ottiehund

Yip , used to fly it regularly in the late 80's and through the 90's, with the option of domestic J also with its big armchairs and sheepskin covers. They also used to fit in a cup of tea to Dunedin, and a meal (yes, meal) on the next leg to either CHC or AKL. .... and remember Ansett added more flights when they started their 146 service too (late 80's?). IVC was a busy little airport at times, although some flights were a bit of a 'milk run'.

Thanks Sbiddle, remember those timetables well, and we had the big IAG guides at work as well which we used for planning our marketing trips and freight options to overseas customers. Then the freight forwarders got more switched on dealing with fresh and live product, and along came the internet!

Jasper2009

Great news!

I wonder though: Is there a particular reason NZ isn't using the ATR72 for this new route?

1. The ATR72 has the range to operate the flight.
2. It wouldn't require IVC to add security screening checkpoints
3. Filling a 68 seater is much easier than filling a 320 with 150+ seats, and the economic feasibility would likely be guaranteed

nzkarit

1. Mt Cook has had Pilot shortages recently so may be don't want to add more ATR flights particularly ones that tie up crew and a plane for such a long time. Could also free up some turbo props which were flying to IVC - Dunedin or CHC during the peak which could be used elsewhere on the network.
1. How long would the ATR flight be would it still be faster to ATR to Dunedin and then A320? May be also if longer ATR flight might also be fuel constraints as needs to make it to IVC then fly to the furthest of two alternative airports and still be above minimum fuel
3. AirNZ would know the number of peak IVC to AKL journeys and feel the A320 is right

HighFlyingKiwi

Demand warrants a A320. They will have no problems filling those seats. Plus it looks like the times are very business friendly. And I mean who would want to fly IVC-AKL on a ATR. And also they are a bit short of ATRs at the moment. ZK-MCB was retired, but they have dragged it back into service over the holiday period. It's been stripped of its livery and decals.

brenrox

$59 o.w on Grabaseat today...listed as 1hr 55min flight time.

SilverTP

I'm all set for the IVC-AKL flight on the 26th of August, in conjunction with my 20th Air New Zealand domestic destination (WRE).

ottiehund

Booked and confirmed on 26th also.......

sbiddle

What prices did they offer during the domestic sale?

SilverTP

NZ$59 for seat one way today - was $141 during last week's sale

ottiehund

My return trip only came to that ($59 northbound, $83 southbound) - bargain to get a days work done in the big city.

Nathan Catton

The service didn't go on sale until this morning, so any price offered during last week's sale was via Christchurch or Wellington.

OZFLYER86

IVC/DUD ? That would be an incredibly short flight. 15 mins actual flying ? Aircraft wouldn't gain much altitude before it had to descend

nzkarit

Back in then a lot the directs were milk runs, stopping in at each airport along the way. It was the normal thing.

ottiehund

.... and it was a jet service, and the flight attendants used to manage to serve a cup of tea as well, with food served also on the DUD-CHC leg.

Jasper2009

So just being curious: Assuming that pax will need to clear security before flying IVC-AKL, does anyone know how this be will handled?

Another remodeling of the airport after only 2-3 years? "Mobile" security checkpoints for the once daily flight?