Air Chathams

Air Chathams
IATA code :	3C
ICAO code :	CVA
Call sign :	CHATHAM
Founding:	1986
Seat:	Chatham Island , New Zealand
Home airport :	Tuuta Airport
Company form:	Limited
Management:	Craig Emeny ( CEO )
Fleet size:	12
Aims:	national
Website:	www.airchathams.co.nz

Air Chathams Limited is a New Zealand regional airline based on the Chatham Islands and based at Tuuta Airport .

history

Air Chathams was founded in 1986 and has been operating regular services between the Chatham Islands and New Zealand ever since . The company is based on Chatham Island . The subsidiary Chathams Pacific , which operates in Tonga with Douglas DC-3 , ceased operations in March 2013.

Destinations

Air Chathams flies scheduled services from Tuuta Airport to Auckland , Christchurch and Wellington .

fleet

Douglas DC-3 of the Air Chathams

As of August 2020, the Air Chathams fleet consists of 12 aircraft:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
ATR 72	1			68
Cessna 206	1			5
Convair CV-580	2			50
	1		Cargo plane	-
Douglas DC-3	1			25th
Fairchild SA-227-AC Metro III	3			19th
Saab 340A	3			34
total	12	-

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Air Chathams  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the Air Chatham (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ airchathams.co.nz - Chathams Schedule , accessed December 12, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b} airchathams.co.nz - Fleet , accessed on August 23, 2020.