Origin Pacific Airways
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Origin Pacific Airways was an airline based in Nelson in New Zealand operating freight services. Until 10 August 2006, the airline also operated scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was at Nelson Airport (NSN). It ceased all operations on 15 September 2006.
Contents |
[edit] Code data
[edit] History
Origin Pacific Airways was established in 1996 and started operations in April 1997. The airline is owned by Robert Inglis (managing director) and Nick Smith (50%), Mike Pero (25%) and a group of Wellington investors (25%). The airline ceased passenger operations on 10 August 2006. It then ceased all operations effective 15 September 2006. The airline experienced financial problems due to large inherited debts [1][2] and was unable to find investors to inject additional capital. The main competition Air NZ were helped by a New Zealand government financial bail out in 2002, which still allowed them to compete with Origin, which was a major factor contributing to their financial problems.
[edit] Services
Origin Pacific operated freight services in New Zealand. Until August 2006 the airline also operated domestic passenger services. On the 15th September 2006, Origin announced it was to wind up the company as it had failed to secure a buyer for its freight company.
Prior to the suspension of domestic passenger services, the airline (as at January 2005) operated the services to the following scheduled destinations: Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Auckland, Blenheim, Napier-Hastings, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Wellington. Dunedin flights were discontinued from 12 January 2005.
Origin also operated code-share flights on behalf of Qantas New Zealand from mid 2001, but these were stopped by early 2004. As a result, the airline lost around 60% of its business and had struggled since.
[edit] Fleet
The Origin Pacific Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
[edit] External links
|
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled passenger services | Air Chathams · Air New Zealand (including Air Nelson, Eagle Airways, Freedom Air, and Mount Cook Airline) · Air West Coast · Air2there · Aspiring Air · Capital Air · Great Barrier Airlines · Kiwi Pacific Airlines · Pacific Blue · JetConnect (Qantas) · Mountain Air · Sounds Air · Stewart Island Flights |  |
| Cargo, charter and scenic |
Glenorchy Air · Air Fiordland · Air Freight NZ · Air National · Air Post · Airwork · Skylink · Vincent Aviation | |
| Former airlines | Ansett New Zealand · Kiwi International · Union Airways · NAC · SPANZ · Tasman Empire Airways · Origin Pacific Airways | |
Timeline of aviation
Aircraft · Aircraft manufacturers · Aircraft engines · Aircraft engine manufacturers · Airports · Airlines
Air forces · Aircraft weapons · Missiles · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) · Experimental aircraft
Notable military accidents and incidents · Notable airline accidents and incidents · Famous aviation-related deaths
Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft
