3rd Level New Zealand

This blog started off by focussing on NZ's smaller 3rd level airlines, past and present. It has evolved to trying to present some record of NZ's domestic airline operations and some of the larger charter operators, interesting NZ international airliner movements and photos I have taken around the country. Comments, corrections or contributions are welcome, Steve - westland831@gmail.com

18 June 2025

Second International Destination for Hamilton

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  Jetstar is today launching its second new service into Hamilton within a week. The airline is operating its first Gold Coast-Hamilton-Gold...
16 June 2025

Jetstar Launches New Hamilton-Sydney Service

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  Jetstar is today operating its first Sydney-Hamilton-Sydney flights today, the 16th of June 2025 with Airbus 320 VH-XSJ currently crossing...
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Caravan for Sale

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There has been quite a bit of media reporting on the current struggle of New Zealand's regional airlines with much of the focus being on...
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12 June 2025

Newest Airbus 321 Enters Service

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  Air New Zealand's newest Airbus 321, ZK-NNH, entered service this morning, 12 June 2025, flying NZ143 from Auckland to Brisbane. It is...
08 June 2025

City Shuttle - Air New Zealand's Helicopter Service

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  New Zealand has had only two scheduled helicopter-operated air services. Both were short-lived.  The second, that operated during the summ...
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06 June 2025

Whangarei-Kaitaia Flights to be on Offer

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Yesterday the NZ Herald published an article on flight cancellations to Northland which included an interesting little snippet about Sunair....
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04 June 2025

A couple of regionals

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  Sunair's Piper Aztec ZK-DIR was at Kaitaia on 29 May 2025. Sunair flies medical staff from Whangarei to Kaitaia several times each wee...

Engine Woes Easing Boosting Domestic Capacity

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  Air New Zealand is boosting capacity on its Auckland – Christchurch, Auckland – Queenstown, and Auckland – Dunedin routes, providing thous...
30 May 2025

Regional Fares and Fears

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   From the armchair of an airline enthusiast who has no experience working or managing an airline I thought I'd offer a few thoughts in...
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27 May 2025

Jetting into Hamilton

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  Air New Zealand is boosting regional connectivity, with jet services to be introduced on the Hamilton–Christchurch route. From 18 Septembe...

Whitianga Scheduled Movements and a Visitor

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Rocketing into Whitianga five times a week over winter is a Barrier Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan... Sunday the 18th of May 2025 was a wet d...
26 May 2025

Final Taupō Flights

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  Originair flew its final Wellington-Taupō flights today, the 26th of May 2025. The final flights, OG 710 to Taupō and the return flight to...
24 May 2025

Sunair-Jetstar Connection

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  Sunair has announced on its website that is it offering connecting flights to the new Jetstar service into Hamilton. Jetstar will start Sy...
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13 May 2025

Frequency Reduction

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  Following on from yesterday's news about Originair withdrawing from Taupō, the airline's timetable also shows a reduction in fligh...
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12 May 2025

Cutting the Capital Connection

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Originair has cancelled its Taupō-Wellington service, leaving the central North Island town with no flight links to the capital. The Nelson-...
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