Hainan Airlines started flying to Auckland on the 31st December of 2016. But long before that Hainan Airlines had a kiwi connection...
A couple of days ago Christian Laugier wrote an email to me from France asking about the photo of the Metro 23 below. He wrote, I was recently searching on the web information about the Metroliner ZK-JSV (see attached photo) and I found your very interesting website, nice job !! I am wondering what is exactly this livery because this Metro has not got clear titles but i presume it operated for Origin Pacific, but what are the reasons for this scheme if you know :) This slide was taken in September 2000. I am a French photographer (slides) since over 40 years, I visited AKL and Ardmore briefly once in Dec 1999, so a while ago. I will certainly consider visiting NZ again when the situation will allow.
 |
| Metro 23 ZK-JSV at Christchurch in September 2000. |
My reply said, I am sure you found my posts on ZK-JSV in the Air Chathams and Origin Pacific Airways profiles on my blog...
https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2016/01/air-chathams-30-years-on.html
https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2015/08/origin-pacific-airways-airline-for-our.html
In particular, From the 16th of June 2000 Origin ended its alliance with Airwork and entered into a new arrangement with Air Chathams, though it continued to use Airwork aircraft at various times over subsequent years. Origin leased two Fairchild Metro 23s, ZK-JSJ and JSV, from Air Chathams to handle the growing demand for freight and passenger flights. The company contracted Air Chathams to operate and crew these aircraft on Origin’s passenger and freight services. Origin also used Air Chatham's Fairchild Metroliner III ZK-CIC. All three Metros flew freight at night and passengers during the day and at one stage the aircraft were averaging 12 flying hours a day! Dunedin was quietly dropped from the network in the latter part of 2000.
To answer your particular question, the registration history of ZK-JSV is as follows...
ZK-JSV Fairchild
Swearingen SA227DC Metro 23 DC-868B
N30296 00/08/1994 Fairchild Aircraft Corp, San Antonio, Texas
00/07/1997 Registration cancelled
B-3952 00/08/1997 Hainan Airlines, Haikou, Hainan, China
00/05/2000 Registration cancelled
C-FAFI 05/05/2000 Alta Flights (Charters) Inc, Edmonton, Alberta
19/05/2000 Registration cancelled
ZK-JSV 22/05/2000 Inglis Aircraft Ltd, Nelson
25/05/2000 Orgin Pacific Airways Ltd, Nelson
25/05/2000 Air Chathams Ltd, Chatham Islands
01/10/2001 Orgin Pacific Airways Ltd, Nelson
06/07/2003 Air Chathams Ltd, Chatham Islands
27/06/2007 Registration cancelled
C-FAFI 01/08/2007 Alta Flights (Charters) Inc, Edmonton, Alberta
23/02/2011 Registration cancelled
N654AR 23/02/2011 EP Aviation LLC, Wood Dale, Illinois
The colour scheme in your photo is in the Hainan Airlines scheme. It was later painted into Origin Pacific colours.
An interesting little Kiwi connection I thought.
Christian said I could use the photo... I have no clue who took it, maybe I received it by letter from one of my NZ correspondents when I used to trade slides actively. He also asked, Do you know any one who would be interested in trading slides with me ? I live in Paris, I have a collection of more than 125.000 top quality ramp shots slides and I am interested in growing my NZ collection. I just retired after I have been working more than 40 years at Paris airports airside.
If you are interested in trading slides with Christian email me at westland831@gmail.com and I will pass on your contact details.
No comments:
Post a Comment