QLink had no interest as their cost base is far higher and they have downsized the fleet of Q200's to that required to service LHI. QLink wouldn't see anywhere near the profits from the TMR routes needed to justify the amount of resources needed to service the contract.
Air-link only have 1 B1900 which wouldn't be enough to service the contract.
A fleet of B1900D's would almost be the perfect aircraft for the routes given the loads, stand up cabin, Toilet, etc but downsizing from a Dash 8 would be a hard sell.
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