10 January 2020

The Last 10 Years - Dropped Ports and Routes

At the time of the blog's 10th anniversary Fraser Weir sent me an email reflecting on what has happened over the last 10 years. It's amazing how much how the domestic scene in New Zealand has changed.



These are the ports and routes Air New Zealand have dropped and the replacement services that grew out of these. There are some that still, in my opinion, have potential... 


OAMARU

31 December 2009

Taken over briefly by

Westport-Christchurch

19 December 2009





MOUNT COOK

27 January 2013






WANAKA

30 January 2013






Whanganui-Wellington

24 December 2013

Taken over briefly by





MASTERTON

7 February 2014




KAITAIA

28 April 2015

Taken over by





Nelson-Palmerston North

28 April 2015

Taken over by





Taupō-Wellington

28 April 2015

Taken over by





WESTPORT

28 April 2015


Taken over by





WHAKATĀNE

28 April 2015

Taken Over by





Whangarei-Wellington

28 April 2015





Auckland-Hamilton

8 February 2016

Taken over briefly by





Christchurch-Kapiti Coast

28 February 2016





Blenheim-Christchurch

31 July 2016

Taken over by





WHANGANUI

31 July 2016

Taken Over by





KĀPITI COAST
3 April 2018


Taken Over by
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3 comments:

  1. JardenJanuary 14, 2020 12:47 PM

    Hi Steve,
    Good post you could add others AKL to Norfolk taken over by Air Chathams.
    Kiwi routes dropped but not yet taken up NSN-DUD, NSN-TRG and NSN-HLZ.
    Probably others out there as well. The two towns with potential to get flights again are Masterton and Wanaka but still roadblocks in the way for this to happen unfortunately.

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  2. Steve LJanuary 14, 2020 5:32 PM

    I think there are a few gaps to be filled in the above Jarden...
    I would like to see something like the following tried...

    OAM-WLG - S8
    WKA-CHC - NZ
    MRO-AKL - 3C
    PPQ-CHC - S8

    On your Kiwi Routes

    NSN-TRG and NSN-HLZ might work but the fares would have to be right... OG is the obvious one but I think their fares would be too high

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  3. JardenJanuary 15, 2020 1:34 PM

    Indeed Steve
    Sounds Air would be too expensive to attract enough passengers to make it work for PPQ-CHC and OAM-WLG they only operate small aircraft so by that business model have to keep fares high. Origin would be good for all the routes from Nelson but need another Jetstream. Air Chathams could do both AKL-MRO and AKL-WKA with a Saab once runway works are completed.

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