Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Airlines in New Zealand
The country's major domestic carrier, Air New Zealand, has an aerial network covering
most of the country, often operating under the Air New Zealand Link moniker on less pop-
ular routes. Australia-based Jetstar also flies between main urban areas. Between them,
these two airlines carry the vast majority of domestic passengers in NZ. Beyond this, sev-
eral small-scale regional operators provide essential transport services to outlying islands
such as Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf, to Stewart Island and the Chathams.
Operators include the following:
Air Chathams
(
www.airchathams.co.nz
) Services to the remote Chatham Islands from
Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland.
Air Fiordland
(
www.airfiordland.com
)
Services around Milford Sound, Te Anau and
Queenstown.
Air New Zealand
(
www.airnewzealand.co.nz
) Offers flights between 30-plus domestic
destinations, plus myriad overseas destinations.
Air West Coast
(
www.airwestcoast.co.nz
) Operates charter/scenic flights ex-Greymouth,
winging over the west coast glaciers and Aoraki/Mt Cook, and stopping in Milford Sound,
Queenstown and Christchurch.
Air2there.com
(www.air2there.com) Connects destinations across Cook Strait, including
Paraparaumu, Wellington, Nelson and Blenheim.
FlyMySky
(
www.flymysky.co.nz
)
At least three flights daily from Auckland to Great Barrier
Island.
Golden Bay Air
(www.goldenbayair.co.nz) Flies regularly between Wellington, Nelson
and Takaka in Golden Bay. Also connects to Karamea for Heaphy Track trampers.
Great Barrier Airlines
(
www.greatbarrierairlines.co.nz
)
Plies the skies over Great Barrier
Island, Auckland, Tauranga and Whangarei.
Jetstar
(
www.jetstar.com
) Joins the dots between key tourism centres: Auckland, Welling-
ton, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown (and flies Queenstown to Melbourne and
Sydney; Christchurch to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast; and Auckland to Mel-
bourne, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Cairns).
Salt Air
(
www.saltair.co.nz
)
Charter flights from Auckland to the Bay of Islands.
Soundsair
(
www.soundsair.co.nz
)
Numerous flights each day between Picton and Wel-
lington, plus flights from Wellington to Blenheim, Nelson and Whanganui.
Stewart Island Flights
(
www.stewartislandflights.com
) Flies between Invercargill and
Stewart Island.
Sunair
(
www.sunair.co.nz
) Flies to Whitianga from Auckland, Great Barrier Island and
Tauranga, plus numerous other North Island connections between Hamilton, Napier, Ro-
torua, Gisborne and New Plymouth.
