A look at the Trans Alpine Flights

Every day Air New Zealand flies two Bombardier flights from Christchurch over the Alps to Hokitika. The national carrier has been operating the trans alpine service since late 1968 but the first Trans Alpine service began 5 years before when Phoenix Airways commenced a Greymouth-Christchurch service in September 1963. 

I have just updated the post on Phoenix Airways...
It can be found here...
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/first-trans-alpine-air-service-phoenix.html

Since then a number of operators have come and gone operating direct Trans-Alpine flights from Hokitika, Greymouth and Westport. Links to these operations can be found by following the links below;


From Hokitika :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/nacs-trans-alpine-and-round-rocks.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/air-new-zealands-hokitika-service.html 

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/hokitikas-westland-flying-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/air-nelsons-hokitika-service.html

Eagle Air
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/to-hokitika-by-eagle-air.html

From Greymouth :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-trans-alpine-air-service-phoenix.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/westland-air-and-its-air-taxi-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/05/greymouths-capital-service.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/hokitikas-westland-flying-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/westlands-commuter-airline-coast-air.html

From Westport :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-west-coast-flying-on-wing-prayer.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/coastair-tried-to-find-niche.html

EAGLE AIR

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/the-national-carrier-at-westport-part-4.html