Eagle Airways (New Zealand)

Eagle Airways
IATA code :
ICAO code :	EAG
Call sign :	EAGLE
Founding:	1969
Operation stopped:	2016
Seat:	Hamilton , New Zealand
Turnstile :	Auckland Airport; Hamilton International Airport; Wellington International Airport; Woodbourne Airport;
Home airport :	Hamilton International Airport
Company form:	Air New Zealand subsidiary
Alliance :	Star Alliance
Fleet size:	15th
Aims:	national
	Eagle Airways ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Eagle Airways was a New Zealand regional airline with its headquarters and home base in Hamilton . It had ten crew bases, from Kerikeri on the Bay of Islands (North Island) to Blenheim in the Marlborough Country (South Island). It was 100% owned by Air New Zealand and ceased operations on schedule in August 2016.

history

Eagle Airways was founded in 1969 as a family business by Malcolm Campbell . The origin of the company was a flight school. Flight operations began in the same year with an aircraft with charter flights from Hamilton Airport. The start was so successful that the fleet increased to 6 machines within 18 months.

On September 12, 1973 Eagle Airways received the scheduled flight license for the routes from Hamilton to Palmerston North , Wanganui and New Plymouth . In 1976, Eagle Airways received their first nine-seat Piper Chieftain . The use of the fleet consisted of 50% training aircraft and 50% passenger aircraft. In 1979 Eagle Airways received the license for regional flights with 19 seat machines. Used came Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante and later Fairchild Metroliner .

In 1983 Air Central , a regional airline flying with three Mitsubishi MU-2s , which mainly served destinations on the North Island, was taken over. In the same year Eagle Airways was sold to New Zealand Insurance . The flight school was sold and the focus was on scheduled, charter and cargo flight operations. In 1987 the Mutual Group took over the company from NZI. In 1989 Air New Zealand wanted to reorganize its domestic network and transfer non-profitable domestic routes to smaller airlines. Eagle Airways allied with Air Nelson and established the basis of today's regional network. Also in 1989 Air New Zealand took over 50% of the shares in Eagle Airways and became sole owner of the company in 1992.

From 2001 the fleet was renewed and converted to Raython Beechcraft 1900D .

On November 11, 2014, the parent company Air New Zealand announced the closure of Eagle Airways. The operation of the lines with the 19-seat machines leads to an average loss of 1 million dollars per month. Some more economical routes are taken over by the other Air New Zealand subsidiaries Air Nelson and Mount Cook Airline with their larger aircraft ATR 72 or De Havilland DHC-8-300 . Additional copies of these samples will be procured for this purpose. Kaitaia, Westport and Whakatane airports are no longer served. The last flight took place on August 26, 2016.

Former destinations

From Auckland : Gisborne, Hamilton, Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Masterton, Rotorua, Tauranga, Taupo, Wanganui, Whangarei, Whakatane and Blenheim.
From Christchurch : Hokitika, Nelson, Oamaru, Wanaka and Blenheim.
From Hamilton : Palmerston North and Nelson.
From Palmerston North : Nelson
From Wellington : Gisborne, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Taupo, Timaru, Westport, Whangarei, Whakatane and Blenheim.

fleet

As of August 2015, the Eagle Airways fleet consisted of 15 Raython Beechcraft 1900D . After the cessation of operations, the fleet was no longer operated within Air News Zealand and was dissolved.

Web links

Commons : Eagle Airways - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Grant Bradley: Air New Zealand cuts regional routes. In: New Zealand Herald. November 11, 2014, accessed February 23, 2016 .
↑ Air NZ clips Eagle Airways' wings , accessed November 22, 2016.
^ ^A ^b New Zealand's Eagle Airways to phase out Beech 1900Ds by mid-2016. In: ch-aviation . November 12, 2014, accessed February 24, 2016 .
^ New Zealand's Eagle Airways closes after 47 years , accessed November 22, 2016.
↑ Eagle Airways fleet details , accessed August 20, 2015.

[2014CUT-1] A ^b Grant Bradley: Air New Zealand cuts regional routes. In: New Zealand Herald. November 11, 2014, accessed February 23, 2016 .

[2] Air NZ clips Eagle Airways' wings , accessed November 22, 2016.

[2014PHASEOUT-3] A ^b New Zealand's Eagle Airways to phase out Beech 1900Ds by mid-2016. In: ch-aviation . November 12, 2014, accessed February 24, 2016 .

[4] New Zealand's Eagle Airways closes after 47 years , accessed November 22, 2016.

[5] Eagle Airways fleet details , accessed August 20, 2015.


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