JGA's 8th airline

POST UPDATED MARCH 2025

Piper Navajo ZK-JGA has been operated by more airlines than most... Since this post was written it has been used by 9 operators on passenger services...

It arrived in the country as VH-TRP in 1985 as seen here at Christchurch on 16 October.

It then went into service with Alexandra-based Goldfields Air. Photographed at Christchurch on 9 April 1986.

 See : http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/goldfields-air-alexandras-airline.html

It then was sold to Greymouth based Coast Air. Photographed at Christchurch on 4 April 1988
See : 
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/westlands-commuter-airline-coast-air.html

Air Nelson was the next airline to operate JGA. Photographed at Oamaru on 17 October 1990

It then went to Blenheim-based Air Marlborough. Photographed at Woodbourne on  5 December 1996

 See : http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/marlboroughs-commuter-airline-air.html

After that it did charter and air ambulance work for Air Manawatu. Photographed at Gisborne on 2 December 2009

It was with short-lived North Shore Air. Photographed at Tauranga on  28 September 2015

See : http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/north-shore-air-aucklands-north-shore.html

It was used by Sunair for a short time. Photographed at Tauranga on 13 March 2016

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

Next it went to Flight Hauraki. Photographed at Ardmore on 24 March 2017.

See: http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/flight-hauraki-new-zealands-newest.html

Finally it went to Air Auckland as seen at Tauranga on 4 April 2019 while being leased to Sunair... It carried small titles on the left hand side...

See : https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2019/11/aucklands-air-taxi.html