26 October 2023

Air Chathams Bits and Pieces

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I was out at the airport on Monday and caught Air Chathams' Aero Commander 690A ZK-PVB  Aero Commander 690A ZK-PVB at Auckland on 23 Oct...
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25 October 2023

A Quiet Sunday at North Shore

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Maule MXT-7-180A ZK-RLT at North Shore on 22 October 2023 Island Aviation's Cessna 172 ZK-RNX at North Shore on 22 October 2023 My first...
23 October 2023

Airwork Freighter Ready for Action

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Arriving into Auckland late this afternoon was Airwork's Boeing 737-400 ZK-TLF on its second incarnation with the operator. It left Auck...
22 October 2023

History Updated - NAC @ CHT

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I have recently updated my profile history of the NAC service to the Chatham Islands with details of the two charter flights operated in 196...
21 October 2023

ZK-TXA @ AKL

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I was delighted to capture Texel Air's new Boeing 737-800 ZK-TXA at Auckland this morning, 21 October 2023, operating TEXEL 6101 to Chri...

Heaphy Track reopened

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After being closed for 18 months the Heaphy Track is open for business. This is good news for Golden Bay Air which operates regular flights ...
20 October 2023

ZK-TXA on line

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Texel Air's latest Boeing 737-800 was placed on the New Zealand civil aircraft register on the 18th of October 2023 as ZK-TXA, The aircr...
19 October 2023

A Quick Update...

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  Earlier this month I posted my profile on Merlin Labs's air service...  https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2023/10/merlin-labs-part-time-...
16 October 2023

Mystery SOLVED

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Can anyone help me identify the location of where this Whites Aviation photo of NAC de Havilland DH89B ZK-AKU is taken???  My initial though...
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15 October 2023

History Updated - TEAL's Domestic Run

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  And your starter for 10... TEAL was known for being New Zealand's international airline, but what was its domestic service??? scroll d...
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13 October 2023

Kaitaia airport upgrade

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  The government has pledged more than $5 million to do urgent maintenance and upgrade work at Kaitāia Airport. New Zealand's northernmo...
10 October 2023

Bigger Plane, Fewer Flights

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  Posted on Air Chathams website is the news that Saabs are going to take over the Whakatāne service...  Air Chathams is proud to have opera...
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08 October 2023

Merlin Labs - The Part Time Freight Airline

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UPDATED - NOVEMBER 2025   Since the 29th of June 2023 Merlin Labs has been operating a part-time or sideline air freight service in New Zeal...
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07 October 2023

Palmy last Saturday

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I was in Palmerston North last week and was amazed at how many ATR flights it gets... up to 10 per day to Auckland and 5 to Christchurch... ...
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06 October 2023

Closer to Service

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Out for a fly late this afternoon was Airwork's Boeing 737-4Q8(SF). The 737 arrived into Auckland for Airwork on 9 April 2023 as Boeing ...