Back to Auckland for the Summer

 

Catching up on Barrier Air news and in particular the winter lease of two of their Cessna 208 Grand Caravans...

Barrier Air's Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-SDG had flown to Wanaka and Queenstown on the 23rd of June for use by Milford Sound Flights. It did its final flights for the southern company on the 16th of October 2025 with two return flights from Queenstown to Milford Sound before returning to Auckland on the 17th. It resumed service with Barrier Air on 21st of October flying two return flights from Auckland to Great Barrier Island.  

Cessna 208 Grand Caravan ZK-SDB flew to Queenstown on the 18th of February 2025 before before entering service with Truth South and flying a Queenstown-Milford Sound return flight. ZK-SDB did its final flights for True South on the 3rd of October flying three return Queenstown-Milford Sound flights. On the 6th it flew to Napier for maintenance before flying to Auckland on the 20th. It returned to service on the 21st of October flying a return Auckland to Kaitaia service.