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Originair Update April 2023
Dear Passenger, The first quarter of the year has evaporated so quickly and we are now making flight schedule variations reflecting the coming winter. These include tinkering with our Hamilton flight schedule to ensure the winter fogs they suffer from don’t impact our schedule to other ports on days when we can’t operate to and […]
Originair announces new services between Palmerston North and Hamilton and an increase to its Nelson–Palmerston North schedule
From Monday, 19 October 2020 Originair will offer direct weekday services between Palmerston North and Hamilton. The new Palmerston North–Hamilton services will depart Palmerston North for Hamilton at 10:50am and depart Hamilton for Palmerston North at 1pm, Monday to Friday. This is an extension of the service Originair has operated from Nelson–Palmerston North since 2014. […]
COVID-19 Update 24 August 2020
Following the Government’s announcement on 24 August 2020, from Monday 31 August 2020 the wearing of face masks on public transport becomes mandatory under alert Level Two. If you are travelling on an Originair service while we are at alert Level Two you must wear a face mask for the duration of the flight from […]
COVID 19 Update 13 August 2020
Following the Government’s announcement on 11 August 2020 we wish to advise passengers that our flights are continuing to operate in alert level two. As this an ongoing situation we are closely following all updates from the Ministry of Health and will act accordingly. If you require further information please email: info@originair.nz or phone our […]
Originair donates revenue from first week of Level 2 scheduled flights to support Salvation Army foodbanks
Originair has donated the total revenue received from its first week of resumed scheduled flights under COVID-19 Level 2 restrictions to the Salvation Army. “The first week’s flights schedule included the busy Queen’s Birthday weekend which resulted in the revenue donated becoming a substantial figure,” says Originair CEO Robert Inglis. “We want to thank all […]
Originair resumes its flight schedule today with strong Queen’s Birthday weekend bookings
Originair resumes its flight schedule on the Nelson–Palmerston North and Nelson–Wellington routes today with strong Queen’s Birthday weekend bookings. “We are sorry we haven’t been able to help everyone wanting to travel over the busy Queen’s Birthday weekend as the seat numbers we can offer have had to be reduced to meet requirements for physical […]
Originair announces resumption of flight schedule from 29 May 2020
Nelson Tasman-based airline Originair will resume its flight schedule on the Nelson–Palmerston North and Nelson–Wellington routes from 29 May 2020. An updated schedule is available at www.originair.co.nz and all flights are now available for purchase. “The schedule is almost identical to what was on offer prior to lockdown,” says Originair CEO Robert Inglis. “We are […]
COVID-19
Update 12 May 2020 Originair is pleased to advise customers that following the government’s announcement yesterday allowing public transport services to recommence that our scheduled services between Nelson – Palmerston North and Nelson – Wellington will resume from Friday 29 May 2020. Our schedule is principally unchanged with the only variations reflecting earlier evening departures […]