Golden Bay Update

In the aftermath of ex-Cyclone Gita, Golden Bay Air had its busiest time ever as it ferried hundreds of tourists and locals to and from Nelson. It transported urgent items such as blood samples, medical supplies and test samples for Fonterra. Then, for more than four weeks, Golden Bay Air's fleet has...

A wet day in Dunedin

It was a wet day in Dunedin on 27 April 2018 as I waited for my flight home... Hightlight of my two hour wait was Milford Sound Flights' Cessna 208 Grand Caraan which was doing engine checks Mainland Air's Cessna 152s, ZK-FGC...ZK-NSC...and ZK-NSM were doing trainingMy ride back to Christchurch...

Sunair Relaunches

Sunair is relaunching scheduled services on 28 May 2018 after its recent CAA grounding.Flights offered are from Hamilton or Tauranga to Great Barrier Island or Whangarei, and from Great Barrier Island to Whitianga or Whangarei. The East Coast service is not being recommenced at this stage.Sunair earlier...

Six for Lunch

An ANZAC day drive to Raglan with visitors revealed six visitors on the strip...  a nice day for lunch at Raglan... I hope the flyers and their passengers enjoyed the day as much as my visitorsDown from Auckland was AESL Airtourer T6 ZK-CPG......and Cessna O-1G Bird Dog ZK-DOG Robinson...

More Basler photos...

Try as I might I have not managed to get a decent photo of Basler BT-67 C-GGSU - these early morning against the light are the best I have managed to take at Port Moreseby on 16 April 2018. For more on the Basler conversion see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basler_BT-6710 years ago I had better...

DC-3s at Port Moresby

Gate guardian at Port Moresby is Douglas DC-3 P2-ANQ. Both photos taken on 13 April 2018A real desperation shot from my hotel room... Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 C-G...

Air Albatross Repainted

Following on from my earlier post on Air Albatross (https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2018/02/air-albatross-cook-strait-commuter.html) many thanks to Matthew for sending these photos of ZK-SWD being painted up in the spectacular Air Albatross blue colour scheme in September 1985. Matthew writes... ...

Mount Hagen Departure

I was wrapped to get a second Pacific Aerospace 750XL while at Mount Hagen, Central Aviation's P2-BWF on 12 April 2018Cessna 182 P2-FBCHevilift's DHC Twin Otter P2-KSB returns to Mount HagenArriving at the Missionary Aviation Fellowship's terminal was Cessna Caravan P2-MAGA couple of De Havilland Canada...

Air Chathams International?

AIR CHATHAMS VISITFriday, March 23, 2018Privately owned Air Chathams, established in 1984 is based on Chatham Island, New Zealand. They have specialised in transportation of freight, charters and passengers within New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. A management team from Air Chathams plan...

More from Mount Hagen

Hevilift P2-HCI at Mount Hagen on 6 April 2018Hevilift DHC Twin Otters P2-KSB...P2-KST...and P2-KSYA real plus - Pacific Aerospace 750XL P2-TNT... ex ZK-J...

Saab Enters Service

Air Chathams Saab 340B ZK-CIZ entered service on Saturday the 7th of April 2018. Its first flights were on Air Chathams flight 3C 702 from Auckland to Whanganui and the return flight 3C 711.Air Chathams moved from using the CV prefix to its flights to the IATA code 3C on the 24th of October 20...

Golden Bay Glitch

A Takaka-based airline which links Golden Bay to Wellington is chartering services from rival airlines after it lost the ability to carry passengers. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the air operator certificate of Golden Bay Air had "lapsed". Initially, a spokeswoman said the regulator had undertaken...

More from Port Moresby

A desperation shot of Air Niugini De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash 8 P2-ANO at Port Moresby on 6 April 2018Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 P2-PXE at Port Moresby on 6 April 2018Air Niugini Boeing 767-300 P2-PXV at Port Moresby on 6 April 2...