Queenstown Flight Boost for Summer

Jetstar will operate three additional flights a week between Queenstown and Auckland during the peak summer season. The flights will leave Auckland on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm. Their scheduled landing time in the resort will be 7.55pm. Return flights would depart Queenstown at 8.25pm, landing...

Sounds Air Sale

One of the things I like doing, which I can't do very often, is try out some of New Zealand's domestic airlines and some of their routes... I've flown on all NZ's current domestic airlines with the exception of one airline... maybe over the summer...For those who like doing these things Sounds Air have...

Remember the Viscounts...

Thanks to Gary from California who has contributed these two February 1973 photos of NAC Vickers Viscount ZK-BRD, one during boarding on the tarmac at Christchurch and another cruising past Timaru enroute to Invercargill.  35 years on 66 seat turbo-props fly between Christchurch and Invercargill,...

Great Kapiti Support

Nearly 2000 seats on Air Chathams have already been booked between Paraparaumu and Auckland ahead of its launch next month - a strong indication of the support Kapiti has for the regional airline. Air Chathams’ founder Craig Emeny and Duane Emeny, General Manager, will be speaking at the Kāpiti Coast...

A Glimpse of the Future

As posted earlier in the week Whakatane received its first Air Chathams' Saab 340 flights over the weekend with ZK-KRA operating Air Chathams' flight 3C 826 from Auckland to Whakatane on Saturday 21 July 2018. This is the first of what Air Chathams and the Whakatane District Council hope will be a regular...

Sunair's Whangarei Developments

Northlanders aspiring to become airline pilots need not go far with the opening of a fully-fledged flying school in Whangārei. Tauranga-based domestic carrier Sunair is obtaining the necessary regulatory approval for the school, to be based at the old aero club in Onerahi, where the company already...

A Sounds Air Sort of Day

It was an early start this morning to catch Sounds Air flight S8 801 from Taupo to Wellington this morning with a 6.20am departure! YAWN!On descent in Wellington My ride to Wellington, Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLX......with the flight from Westport parked in front of us, Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLTIn the afternoon...

Whakatane Saab Trial

Air Chathams advises that it will be utilising its SAAB 340A airliner to provide an introductory Auckland-Whakatāne scheduled flight service this weekend. The airline is waiting on the extension of Whakatāne Airport’s runway end safety areas from the current 90 metres to 240 metres before it can use...

Tauranga Airliners...

I have hardly done any plane spotting but managed a few quick trips to Tauranga Airport last week... Mainly fairly boring stuff with very general aviation movements Bombardier Q300s ZK-NEB (above) and ZK-NES (below) last Sunday  An airliner I would love to fly in... De Havilland Heron...

Barrier Air to relaunch North Shore flights

Barrier Air has announced on its Facebook page that it is intending to relaunch its flights between North Shore Airport and Great Barrier Island using its Cessna Grand Caravans. Barrier Air's Nick Pearson said the airline has been negotiating for some time with the Civil Aviation Authority to use the...

Stunning Convair!

One to look out for... Air Chathams' Convair 580 ZK-KFL is being painted with a “Hopo” or “Toroa”, a Chatham Islands Albatross by Mr G... Graham 'Mr G' Hoete is a street artist from the Bay of Plenty who specialises in photorealism... ZK-KFL is a dedicated freighter that Air Chathams use on freight...