Originally Posted by
Blackcloud
JQ NZ uses Australian (VH) aircraft, no need to register to ZK to operate within NZ ...
But is JQ NZ a separate NZ airline? Isn't that simply the Australian airline operating VH-registered aircraft domestically within NZ (obviously using appropriate traffic rights to do so)?
QNZ is (deliberately) a separate New Zealand airline. AIUI, that's why it operates ZK-registered aircraft.