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29:
21:
16:
1692:Pasifika Air
1687:Pacifica Air
1657:Niue Airline
1642:Mountain Air
1576:
1522:Aspiring Air
1502:Air Auckland
1477:Air National
1425:Air Kaikoura
1360:Air Chathams
1282:Destinations
1172:Boeing 787-9
1105:Fiji Airways
966:
957:
938:
926:
914:
902:. Retrieved
898:the original
888:
878:30 September
876:. Retrieved
872:the original
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856:
844:. Retrieved
840:the original
830:
812:
800:. Retrieved
796:the original
786:
767:
757:30 September
755:. Retrieved
748:
725:
719:
684:Leased from
562:
491:Christchurch
485:
349:
346:Destinations
341:
330:
326:trans-Tasman
306:Christchurch
267:
262:
254:
244:
178:
174:
173:
140:Headquarters
120:Destinations
15:
1652:Newmans Air
1627:Motueka Air
1577:Freedom Air
1532:Capital Air
1410:Air Safaris
1365:Barrier Air
1267:Flight 888T
1261:Flight 2279
1243:Flight 4374
1225:L-188 crash
1124:Predecessor
1015:New Zealand
984:Freedom Air
867:Stuff.co.nz
578:Introduced
473:New Zealand
322:New Zealand
191:New Zealand
175:Freedom Air
1765:Categories
1572:Fly My Sky
1492:Air Timaru
1482:Air Nelson
1380:Sounds Air
1249:Flight 901
1237:Flight 103
1231:DC-8 crash
1219:Flight 441
1147:ATR 72-600
1090:Air Nelson
904:23 October
846:31 October
802:31 October
711:References
531:Wellington
394:Gold Coast
302:Wellington
278:Gold Coast
154:Rob Fyfe (
151:Key people
112:Fleet size
1592:James Air
1512:Air2there
1446:Parcelair
1375:Originair
1330:Scheduled
1255:Flight 24
1027:Companies
664:Transavia
572:Aircraft
414:Newcastle
404:Melbourne
379:Australia
364:Newcastle
328:flights.
290:Melbourne
282:Newcastle
265:in 1998.
195:Australia
177:(legally
67:FREE AIR
1487:Air Post
1430:Salt Air
1039:Aviation
946:Archived
820:Archived
775:Archived
694:See also
581:Retired
511:Hamilton
478:Auckland
384:Brisbane
298:Auckland
294:Hamilton
274:Brisbane
144:Auckland
55:Callsign
1617:Kiwijet
1542:CityJet
1460:Defunct
1415:Airwork
1403:Charter
1001:Portals
627:Airwork
501:Dunedin
337:Zeal320
310:Dunedin
241:in 2006
209:History
163:Website
76:Founded
1707:Skybus
1390:Sunair
1269:(2008)
1263:(2008)
1257:(1987)
1251:(1979)
1245:(1979)
1239:(1978)
1233:(1966)
1227:(1965)
1221:(1963)
584:Notes
575:Total
470:
443:
424:Sydney
376:
286:Sydney
1712:SPANZ
1439:Cargo
1353:Minor
1337:Major
1140:Fleet
681:1996
678:1995
644:2006
641:1996
622:2001
619:2001
600:2008
597:2005
544:Fleet
292:from
1186:Hubs
1131:TEAL
906:2007
880:2011
848:2007
804:2007
759:2011
451:Nadi
446:Fiji
362:and
360:Nadi
318:Fiji
312:and
288:and
199:Fiji
197:and
101:Hubs
79:1995
64:FOM
50:ICAO
45:IATA
594:13
486:Hub
335:of
257:by
237:at
221:at
193:to
156:CEO
61:SJ
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