Motueka Air

Motueka Air was renamed to Air Nelson in 1988

[ – Air Nelson was founded by Robert Inglis and Nicki Smith in 1976 as a flying school and charter operations started on 30Jun1979 under the name of Motueka Air. The name Air Nelson was adopted in 1988 and in the same year was sold to ANZ. Operated under ANZ Link name as a regional carrier. On 09Dec2019, the Air New Zealand Link was retired with all services operated under the Air New Zealand banner
< regional airline based in Nelson >]

[ – Air New Zealand originated on 26Apr1940 as Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), a company operating trans-Tasman flights between New Zealand and Australia. TEAL became wholly owned by the New Zealand government in 1965, whereupon it was renamed Air New Zealand. Operations started on 01Apr1965. The domestic side was started in 1947 as NZNAC (New Zealand National Airways Corporation) trading as National Airways. In 1978 the New Zealand government merged all the owned airlines under the ANZ name. The 3 airlines that made up Air New Zealand Link were all merged back under the parent company
< international and regional passenger and cargo airline >]

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