Nelson Tasman-based airline Originair has added a Nelson-Wellington route to its offering in response to passenger demand. Flights on the Nelson-Wellington route will begin on 14 February 2020, with bookings now available via Originair’s website (www.originair.co.nz) and by calling the airline on 0800 380380. “Our customers have been asking us to consider a Nelson-Wellington route and we’re really pleased to be able to respond to that interest,” says Originair’s CEO Robert Inglis. Originair’s new Wellington service will initially be limited to 10 sectors per week, concentrating on peak demand times, says. “We’re not offering an extensive schedule at the outset but we hope that it will provide extra capacity at times that are most useful to travellers on that route,” says Inglis. The announcement of the Nelson-Wellington route comes after very consistent and encouraging demand for seats on the airline’s newly-resumed Nelson-Palmerston North service. “We are very happy with the way that the reintroduction of our Palmerston North service has been going,” says Inglis. “Demand has been solid and that gives us additional confidence to grow our service offering.”
Source : Originair Press Release
A couple of interesting additions in the News Hub coverage...
Originair has announced today it is adding the Nelson-Wellington route to its schedule in response to passenger demand. The airline, established in 2015, once flew the route but pulled out with the arrival of Jetstar, which no longer flies into Nelson. Originair founder and chief executive Robert Inglis said the new service will initially be limited to 10 flights per week, concentrating on peak demand times. Inglis is a veteran of the commuter airline industry and is the co-founder of Air Nelson, which became an Air New Zealand link subsidiary. He said customers had been asking the airline to consider a Nelson-Wellington route and Originair was pleased to be able to respond to that interest. Inglis said it will offer the service using its current two aircraft, but the airline was looking to add a 30-seat aeroplane to its fleet. "We've only had the two Jetstreams available to us and we're looking at options, both in terms of the current type and a larger gauge." He said that at the moment the airline's focus was on the British Aerospace Jetstream type. "We haven't made that decision yet but it's part of an investigation we're doing and we'll come to a view on it shortly." The announcement followed consistent and encouraging demand for seats on the airline's newly-resumed Nelson-Palmerston North service. "We are very happy with the way that the reintroduction of our Palmerston North service has been going. Demand has been solid and that gives us additional confidence to grow our service offering," Inglis said. Originair currently has services from Nelson to Palmerston North, New Plymouth and Napier. Flights on the Nelson-Wellington route will begin on the 14 February.
Source :
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/01/originair-brings-back-nelson-to-wellington-route.html
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| Originair's timetable with the new flights effective 14 February 2020 |
A couple of interesting additions in the News Hub coverage...
- there is talk of using the two aircraft available to us - so J31 (JSH), and presumably J32 ECI which is in their colours
- and it sounds like a J41 is being considered again
Originair has announced today it is adding the Nelson-Wellington route to its schedule in response to passenger demand. The airline, established in 2015, once flew the route but pulled out with the arrival of Jetstar, which no longer flies into Nelson. Originair founder and chief executive Robert Inglis said the new service will initially be limited to 10 flights per week, concentrating on peak demand times. Inglis is a veteran of the commuter airline industry and is the co-founder of Air Nelson, which became an Air New Zealand link subsidiary. He said customers had been asking the airline to consider a Nelson-Wellington route and Originair was pleased to be able to respond to that interest. Inglis said it will offer the service using its current two aircraft, but the airline was looking to add a 30-seat aeroplane to its fleet. "We've only had the two Jetstreams available to us and we're looking at options, both in terms of the current type and a larger gauge." He said that at the moment the airline's focus was on the British Aerospace Jetstream type. "We haven't made that decision yet but it's part of an investigation we're doing and we'll come to a view on it shortly." The announcement followed consistent and encouraging demand for seats on the airline's newly-resumed Nelson-Palmerston North service. "We are very happy with the way that the reintroduction of our Palmerston North service has been going. Demand has been solid and that gives us additional confidence to grow our service offering," Inglis said. Originair currently has services from Nelson to Palmerston North, New Plymouth and Napier. Flights on the Nelson-Wellington route will begin on the 14 February.
Source :
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/01/originair-brings-back-nelson-to-wellington-route.html
Good luck with the use of J32 ECI. It hasnt flow for over 1 year and been sitting out on Tarmac at PPQ in all sorts of weather.
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