01 May 2016

Eagle Air withdraws from the South Island


Eagle Air operated its final South Island services today.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAC operated the final services between Christchurch and Hokitika before positioning back to Hamilton from Hokitika as Eagle 924.

From tomorrow Air Nelson will operate two Q300 flights between Hokitika and Christchurch each day with flights departing Christchurch at 8.40am and 4,00pm Monday to Friday, 9.05am and 1.30pm on Saturdays and 1.00pm and 4.00pm on Sundays. The return services leave Hokitika at 9.45am and 5.05pm Monday to Friday, 10.10am and 2.45pm on Saturdays and 2.15pm and 5.05pm on Sundays. From 31 October the Hokitika will get earlier departures in the morning with weekday flights to Hokitika departing Christchurch at 8.10am and 5.55pm and return flights leaving at 9.20am and 7.05pm which will be a big improvement on tomorrow's schedule. 

Beech 1900D ZK-EAH operated the final services between Blenheim and Christchurch before positioning back to Hamilton from Blenheim as Eagle 926.

From tomorrow Air Nelson will operate two Q300 flights between Blenheim and Christchurch each weekday one flight on Saturdays and Sundays with flights departing Christchurch at 6.10am Monday to Saturday and 6,05pm Sunday to Friday, Return flights depart Blenheim at 7.25am Monday to Saturday and 7.15pm Sunday to Friday. 


10 comments:

  1. So Eagle must be down to three Beech? I know WAG is coming back for a month but aside from that there's GIS-WLG and correct me if I'm wrong but isn't HLZ/PMR/WLG return 2x daily only one aircraft?

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    1. Looks like EAH &EAP are the last two Eagle Beeccraft left apart from EAG doing the temp Waganui run

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    2. All I know is that it's
      WLG-PMR
      WLG-GIS
      PMR-HLZ left

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  2. What's happening to them? Are they being sold to other airlines for flights/parts?

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  3. Sold overseas to date

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  4. Most have gone to Africa?
    Interested into wondering why none of the 3rd Levelers here haven't taken them on. Costly to operate?

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    1. Why else would eagle be stopping?

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    2. The one GA operator who attempted to operate a couple of 1900's weren't successful at all.

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    3. The 1900 wasn't responsible for their demise

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  5. EAE flying again and EAP not, Maybe swapping them around

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