Mount Cook Airline
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Mount Cook Airline is a regional airline based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is wholly-owned by Air New Zealand and operates regional services under the Air New Zealand Link brand.
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History
Founded by Sir Henry Wigley with a single Auster, (now preserved at Queenstown), the airline was originally aimed at taking tourists to skifields and glaciers in ski equipped light planes; a role still performed by Cessna's and Pilatus Porter's.The airline expanded into a local network, with Douglas DC-3s, Grumman Widgeons and later Hawker Siddeley 748s.
The airline's symbol is the Mount Cook Lily, which prior to the integration with the Air New Zealand link brand was displayed on the tails of its aeroplanes. Air New Zealand purchased half of the airline in the late 1980s. It puchased the remainder in the mid 1990's.
Routes
- Auckland - Napier
- Auckland - Palmerston North
- Christchurch - Dunedin
- Christchurch - Hamilton
- Christchurch - Invercargill
- Christchurch - Palmerston North
- Christchurch - Rototua
- Christchurch - Queenstown
- Christchurch - Wellington
- Hamilton - Palmerston North
- Wellington - Hamilton
Fleet
The Mount Cook Airline fleet currently consists of (at as September 2005):- 11 ATR 72-500
- 1 ATR 72-200
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