CHRISTCHURCH to ROTORUA (CHC-ROT) on QF 737-300 with business seats

Another short transit as we still are trying to make up for the earlier delay. The snack is a choice of lemon muffin or cheese and crackers, with water tea or coffee for free, or $2 juice and soft drink.

We track north alongside the coast and Kaikoura Ranges before crossing the North Island coastline in Wairarapa. Here the view is obscured by an extensive cloud sheet from mid Wairarapa until we burst through a surprisingly thin cloud layer at low altitude on final descent into Rotorua, just in time to get view of the steam plumes at Whakarewarewa.

There is a last minute squirt of power just before touch down as we nearly land short of the runway in a ditch! Even with the squirt, we touched down within the turning circle at the end - ie within 1 aircraft length of the end.