Gisborne - Index of Posts

Gisborne's geographical isolation has meant it has had a rich and varied airline history with over 40 operators running a regular air service to our most eastern city. Many of these are air services were courier operations which followed in the footsteps of Dominion Airways, Gisborne Air Transport and East Coast Airways operating between Napier and Gisborne. There have also been numerous operators that have from Rotorua to Gisborne flying the NZ Herald and a number of operators that have flown to Hamilton after NAC withdrew from that route. While I do not intend do a systematic series of postings on these air services I hope over an extended time to fill in the gaps on some of these operations listed below with their start date into Gisborne.

As always I would be most grateful in information, photos, stories and, after they are posted, corrections and omissions to me at westland831@gmail.com  - Thanks, Steve

1930 - Dominion Airways

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/dominion-airlines-east-coasts-first-air.html

1931 - Gisborne Air Transport

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/81-years-ago-today-gisborne-air.html

1933 - Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club

https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/01/wairoas-sunday-paper-service.html

1935 - East Coast Airways
https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2019/07/flying-dragons-east-coast-airways.html

1938 - Union Airways

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2021/09/union-airways-gisborne-air-service.html

1946 - National Airways Corporation

Post not written yet

1957 - Marshall Air Transport

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/rural-east-coast-flyer-marshalls-air.html

1957 - Petersen Aviation

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/petersen-aviation-wairoas-first-air.html

1958 - Cookson Airspread

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/12/wairoas-cookson-airspread-part-1.html 

1961 - South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand

Post not written yet

1968

https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2020/12/sky-travel-nz-brave-new-feeder-operator.html

1969 - Midland Air Services

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/middle-districts-aero-clubs-airline.html

1970 - Geyserland Airways

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/geyserland-airways.html

1970 - Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club 
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/01/wairoas-sunday-paper-service.html

 1972 - Air North

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/air-north-big-enough-to-serve-small.html

 1972 - Eastern Airlines

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/gisborne-aero-clubs-airline-eastern.html

1973 - Air Gisborne

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/air-gisborne-40-years-old.html

 1973 - Akarana Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-was-akarana-air.html

1974 - Mercury Air Couriers
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/getting-todays-information-delivered.html

1977 - Air Central

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/11/air-central-north-island-commuter.html

1978 - Air New Zealand

Post not written yet

 

1978 - Nationwide Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/nationwide-air-airline-and-car-ferry.html

1984 - Eagle Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/eagle-airways-part-1-fledgling-eagle.html

1984 - East Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/east-air-people-not-places.html

1987 - N B MacDonald Services

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/01/n-b-macdonald-services.html

1990 - Air Nelson

Post not written yet

1991 - Air Rotorua
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2017/12/flying-herald-air-rotorua.html

1991 - Associated Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/05/associated-air-paraparaumus-friendly.html

1993 - Air Napier

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-napier-only-airline-flying-to.html

1993 - Kiwi West Aviation

 http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/take-off-with-kiwi-west-aviation.html

1993 - United Aviation

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/01/united-aviation-late-1990s-lower-north.html

1995 - Tyrrell Aviation

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/tyrrell-aviation-flying-between-new.html

1997 - Air Wellington
https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2018/03/air-wellington-another-paraparaumu.html

1997 - Aotearoa Airlines

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/gisbornes-aotearoa-airlines.html

1997 - Sunair

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/02/sunair-still-shining-25-years-on.html

1997 - Te Kaahu Airlines

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/vip-air-charter-and-its-te-kaahu.html

1997 - Vincent Aviation

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/01/vincent-aviations-east-coast-service.html

1999 - Air Freight (NZ)

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-freight-nz-ltd-21-this-year.html

and

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-freights-east-coast-aztecs.html

2001 - Scott Air

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/scott-air.html

2005 - Air Discovery

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-discovery-your-schedule-your.html

2020 - Air Ruatoria

https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2023/03/living-dream-air-ruatoria.html