Air New Zealand Link is a brand name under which three regional airlines

Regional airline

Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...

 operate feeder flights for Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...

. They primarily connect regional centers with New Zealand's three main international airports.

History

Air New Zealand Link was formed as the brand name for regional services in 1991, when Air New Zealand purchased three regional airlines; Eagle Airways, Mount Cook Airlines and Air Nelson. The three airlines were purchased around the same time, as Air New Zealand found it not viable to operate its own regional services due to the introduction of new competition, Ansett New Zealand

Ansett New Zealand

Ansett New Zealand was a wholly owned airline subsidiary of Ansett Australia, serving the New Zealand domestic market between 1987 and 2000. In order to comply with regulatory requirements relating to the acquisition of Ansett Australia by Air New Zealand, Ansett New Zealand was sold to News...

.

• Eagle Airways accepted a 50% shareholding from Air New Zealand in 1989, which grew to 100% in 1992.
• Air Nelson was purchased by Air New Zealand outright in 1995.

Fleet

As of 30 June 2010, Air New Zealand Link carriers are the following:

Airline	Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Options	Passengers	Gallery	Notes
Air Nelson Air Nelson Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand is a regional airline based in Nelson, New Zealand. It operates services on provincial routes under the Air New Zealand Link brand. Its main base is Nelson Airport, with hubs at Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington, Tauranga and Christchurch.The...	Bombardier DHC-8-Q300	23	-	-	50
Eagle Airways Eagle Airways Eagle Airways is a regional airline based in Hamilton, New Zealand with ten crew bases from Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands to Blenheim in the Marlborough region. It is wholly owned by Air New Zealand and operates regional services under the Air New Zealand Link brand...	Beechcraft 1900D Beechcraft 1900 The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...	18	-	-	19
Mount Cook Airlines	ATR 72-500 ATR 72 The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...	11	-	-	68
Total		52	0	0

Destinations

Serviced by Eagle Airways:

• Auckland
• Blenheim
• Christchurch
  Christchurch International Airport
  -Facts & figures:As the gateway for Christchurch and the South Island, Christchurch International Airport is New Zealand’s second largest airport.5,908,077 passengers travelled in and out of Christchurch International Airport from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009...
  
  
• Gisborne
  Gisborne Airport
  Gisborne Airport is a regional airport on the outskirts of Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Gisborne Airport is one of the few airports in the world that has a railway line, the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line, crossing the main runway.-Eastland Group Management:On...
  
  
• Hamilton
  Hamilton International Airport
  For the airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, see Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport.The Hamilton International Airport is an airport located in the Waikato region, in New Zealand...
  
  
• Hokitika
  Hokitika Airport
  Hokitika Aerodrome is a small, uncontrolled aerodrome located 1 NM north east of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand...
  
  
• Kaitaia
  Kaitaia Airport
  Kaitaia Airport is located at Kaitaia in the Northland Region, of New Zealand. It's about 4 hours drive from Auckland and a 45 minute flight from Auckland International Airport....
  
  
• Kerikeri
  Kerikeri Airport
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Masterton
• Nelson
  Nelson Airport (New Zealand)
  Nelson Airport is an airport in Nelson, New Zealand. Approximately 1.2 million passengers and visitors are said to use the airport terminal annually. Total passenger numbers for the 2011 financial year were 758,250. This represents passenger growth of approximately 11% on the previous...
  
  
• New Plymouth
  New Plymouth Airport
  New Plymouth Airport serves the city of New Plymouth, and the surrounding region of Taranaki. It is on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, and geographically, is the closest airport in the country to Australia...
  
  
• Palmerston North
  Palmerston North International Airport
  Palmerston North International Airport is located on the outskirts of the suburb of Milson in Palmerston North, New Zealand, north-east of the City central area. Although the airport has not had a regular international flight since the end of March 2008, the official name, Palmerston North...
  
  
• Rotorua
• Tauranga
  Tauranga Airport
  Tauranga Airport is a regional airport 2NM to the north east of Tauranga city in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand.Scheduled flights are operated by Eagle Airways and Air Nelson, divisions of Air New Zealand, using Raytheon Beechcraft 1900D and De Havilland Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft...
  
  
• Taupo
  Taupo Airport
  Taupo Airport is a small airport 8 km to the south of Taupo township on the eastern shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand....
  
  
• Timaru
• Wanaka
  Wanaka Airport
  Wanaka Airport is the airport servicing the town of Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand and the surrounding ski fields. It is also the host of the biennial Warbirds over Wanaka air show and serves as a base for sightseeing flights to Milford Sound and Mount Aspiring National Park...
  
  
• Wanganui
• Wellington
  Wellington International Airport
  Wellington International Airport is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is a secondary hub and focus city for Air New Zealand and its subsidiaries...
  
  
• Westport
• Whakatane
  Whakatane Airport
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Whangarei
  Whangarei Airport
  Whangarei Aerodrome is a small airport 4NM to the south east of Whangarei city, in the suburb of Onerahi, on the east coast of Northland on the North Island, New Zealand.-History:...
  
  

Serviced by Mount Cook Airline:

• Auckland
• Christchurch
  Christchurch International Airport
  -Facts & figures:As the gateway for Christchurch and the South Island, Christchurch International Airport is New Zealand’s second largest airport.5,908,077 passengers travelled in and out of Christchurch International Airport from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009...
  
  
• Dunedin
  Dunedin International Airport
  Dunedin International Airport is an international airport in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand, serving Dunedin city and the Otago and Southland regions. Dunedin International Airport is one of two international airports in Otago, the other being Queenstown International Airport...
  
  
• Hamilton
  Hamilton International Airport
  For the airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, see Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport.The Hamilton International Airport is an airport located in the Waikato region, in New Zealand...
  
  
• Invercargill
  Invercargill Airport
  - Developing new services :*Air New Zealand spokesman Bruce Parton said the company increased seat capacity into and out of Invercargill by 30% during the past two years and now offered 52 services a week between Invercargill and Christchurch and 29 services a week between Invercargill and Wellington...
  
  
• Mount Cook(Begins 23 December)
• Napier
  Napier Airport
  Hawke's Bay Airport is Hawke's Bay's main commercial airport serving domestic flights to the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as well as smaller centres such as Gisborne, Tauranga, Hamilton and Palmerston North...
  
  
• Palmerston North
  Palmerston North International Airport
  Palmerston North International Airport is located on the outskirts of the suburb of Milson in Palmerston North, New Zealand, north-east of the City central area. Although the airport has not had a regular international flight since the end of March 2008, the official name, Palmerston North...
  
  
• Queenstown
• Rotorua
• Wellington
  Wellington International Airport
  Wellington International Airport is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is a secondary hub and focus city for Air New Zealand and its subsidiaries...
  
  

Serviced by Air Nelson:

• Auckland
• Blenheim
• Christchurch
  Christchurch International Airport
  -Facts & figures:As the gateway for Christchurch and the South Island, Christchurch International Airport is New Zealand’s second largest airport.5,908,077 passengers travelled in and out of Christchurch International Airport from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009...
  
  
• Dunedin
  Dunedin International Airport
  Dunedin International Airport is an international airport in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand, serving Dunedin city and the Otago and Southland regions. Dunedin International Airport is one of two international airports in Otago, the other being Queenstown International Airport...
  
  
• Gisborne
  Gisborne Airport
  Gisborne Airport is a regional airport on the outskirts of Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Gisborne Airport is one of the few airports in the world that has a railway line, the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line, crossing the main runway.-Eastland Group Management:On...
  
  
• Hamilton
  Hamilton International Airport
  For the airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, see Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport.The Hamilton International Airport is an airport located in the Waikato region, in New Zealand...
  
  
• Hokitika
  Hokitika Airport
  Hokitika Aerodrome is a small, uncontrolled aerodrome located 1 NM north east of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand...
  
  
• Invercargill
  Invercargill Airport
  - Developing new services :*Air New Zealand spokesman Bruce Parton said the company increased seat capacity into and out of Invercargill by 30% during the past two years and now offered 52 services a week between Invercargill and Christchurch and 29 services a week between Invercargill and Wellington...
  
  
• Kerikeri
  Kerikeri Airport
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Napier
  Napier Airport
  Hawke's Bay Airport is Hawke's Bay's main commercial airport serving domestic flights to the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as well as smaller centres such as Gisborne, Tauranga, Hamilton and Palmerston North...
  
  
• Nelson
  Nelson Airport (New Zealand)
  Nelson Airport is an airport in Nelson, New Zealand. Approximately 1.2 million passengers and visitors are said to use the airport terminal annually. Total passenger numbers for the 2011 financial year were 758,250. This represents passenger growth of approximately 11% on the previous...
  
  
• New Plymouth
  New Plymouth Airport
  New Plymouth Airport serves the city of New Plymouth, and the surrounding region of Taranaki. It is on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, and geographically, is the closest airport in the country to Australia...
  
  
• Palmerston North
  Palmerston North International Airport
  Palmerston North International Airport is located on the outskirts of the suburb of Milson in Palmerston North, New Zealand, north-east of the City central area. Although the airport has not had a regular international flight since the end of March 2008, the official name, Palmerston North...
  
  
• Paraparaumu
  Paraparaumu Airport
  Kapiti Coast Airport , earlier called Paraparaumu Airport, is on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the Wellington dormitory suburbs of Paraparaumu Beach , Paraparaumu to the east, and Raumati Beach to the south...
  
  
• Rotorua
• Tauranga
  Tauranga Airport
  Tauranga Airport is a regional airport 2NM to the north east of Tauranga city in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand.Scheduled flights are operated by Eagle Airways and Air Nelson, divisions of Air New Zealand, using Raytheon Beechcraft 1900D and De Havilland Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft...
  
  
• Wellington
  Wellington International Airport
  Wellington International Airport is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is a secondary hub and focus city for Air New Zealand and its subsidiaries...