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New Zealand is a self-governing country in the South Pacific Ocean, situated southeast of Australia. It comprises two large islands, North Island and South Island and numerous smaller islands, including Stewart Island to the south of South Island. The area of New Zealand is 270,534 sq km (104,454 sq mi). Associated with New Zealand are Ross Dependency (in Antarctica), Niue, Tokelau, and the Cook Islands (in the Pacific Ocean). The capital of the country is Wellington. Auckland is the largest city.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 Air Albatross

1981 - 1985     Inactive  

 Air Cargo New Zealand

1997 - 1997 KC : KIC   Inactive  

 Air Chathams

1986 - 2012> CV : CVA   Active  

 Air Colombus

1972 - 1972   >Nationwide Air Renamed  

 Air Coromandel

1993* - 2003   >Great Barrier Airlines Renamed  

 Air Express

1988* - 1989*     Inactive  

 Air Fiordland

1984* - 2012>     Active  

 Air Freight NZ

1989 - 2012> -- : TFR   Active  

 Air Kaitaia

2000 - 2003     Inactive  

 Air Kapiti

2002 - 2003     Inactive  

 Air Milford

1993 - 2012>     Active  

 Air Napier

1994* - 2012>     Active  

 Air National

1992 - 2012> -- : JPS Air National Active  

 Air NE

1989 ~ 2004*     Unconfirmed  

 Air Nelson

1979 - 2012> PG : RLK   Active  

 Air New Zealand (ANZ)

1965 - 2012> NZ : ANZ Air New Zealand Active  

 Air New Zealand Cargo

2000* - 2001*     Status?  

 Air North

1953* - 1975* GD : --- >Nationwide Air Renamed  

 Air Post

1990* - 2012>     Active  

 Air Safaris & Services

1970 - 2006*     Status?  

 Air Travel

1930 - 1931     Inactive  

 Air Travel (NZ)

1934 - 1947*     Status?  

 Air Wairarapa

2002 - 2003     Inactive  

 Air Wanganui Commuter

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Air West Coast

2002 - 2009*     Status?  

 air2there.com

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Airland (NZ)

1968* - 1977*     Inactive  

 Airlink

1989 - 1989     Inactive  

 Airwork

1984* - 2012> NZ : PST   Active  

 Akarana Air

1972 - 1975*   >Nationwide Air Renamed  

 AlpineAir

2004* - 2004*     Inactive  

 Ansett Newmans

1986 - 1987   >Qantas New Zealand Renamed  

 Ansett NZ

1987 - 2000*   >Qantas New Zealand Renamed  

 ANZAM (Australian & New Zealand Air Marketing Corp.)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Arrow Aviation

1922* - 1923*     Status?  

 Aspiring Air

1974* - 2012> OI : ---   Active  

 Associated Air

1975 - 1989     Renamed  

 Associated Airlines

1989 - 1991     Inactive  

 Auckland Aero Club

1955 - 1971*     Inactive  

 Avia Air Charter

2009* - 2012>     Active  

 Bell Air (Bell-Air Executive Air Travel)

1968* - 1996     Renamed  

 Buckley Air

1995 - 1996*     Inactive  

 Capital Air

2006 - 2009   >Golden Bay Air Renamed  

 Capital Air Services

1970 - 1979* CN : ---   Status?  

 Chathams Airlink

1997- 1998     Inactive  

 City Jet

1999 - 1999     Inactive  

 Classic Air

1993* - 1995 -- : CLS   Inactive  

 Coast Air Charter

1984* - 1988*     Inactive  

 Cook Islands Airways

1973 - 1979* KH : ---   Status?  

 Cook Islands International

1992* - 1992*     Inactive  

 Cook Strait Airways

1935 - 1947   >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 Cookson Air

1985 - 1995   Cookson Air Inactive  

 Cookson Airspread

1979 - 1985   >Cookson Air Renamed  

 Eagle Airways

1969 - 2012> -- : WEG   Active  

 East Coast Airways

1935 - 1947*   >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 Eastern Air Services

1963* - 1964*     Inactive  

 Farmers Air

1984* - 1985   >Cookson Air Renamed  

 Fieldair

1957* - 1957*     Status?  

 Fieldair

1989* - 1989*   Fieldair Status?  

 Firstjet

2007* ~ 2007*     Began?  

 Flight Corporation

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Flightline Aviation

1981* - 1998     Inactive  

 Freedom Air

2003* - 2008 SJ : FOM Freedom Air (NZ) Inactive  

 Freedom Air International

1995 - 2003*   >Freedom Air (NZ) Renamed  

 Geyserland Airways

1969 - 1974     Inactive  

 Geyserland Airways (1974)

1974 - 2012>     Active  

 Golden Bay Air

2009 - 2012>   Golden Bay Air Active  

 Golden Coast Airlines

1960 - 1970*     Status?  

 Goldfields Air

1985 - 1986   Goldfields Air Inactive  

 Goldfields Aviation

1981* ~ 1985   >Goldfields Air Began?  

 Great Barrier Airlines

1983 - 2012> -- : GBA Great Barrier Airlines Active  

 Hercules Airlines

1985* - 1989*     Inactive  

 Hibiscus Air

1981* - 1996     Inactive  

 Island Air

2006* - 2006*     Status?  

 Island Air Safaris (Island Air Charter)(Island Air Services)

1989* - 1990   >Sunair Renamed  

 James Air

1978 - 1983*   James Air Status?  

 James Aviation

1975* - 1978   >James Air Renamed  

 Jetconnect (Jet Connect)

2002 - 2012> QF : QNZ   Active  

 Jump Airlines

2002 ~ 2003     Began?  

 JumpJet Airlines

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 K2000 Airlines

1999 - 2000     Inactive  

 King Solomon Airways

1997 - 2002     Inactive  

 Kiwi Pacific

2007* ~ 2007*     Began?  

 Kiwi Travel Air Charters

1994 - 1996   >Kiwi Travel International Renamed  

 Kiwi Travel International

1996 - 1996 KC : KIC Kiwi Travel International Inactive  

 Kiwijet

2009* ~ 2009* KJ : KIJ   Began?  

 Mainland Air

1991* - 2009*     Inactive  

 Menzies Aviation

1990 - 1992   >Air National Renamed  

 Merchant Air

1983* - 1983*     Inactive  

 Mid North Air

1983* - 1983*     Inactive  

 Milford Sound Flightseeing (Scenic Flights)

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Mount Cook Airline

1961 - 2012> NM : NZM Mount Cook Airline Active  

 Mountain Air

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 N. B. MacDonald Services

1987* - 1993*     Inactive  

 NAC (National Airways Corporation) (NZNAC)

1947 - 1978 NZ : --- >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 Nationwide Air

1978* - 1979* GD : --- Nationwide Air Inactive  

 New Zealand Aero Transport

1920* - 1920*   >Mount Cook Airline Renamed  

 Newmans Air

1985 - 1987   >Qantas New Zealand Renamed  

 Niue Airlines

1991* - 1991*     Status?  

 Northern Commuter Airlines

1992* - 1992*     Inactive  

 NZ Tourist Air Travel

Mid 1980s     Status?  

 Origin Pacific Airways

1997 - 2006 QO : OGN   Inactive  

 Pacific Blue Airline

2004 - 2012> DJ : PBI   Active  

 Pacific Express

2004 - 2005*     Status?  

 Pacific Midland Airlines

1981* - 1998*     Status?  

 Pacifica Air

1987 - 1989     Inactive  

 Petersen Aviation

1957 - 1958*     Inactive  

 Phoenix Airways

1962* - 1966     Inactive  

 Pine Air

1993 - 1993     Inactive  

 Pionair Adventures

2003* - 2012>     Active  

 Port Hutt Air

1996* - 2005     Inactive  

 Qantas New Zealand

2000 - 2001   Qantas New Zealand Inactive  

 Queensland & Mt Cook Airways

1935* - 1956   >Mount Cook Airlines Renamed  

 Reef Air

2005 - 2012> -- : REF   Active  

 Rex Air Charter

1972* - 1986   >Waiheke Air Renamed  

 Rex Aviation

1947 - 2000*     Inactive  

 Ridge Air

2011* - 2012>     Active  

 SAFE Air

1976 - 1990* SF : --- Safe Air Inactive  

 Salt Air

1992* - 2012>     Active  

 Sea Bee Air

1976 - 1979* CB : ---   Status?  

 Seabord Airlines

1997 ~ 1999     Began?  

 Skybus (Aqua Avia Society)

1981~ 1981     Began?  

 SkyFerry (Outdoor Aviation)

1987* - 1987*     Status?  

 Soundsair (Sounds Air)

1989* - 2012>     Active  

 South East Air

1993* - 2004*   >Stewart Island Flights Renamed  

 Southern Air

1981* - 1997   >Stewart Island Flights Renamed  

 Southern Air (1997)

1997 - 2000   >Stewart Island Flights Renamed  

 Southern Cross Airfreighters

1962* - 1964*     Status?  

 Southern Cross Airways

1985 - 1986     Inactive  

 Southern Pacific Air Charters

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Southern Scenic Air Services

1947* - 1964*     Status?  

 SPANZ (South Pacific Airline of New Zealand)

1960 - 1966     Inactive  

 Speedlink-Parcels

2002* - 2002*     Status?  

 Stewart Island Air Services

1976* - 1981   >Stewart Island Flights Renamed  

 Stewart Island Flights

2004* - 2012>   Stewart Island Flights Active  

 Straits Air Freight Express

1951 - 1967   >Safe Air Renamed  

 Sunair (Sunair Aviation)

1988* - 2012>   Sunair Active  

 SWA (Southern World Airlines)

1992* - 1992*     Inactive  

 Tasman Air Services

1968* - 1969     Inactive  

 Tasman Pacific Airlines

2000* - 2000 ZQ : --- >Qantas New Zealand Inactive  

 Taupo Air Services

1978 - 1993*     Inactive  

 TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways)

1940 - 1965   >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 The Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club

1928* - 2010*     Inactive  

 Tourism Flightseeing

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

 Transpac Express

1999* - 2002*     Inactive  

 Tranzair

1992* - 1992*   >Unknown Renamed  

 Union Airways

1936 - 1947   >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 Vincent Aviation

1992 - 2012> -- : VAL   Active  

 Volcanic Air Safaris

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Waiheke Air

1986 - 1986*   Waiheke Air Inactive  

 Wairarapa Airlines

1981 - 1996 2W : ---   Inactive  

 Waterwings Airways

1999* - 1999*     Inactive  

 Wellington Aero Club

1935* - 1970*     Inactive  

 West Coast Air Travel

1945* - 1947   >Air New Zealand Renamed  

 West Coast Airways

1956* - 1967     Inactive  

 Westland Flying Service

1976* - 1981*     Inactive  

 Zoom Airways

2002* ~ 2002*     Began?  
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