
The Union Steamship Company took shares in East Coast Airways in 1934 and in Cook Strait Airways in 1935, and on 05Jan1936 amalgamated these into a new national airway, Union Airways. Started operations on 15Jan1936. Merged into NAC (National Airways Corporation) on 31Mar1947
[ – NAC (National Airways Corporation) was established by the Government in 1947 following the merger of RNZAF 40 Transport Squadron + Union Airways + Air Travel (NZ). It began operations on 01Apr1947. Merged into Air New Zealand on 01Apr1978]
[ – 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
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