List of airlines of New Zealand

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This is a list of airlines that have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. [1]

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Scheduled airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign BaseNotes
Air Chathams ZKCIBTuuta.JPG 3CCVACHATHAM Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport [2]
Air New Zealand Air New Zealand, Boeing 787-9, ZK-NZF (18139364859).jpg NZANZNEW ZEALAND Auckland Airport The flag carrier and national airline of New Zealand. [3]
Barrier Air ( ZK- ) FVD BN-2 Islander Great Barrier (8390957805).jpg GBABarrier Auckland Airport [4]
Golden Bay Air Gbasaratoga.jpg Golden Takaka Aerodrome [5]
Originair Originair J31 at Christchurch.jpg OGOGNOrigin Nelson Airport [6]
Sounds Air Sounds Air Aircraft In Wellington.jpg S8SDASound Picton Airport [7]
Stewart Island Flights Flight to Stewart Island (8604764463).jpg Rakiura Invercargill Airport [8]
Sunair VH-MTY Piper PA-23-250 Aztec (10358717073).jpg SAVSUNAIR Tauranga Airport [9]

Charter airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign BaseNotes
Air Safaris Air Safaris Grand Caravan.jpg SRIAIRSAFARI Lake Tekapo Airport
Airwork Airwork NZ Boeing 737-300F BNE Prasertwit.jpg AWKAirwork Auckland Airport [10]
Glenorchy Air LOR Milford small.jpg Queenstown Airport
Air Kaikoura Kaikoura Airport
Salt Air Salt Air GA-8 ZK-MAB.jpg North Shore Aerodrome

Cargo airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign BaseNotes
Parcelair Parcelair 737.jpg P4APKAIRPAK Palmerston North Airport Owned by Freightways and Airwork. [11]
Texel Air Texel Air 737 at Christchurch Airport.jpg TNZTEXEL Auckland Airport Subsidiary of Bahrain-based cargo airline Texel Air.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Air Chathams</span> Airline of New Zealand

Air Chathams Limited is an airline based in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. It was established in 1984 and operates scheduled passenger services between the Chatham Islands and mainland New Zealand along with routes between Auckland and Whakatāne, and Auckland and Whanganui. Its main base is Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whangarei Airport</span> Airport in Whangārei

Whangārei Airport is an airport 4 nautical miles to the south east of Whangārei city, in the suburb of Onerahi, on the east coast of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. The airport has a single terminal with two gates.

Air Post was a cargo airline based in Auckland, New Zealand. It operated night postal services for New Zealand Post in a joint venture agreement with Airwork, as well as operating ad hoc charter services. Its main base was located at Auckland International Airport.

Air National was an airline based in Auckland, New Zealand. It operated domestic and international charter services and scheduled passenger services for Air New Zealand Link. Its main bases were Auckland International Airport

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eagle Airways</span> Regional airline in New Zealand

Eagle Airways was a regional airline based in Hamilton, New Zealand and was wholly owned by Air New Zealand, operating regional services under the Air New Zealand Link brand. The airline was disbanded on 26 August 2016, with staff absorbed into Air New Zealand's other subsidiaries.

Mount Cook Airline was a regional airline based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Formerly part of the Mount Cook Group and latterly a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, it operated scheduled services throughout the country under the Air New Zealand Link brand. In December 2019, the brand name was retired with all services operated under the Air New Zealand banner.

Golden Bay Air Limited is a small airline based at Tākaka Aerodrome in Tākaka, New Zealand. The airline currently operates three light aircraft from Tākaka to Wellington and Karamea, and also from Nelson to Tākaka and Karamea with connecting road shuttle services to the Abel Tasman National Park, the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park and to and from Tākaka township. Other services provided by the airline include charter flights around New Zealand flown on demand and preset scenic routes around the national parks as well as Farewell Spit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sounds Air</span> New Zealand airline

Sounds Air is a New Zealand airline based at Picton. The airline was founded in 1986 by Cliff and Diane Marchant to provide low cost flights to the Marlborough Sounds. The airline has a maintenance facility at Omaka aerodrome with its Sounds Aero Maintenance division based there.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tauranga Airport</span> Airport in Tauranga

Tauranga Airport is an airport serving the city of Tauranga, New Zealand. It is located adjacent to Tauranga Harbour in the suburb of Mount Maunganui, approximately 3 km northeast of Tauranga CBD. The terminal is located to the north of the runway, on Jean Batten Drive, and consists of a two-storey building with four tarmac gates. Air New Zealand serves the airport through its subsidiaries Mount Cook Airline and Air Nelson, with flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A further two regional airlines also operate to the airport, as well as scenic and charter flights, skydiving operations and general aviation.

Kaitaia Airport is an airport located in Kaitaia, in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is 320 km from Auckland. Barrier Air operates daily flights to and from Auckland Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Island Air Charters</span>

Island Air Charters is an air charter company based in Tauranga, New Zealand. The company is owned by Paul Ensor and offers charter services around the Bay of Plenty using Cessna light aircraft.

North Shore Aerodrome, also called North Shore Airport and Dairy Flat Airfield, is a small, uncontrolled aerodrome located 2 nmi (3.7 km) south southwest of Silverdale, near Auckland in New Zealand's North Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nelson Airport (New Zealand)</span> Airport in Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson Airport is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of central Nelson, New Zealand, in the suburb of Annesbrook. Approximately 1.2 million passengers and visitors use the airport terminal annually. Passenger numbers for the 2017 financial year were 1,000,373, up from 865,203 in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunair</span> Airline of New Zealand

Sunair is an airline based in New Zealand.

Air Safaris is a New Zealand scenic flight and air charter company based at the Lake Tekapo Airport located 2.8 km west of the town of Lake Tekapo, off State Highway 8 in the Mackenzie District of New Zealand. The airline operates from 5 bases: Tekapo, Franz Josef, Glentanner, Twizel and Mt Cook airports. The company logo is a stylised chamois; these are wild goat-like antelope which inhabits the region of the South Island High Country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiwi Regional Airlines</span>

Kiwi Regional Airlines was an airline based in Hamilton, New Zealand which operated domestic flights within New Zealand between October 2015 and July 2016. It was founded in 2014 by local businessman Ewan Wilson, who previously served as the CEO of Kiwi Travel International Airlines, and commenced operations on 27 October 2015. The airline owned and operated a single Saab 340A aircraft. The initial destinations served were Hamilton, Nelson, Dunedin and Queenstown, with flights to Queenstown being dropped in November 2015 and Tauranga being added to the network in February 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Originair</span> Airline of New Zealand

Originair is an airline based in Nelson, New Zealand, that operates domestic flights in New Zealand. It was founded in 2015 by local businessman Robert Inglis, who had previously founded Air Nelson and Origin Pacific Airways. Originair commenced operations on 12 August 2015 with flights between Nelson and Palmerston North; it started flights between Nelson and Wellington the following month. The airline began its operations with one British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft, and now operates a fleet of four aircraft, following the addition of another 2 Jetstream 32 aircraft.

Air Auckland was a small airline based at Ardmore Airport in New Zealand. The company is a fixed-wing and CAA part 135 air operator that offers flight services including regular flights to Whitianga and Great Barrier Island.

References

  1. "Organisation Statistics". Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. Air Chathams Ltd. (25 April 2011). "Home | Air Chathams Airline". Airchathams.co.nz. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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  7. "Flights to Wellington from Picton, Blenheim & Nelson". Sounds Air. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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  10. "Welcome to the Airwork group of companies". Airwork.co.nz. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  11. "Parcelair Limited". The New Zealand Companies Office. Retrieved 5 September 2016.