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

Kerikeri is the "newest" of  the domestic centres served by Air New Zealand and has only had an air service since 1975. In the .I would be most grateful for any information, photos, stories you might have about air services through Hokitika and, after they are posted, corrections and omissions to me at westland831@gmail.com - Thanks, Steve1932-1934https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com ..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

Air New Zealand commenced scheduled ATR-72 services to Hokitika for the first time today with ATR 72-600 ZK-MVQ operating the first return service under the command of Captain Brendan O'Halloran and First Officer Ben Rochford with Dale and Vinay in the cabin. In a nice touch, First Officer Ben Rochford, a son of Hokitika, flew the sector into his Hokitika hometown as NZ5834 with Captain Brendan ..read more

 Joining the Barrier Air fleet in October this year will be Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX ZK-ROW. The Cessna Caravan EX is the latest generation of its type and has only around 200 hours on her. The aircraft will be reregistered as part of the Barrier Air registration series as ZK-SDA. What became ZK-ROW arriving in Auckland on 31 July 2022 at the end of its ferry flight from ..read more

More from my visit to Wellington Airport on 19 April 2024...A couple of shots of Originair's British Aerospace Jetstream 32 ZK-JSJSounds Air's Cessna 208 Caravan ZK-PDMThe longest serving in the Sounds Air fleet, Cessna 208 Caravan ZK-PDMAnd another of the Sounds Air fleet, the larger Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-SAY&nbsp ..read more

Golden Bay Air's Britten Norman BN2A-26 Islander ZK-EVO entered service on the 19th of November 2022 operating the morning Takaka to Wellington service. The Islander, purchased after the collapse of Fly My Sky, had flown to Nelson on 16th of August 2021 where local aircraft engineering company Repaircraft did a superb job of readying the Islander for service with Golden Bay Air.& ..read more

Air New Zealand has today announced that it has selected Wellington and Marlborough Airports as the ports for its first all-electric aircraft. Air New Zealand announced the purchase of its first next-generation aircraft, the all-electric ALIA CTOL from Beta Technologies, late last year. The airline will initially operate a cargo-only service in partnership with NZ Post. Wellington ..read more