Air Kaikoura

Air Kaikoura is a small New Zealand airline offering scheduled flights with light aircraft between Kaikoura and Wellington. It also operates charter services around New Zealand. The company was founded in 1983. They saw the potential with Whale watching fights and started offering services using a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and Cessna 206.

Air Kaikoura
IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded1983
Fleet size4
Destinations2
HeadquartersKaikoura, New Zealand
Key peopleMurray Hamilton (Manager)
Websitehttps://www.airkaikoura.co.nz//

Services

Following the Kaikoura earthquake of 2016 with road access closed. Air Kaikoura saw the need to help out the region's isolation from the rest of New Zealand.[1] From 4 December 2017 the airline started a shuttle service to Parikawa to allow locals to access the area.[2] Air Kaikoura launched its first scheduled service to Wellington on 15 May 2020 using a GA-8 Airvan which can take seven passengers. The duration of the flight is 50 minutes. The airline is also looking at serving Blenheim. [3]

Fleet

As of November 2020 the Air Kaikoura fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]

Stewart Island Flights fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
GippsAero GA8 Airvan 2 7
Piper PA-28 Cherokee 1 5
Cessna 206 1 5
Total 4

References
  1. "Air Kaikoura busy with new service connecting the two ends of the district". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. Lowe, Steve. "Air Kaikoura and it's Parikawa life line". 3rd Level NZ. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. "Blenheim on the radar as Air Kaikōura takes to the skies for its first capital connection". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. "Air Kaikoura". Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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