So what is the most spectacular air route in New Zealand??? I think it would be hard to beat Sunair's Tauranga - Great Barrier and Great Barrier - Whitianga - Tauranga route. Yesterday thanks to Sunair's daily deals I got to experience some of Sunair's spectacular scenery....
SAV 72 - Tauranga - Great Barrier Island
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| The front office of Piper Aztec ZK-PIW |
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| Sunair 10W, Clear to take off Runway 25 |
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| Departure past the Mount and the Port of Tauranga |
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| Matakana Island |
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| Bowentown Heads and the Katikati Entrance |
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| Whangamata |
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| Tairua and Pauanui |
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| Looking ahead to Great Barrier Island |
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| The northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula |
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| The two Barriers... Little Barrier Island in the distance and coming up on Great Barrier Island |
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| Sunair 10W joins left base for Runway 28 |
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| Sunair 10W, finals 28 |
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| The Claris terminal |
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| The three airlines that serve Great Barrier Island, Sunair, Barrier Air and Fly My Sky. |
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| My ride to Great Barrier Island - Sunair's Piper Aztec ZK-PIW at Great Barrier on 8 April 2019 |
SAV 72 - Great Barrier Island - Whitianga
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| Sunair 10W lines up Runway 10 at Great Barrier Island |
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| Great Barrier Island departure |
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| The Coromandel Peninsula in the distance |
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| Matarangi |
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| Sunair 10W, right base for 22 Whitianga |
SAV 83 - Whitianga - Tauranga
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| Sunair 10W lines up Runway 22 |
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| Farewell Whitianga |
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| Tairua and Pauanui again |
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| The Katikati entrance and Matakana Island |
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| Mount Maunganui |
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| Thanks to Dan Power and Sunair for a great day |
CHC-WSZ was a goodie back in the day, as is CHC-HKK. The CHC-MON-ZQN was pretty amazing as well :)
ReplyDeleteCHC-WSZ was never operated for long... I hoped to do it with Coastair but we flew CHC-GMZ first rather than CHC-WSZ-GMZ as in the timetable... I was GMZ bound
ReplyDeleteShame, WSZ-GMN would have been good fun. Loved the early Monday (I think) morning Eagle CHC-WSZ service. Absolutely magic, with a stunning approach over the Paparoas and around Cape Foulwind. Sometimes it was over Denniston and down the coast into WSZ.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity it was the Eagle service was so short lived... but that really put paid to the Coastair service as well
ReplyDeleteIt certainly did. Was certainly a bit on the nose for Eagle to implement the link when it did. Coastair didnt stand a chance when the bigger boy came to town. I believe Eagle was mainly there for the Solid Energy guys. Was certainly a good link for us locals! :)
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