Australian Airports Association. History of airlines and aircraft servicing Burnie Airport As early as 1933, Tasmanian Aerial Services was landing at Wynyard as part of a route from Western Junction (now Launceston Airport) to Latrobe (Devonport Airport was yet to be built), Smithton and King Island. T.A.S was the forerunner of Holyman Airways, which then became Australian National Airways (ANA). As was the case with many Australian airports, services to/from Wynyard during the Second World War were sporadic and limited to essential travel in support of the war effort. ANA resumed services between Melbourne's Essendon Aerodrome and Wynyard in January 1946, while the infant Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) received Commonwealth approval to commence services to Wynyard in November 1947. Both airlines operated Douglas DC-3 aircraft into Wynyard for most of the next decade, with occasional visits by DC-4 and Convair aircraft as they were displaced off the main capital city trunk routes by the arrival of more modern fleets of Douglas DC-6 and Vickers Viscounts. The only major change during this period came about through the takeover of Australian National Airways by Ansett in November 1957, forming Ansett-ANA. Wynyard was one of the first regional airports to see service from the Fokker F27 Friendship, when both TAA and Ansett-ANA began receiving their new aircraft in 1959. The Friendship became the mainstay of both airlines' services to Wynyard and neighbouring Devonport during the 1960s, while Viscounts were also regular visitors as they moved onto regional routes following the delivery of Lockheed Electras, Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-9s for both airlines. In 1964, TAA began operating an internal 'supplemental' route between Hobart, Devonport, Wynyard and Smithton. The DC-3s initially used on the route proved too large, and these were replaced by eight-seat Beechcraft Queen Airs. This was the start of increasing moves by the major carriers to use 'light' aircraft on services within the states where the DC-3 and F27 proved too large. By the 1970s, the Two Airline Policy which regulated the operations of the major airlines had been in place for decades. The practical effect of this policy obligated both airlines to operate a route with similar aircraft providing similar capacity, departing at similar times and charging identical fares. By this time, a large fleet of Ansett and TAA Fokker F27s was providing regional services in every state of Australia, alongside associated Ansett carriers such as Airlines of NSW, Airlines