Ewan Wilson, founder of Kiwi International Airlines, Ltd., establishes his second carrier in late fall 1999 to offer service from Wellington across the Tasman Sea to Tasmania. Employing a Boeing 737-4Q8 subleased from Pegasus Airlines (Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi, A. O.) of
Turkey, revenue flights commence at the end of November.
Poor loads bring in so little income that the company is forced to halt service and shut its doors on January 8, 2000.
AIRLINES OF NEW ZEALAND (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (19601986). During July 1959, Ansett Transport Industries, Ltd. purchases control of South Pacific Airlines, Ltd. The new acquisition is renamed Airlines of New Zealand, Ltd. on January 17, 1960. Two Douglas DC-3 s are transferred to it from ATI, allowing the start-up of scheduled services on December 14.
Low key operations continue with little change for the next quarter century. In late 1986, when Ansett is invited to set up a private carrier to compete with Air New Zealand, Ltd., this entity forms the basis upon which the new company is built.
AIRLINES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (1981-1987). This wholly owned subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries, Ltd. is formed in May 1981 to replace the defunct Northern Airlines (Pty.), Ltd. as the primary scheduled carrier serving the Northern Territories and parts of Queensland. A total of 28 staff are employed and the initial fleet is comprised of two Fokker F.28-1000s leased from Airlines of Western Australia (Pty.), Ltd. and Cessna lightplanes chartered from Tillair, Ltd. Ansett Airlines of Australia, Ltd.
Boeing 737s are available when necessary. From a base at Darwin, scheduled passenger and freight services are linked to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Cairns, Darwin, Gove (Nhulunbuy), Groote Eylandt, Katherine, and Tennant Creek. Enplanements total 52,886.
Passenger boardings are 76,913 in 1982 and 82,675 in 1983. Operations continue apace in 1985-1986 and in 1987 the company is renamed Ansett N. T. (Ansett Airlines of the Northern Territory [Pty.], Ltd.).
AIRLINES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (PTY.), LTD. (1): Australia (1981-1985). Ansett Airlines of South Australia (Pty.), Ltd. is renamed Airlines of South Australia (Pty.), Ltd. on July 2, 1981. With a fleet of four Fokker F.27-500s, services are flown linking Adelaide with Ceduna, Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), Mt. Gambier, Port Lincoln, and Whyalla in South Australia and Broken Hill in New South Wales. A pooled service to Streaky Bay in South Australia is continued with Ros-sair, Ltd. Enplanements for the 116-employee carrier total 204,842.
In 1982, bookings drop to 203,338; they fall to 195,410 in 1983. Operations cease in 1985.
AIRLINES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (PTY.), LTD. (2): Port Augusta Airport, Port Augusta, South Australia, 5700, Australia; Phone (08) 8642-3100; Year Founded 1998. The second ASA is established in January 1998 employing the assets of the former Augusta Airways (Pty.), Ltd. and Lincoln Airlines (Pty.), Ltd. With the 2 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirantes of the latter and the 3 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftains and Aero Commander 690 of the former, it flies a total of 37,853 passengers through June. Later figures are not available.
Traffic figures for 1999 are again only partial, but show an 8.1% increase in passengers through the first half to 41,000.
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