tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post7463857302490232452..comments2024-03-27T23:23:10.995+13:00Comments on 3rd Level New Zealand: Odd ball Air New Zealand ATRSteve Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-51924940878236665212021-09-03T07:29:04.554+12:002021-09-03T07:29:04.554+12:00Although mooted within industry circles for some t...Although mooted within industry circles for some time, Nelson-based Origin Pacific finally announced the acquisition of two ATR-72 aircraft. These aircraft will provide additional passenger capacity for tourist route services between Christchurch/Rotorua and Christchurch/Queenstown as well as providing extra capacity for trunk services between Wellington and Christchurch. The aircraft will Steve Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-16195608482070722772021-09-02T23:08:49.544+12:002021-09-02T23:08:49.544+12:00Somewhere this story has got a little screwed up a...Somewhere this story has got a little screwed up at the start. JSY and JSZ primarily flew the Qantas main trunk flights between Wellington and Christchurch. They were bought specifically for that service which was a separate arrangement to the code shares on other OP services. The flights were QF flights with QF flight numbers unlike the codeshare flights to other destinations that were part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com