Ansett New Zealand
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Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 25 July 1987 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 2001 | ||||||
Ansett Transport Industries | |||||||
Headquarters | Auckland | ||||||
Website | www.ansett.co.nz www.qantas.co.nz |
Ansett New Zealand was an airline serving the New Zealand domestic market between 1987 and 2001. It was a subsidiary of
History
Ansett New Zealand was the result of
Operations started on 25 July 1987 with three
During the early 1990s, Ansett New Zealand created television advertisements emphasising the airline's customer service. One advert featured a businessman (played by Peter Hambleton) who accidentally brought his cat Fluffy to the airport; the Ansett check-in attendant subsequently takes Fluffy off the businessman's hands and arranges for the cat to be taken home. The advert was voted the best by public vote in the 1992 Fair Go Ad Awards.[5][6]
In 1996,
In June 2000, News Corporation sold Ansett New Zealand to Tasman Pacific Airlines that was owned by a group of investors including
Fleet
- 12 British Aerospace 146s; including 2 -200, 1 200QC, 6 300, and 3 -300A
- 2 Dash 7 (inherited from Newmans Air)
- 9 Bombardier Dash 8; including 7 -102 and 2 -311
- 5 Boeing 737–130
- 5 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (operated by Rex Aviation as Tranzair and later Ansett regional scheduled services, ended by 1999 and replaced by Jetstream)
- 5 BAe Jetstream 32EP(operated by Rex Aviation and Air National as Ansett regional)
Destinations
Prior to the suspension of domestic passenger services, the airline (as at January 2001) operated services to the following scheduled destinations:[12]
Destination | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Start | End | Status |
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Auckland | New Zealand | AKL | NZAA | Auckland Airport | Terminated | ||
Blenheim | New Zealand | BHE | NZWB | Woodbourne Airport | Terminated | ||
Christchurch | New Zealand | CHC | NZCH | Christchurch Airport | Terminated | ||
Dunedin | New Zealand | DUD | NZDN | Dunedin Airport | Terminated | ||
Hamilton | New Zealand | HLZ | NZHN | Hamilton Airport | Terminated | ||
Invercargill | New Zealand | IVC | NZNV | Invercargill Airport | Terminated | ||
Milford Sound | New Zealand | MFN | NZMF | Milford Sound Airport | Terminated | ||
Nelson | New Zealand | NSN | NZNS | Nelson Airport | Terminated | ||
Palmerston North | New Zealand | PMR | NZPM | Palmerston North Airport | Terminated | ||
Queenstown | New Zealand | ZQN | NZQN | Queenstown Airport | Terminated | ||
Rotorua | New Zealand | ROT | NZRO | Rotorua Airport | Terminated | ||
Te Anau | New Zealand | TEU | NZMO | Te Anau Airport | Terminated | ||
Whakatāne | New Zealand | WHK | NZWK | Whakatane Airport |
Terminated | ||
Whangārei | New Zealand | WRE | NZWR | Whangarei Airport | Terminated | ||
Wellington | New Zealand | WLG | NZWN | Wellington Airport | Terminated |
Accidents
- Ansett New Zealand's first accident involved a BAe 146–200 that ran off the end of the runway at Queenstown Airport on 28 April 1990. However the aircraft only suffered minor damage.
- Tararua Rangesand 16 km east of Palmerston North Airport, during an instrument approach in bad weather. The aircraft was carrying 18 passengers and three crew members. All passengers were New Zealand citizens except for a single United States citizen. The flight attendant and three passengers died as a result of the crash.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Don't knock Air New Zealand – the Press, 5 September 2007
- ^ ISBN 1875671579.
- Australian TransportFebruary 1987 page 18
- ^ Ansett Runs Amok Australian Transport July 1987 page 24
- ^ "Ansett Airlines". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- OCLC 843568292.
- ^ Qantas holds Ansett buyout key The New Zealand Herald 30 June 2000
- ^ Franchise to Ansett New Zealand Qantas 26 June 2000
- ^ Qantas franchise to freshen Ansett NZ New Zealand Herald 30 June 2000
- ^ Qantas: Recent Developments and Preliminary Monthly Traffic and Capacity Statistics, May 2000 Archived 5 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ New Zealand Aviation News, Vol XXIV No 4, May 2001
- ^ "Ansett NZ route map". Pinterest. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
External links
Media related to Ansett New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons