENDS--- Enquires: Advent Air Ltd 0 7783 942 553Jeff Chatfield, Chairman Nominated Advisor 0207 628 3396Roland Cornish, Beaumont Cornish Limited W H Ireland Limited 0207 220 1690Philip Haydn-Slater Bishopsgate Communications 0207 562 3350Maxine BarnesNick Rome Websites:www.advent.com.sgwww.skywest.com.au This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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