Two weeks ago, upon the announcement of the acquisition of a 6th Caravan, I wrote in a post, Barrier Air fly serve 6 centres, from Auckland to Kaitaia, Great Barrier Island and Whitianga, and from Great Barrier Island to North Shore and Tauranga. Given Barrier Air's dynamism it will be interesting to see what transpires next, a matter of watch this space!The watch this space is now over with ..read more

A big thanks to Terry Hodges who caught Air Chathams' Saab 340 ZK-CIY roaring into Nelson on the 26th of April 2024 which have been sitting in my inbox since the 26th... Apologies for the delay in posting them Terry... Terry wrote, Managed to get some pics of Air Chathams Saab CIY into Nelson, we don't see them much here, but I miss the sounds of the Saab in Nelson so had to make the effort ..read more

 Sunair has been in the news a bit this week having restored its services from Gisborne (and/or Napier) to Hamilton and also from Hamilton to Whangarei. The first flight Gisborne-Hamilton flights was flown on Monday 29 April 2024 by Paul Corrin in Piper Aztec ZK-DIR. ZK-DIR also flew the first reinstated Hamilton-Whangarei service on 1 May 2024. A very interesting article also appeared ..read more

 Two phases to my Auckland plane spotting today, 28 April 2024... A quick drive by before going to park my car saw that Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-ROW was about to departed leave so I waited to get it... It was a perfect day for plane spotting and for once disappointed that I had a flight to catch... but nonetheless some reasonable photos from Koru Air Chathams' ATR 72-500 ZK-MCUAir New ..read more

While I waited for Golden Bay Air's BN Islander to fly into Wellington on 19 April 2024 I was kept occupied photographing Air New Zealand who were having a busy day... still not convinced about the colour schemeATR 72-600 ZK-MVFATR 72-600 ZK-MVNATR 72-600 ZK-MVRATR 72-600 ZK-MVUATR 72-600 ZK-MZAATR 72-600 ZK-MZFBombardier Q300 ZK-NEABombardier Q300 ZK-NEBBombardier Q300 ZK-NECBombardier Q300 ..read more

It was a mucky day at Auckland on the 21st of April 2024 as set off from Auckland...Qatar Airways Airbus 350-1000 A7-ANP off to DohaWamos Air Airbus 330-200 EC-NCK off to PerthAir Chathams' ATR 72-500 ZK-MCO off to Whanganui Air New Zealand ATR72-600 ZK-MVV arrivingDelta Air Lines Airbus 350-900 N357DZ off to Los AngelesAir New Zealand Bombardier Q300 ZK-NEB arrivingAir New Zealand ..read more

 More from my afternoon at Wellington on 19 April 2024Boeing 737-838 VH-XZBBoeing 737-838(WL) VH-VZVEmbraer ERJ-190AR VH-UZK ..read more

 Air Chathams' ATR 72-500 ZK-MCO has had a Pacific deployment this week. I am presuming this was in support of the visiting delegation of representatives from the US Congress and the UN Foundation which is visiting Fiji, Tonga and Tuvalu as part of its mission to learn more about how the UN is supporting Pacific Small Island Developing States to navigate the interconnected challenges of food ..read more

More from Wellington on the 19th...Life Flight's Beechcraft B200 Super King Air ZK-LFA - The Life Flight air ambulances are registered to Air Freight (NZ) LtdLife Flight's Beechcraft B200 Super King Air ZK-LFIThe New Zealand Air Ambulance Services' Beechcraft B200 Super King Air ZK-SDH - The New Zealand Air Ambulance Service is part of the Skyline Aviation Group&nbsp ..read more

  Air New Zealand commenced ATR flights to Kerikeri today with ATR 72-600 ZK-MVQ flying the first return service, NZ5266 northbound and NZ5267 southbound. Over the winter Kerikeri's Monday morning service from Auckland will be operated by 68-seat ATRs rather than the normal Bombardier Q300. The flights leave Auckland at 8.30am to arrive at 9.20am and the return flight departs at ..read more