Golden Bay Air


Golden Bay Air Limited is a small airline based in Takaka, New Zealand. The airline currently operates three light aircraft from Takaka to Wellington and Karamea, and also from Nelson to Takaka and Karamea with connecting road shuttle services to the Abel Tasman National Park, the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park and to and from Takaka township. Other services provided by the airline include charter flights around New Zealand flown on demand and preset scenic routes around the National Parks as well as Farewell Spit.

History

Golden Bay Air originated in November 2005 as Zephair Limited, and flights began in 2006 under the name Capital Air. The name of the company was legally changed to Capital Air Bookings Ltd in September of that year, and the airline changed its name to the one currently used in May 2009.
The airline was originally based in Wellington, but moved its base of operations to Takaka at the time of the name change in 2009.
In 2010, Golden Bay Air commissioned an GNSS instrument approach system at Takaka Aerodrome.
In April 2018, Golden Bay Air ceased passenger operations temporarily as their air operator certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand lapsed. The airline chartered flights from other airlines in order to honour bookings. The airline announced on 19 May 2018 that the re-certification procedure had been completed.

Fleet

The following aircraft are operated by the airline:
Golden Bay Air operates scheduled services to four airports:
In addition to the scheduled flights, on demand flights operate between Karamea and Motueka.