Merlin Labs' Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster ZK-MLO has been chartered by Air Kaikoura to assist their airfreighting of crayfish from Kaikoura to Wellington.
The Cargomaster did some proving flights between Kaikoura and Wellington on the 7th, 10th and 12th of May with the first flight from Kaikoura to Wellington operated on the 16th of May 2024. These are non-scheduled freight flights. Normally the aircraft positions from Paraparaumu to Kaikoura before operating an air freight flight from Kaikoura to Wellington. The aircraft then returns to Paraparaumu.
The Cargomaster is being used to supplement Air Kaikoura's Gippsland Airvan ZK-EHS which remains the mainstay of fulfilling the air freight contract. Air Kaikoura's ZK-EHS, sister Airvan ZK-ORC and Cessna 172 ZK-JCT are also kept busy with whale watching flights while Aeropro Eurofox ZK-TUG is used for training.
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