NZFF

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:56 pm**

Will post pictures tomorrow.
Managed to get on the maiden flight today.

Click here for a picture of the aircraft

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:03 pm**

fascinating, good to see an Embraer regional jet in NZ

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:06 pm**

Wow, would love to see that come to Rotorua.

Alex

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:08 pm**

Wow major step up for them - I take it from your post you have been in it?

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:27 pm**

I flew to the Chathams on their original Convair CV-580 back in 1996 and had the jumpseat on the return leg as the F/O was the brother of my then partner. I know that they were considering jet operations back then but had not found a suitable cost effective jet.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:31 pm**

Lookin good

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:47 pm**

Here's the link to the pictures.

http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... topic=3162

If you read this you will have found out that this is a hoax. Just a bit of fun. :clap:

The prospect of Chathams air getting an EMB-170 is only a dream for now but you never know. :huh:

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:54 pm**

It's not april 1st today

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:00 pm**

Managed to get on the maiden flight today.

I thought there was something not quite right with that statement, as I was sure that we would hear about it before it arrives...

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:08 pm**

I got sucked in!

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:15 pm**

Random, I really thought it was true to start with!

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:35 pm**

You b*gger ! you had me going there for a while ! Revenge........ :twisted:

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:49 pm**

haha, yeah... is there really that much demand to fly to the chathams :lol:

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:10 pm**

Is there really that much demand to fly to the chathams

Thats what I don't get. Why do a population of 717 (Census 2001) need flights to the mainland 5 days per week? I can't imagne they have a full load each trip.

Also, where are the Air Chatham fleet based? If you join the airline as a pilot or cabin attendant, do you have to move to the Chatams?

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:16 pm**

GRRRR and I was getting all excited! We will have our revenge some day im sure

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:42 pm**

You guys were so sucked in.......

as was I <_<

I have to admit I had a flurry of excitement at the thought of seeing their new bird coming into NZWN, but alas

Maybe we will see the VB 190's one day.

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:58 pm**

Interesting to see how many people got sucked in .... along with me..... :lol:

Oh don't worry Kelburn we'll all get our revenge soon.... :twisted:

Alex

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:02 pm**

Don't worry.
I'd be that Gullible.
i'd believ it if you said "Today Mount Cook Air Line announced that the ATRs are out and that they're getting PC-12's and BN-2's to replace them (I'd be a little suspicious but you never know)

Anyway, Air Chatham's is based in the Chatham's so I guess you'd have to move.
I read an article about Air Chathams and I think it may have said something about getting a jet in the future. Actually believe it or not Air Chathams does the flights for Air New Zealand or at least the used to.

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:48 pm**

This post actually got me all interested in the Chathams, and I've done a bit of research.

A guy at Massey wrote this to me, in answer to my question which I also asked at pprune:

One of my very good friends is the son of the owner and I have been out to the island once so far.

At the moment there is generally 1 convair on the island, 1 in Auckland and 1 in Fiji with the dedicated freight convair being used for parts at the moment due to origins demise and the loss of the associated freight contract. There is also a metro used to pick up freight slack and does some of the charter work. A 206 transports pax, and seafood between Pitt and Chatham islands.

The Chatham island service is quite well used by the locals especially during the school holidays as a large proportion of island children are schooled on the mainland, as stated however freight is the main driving force behind the frequency of flights and CIB can be configured as a combi aircraft.

All flight attendents are based on the island but most pilots are based in Christchurch, Wellington or Auckland, before Origin went under there was an operational base in Nelson. The main operational base is on the Island and the owner has a considerable headquarters complex next to his house which also has apartments for the pilots when they are required to be on the island. They also have a convair sim at the headquarters.

Pilots in the airline come from varying backgrounds and they have a good depth of experience, have had a few move on to Air New Zealand and JetConnect in the recent past, they definately value experience and my mate is accepting of the fact it will be quite a while till he gets a command.

I have a couple of photos I could send you taken in 2005, unfortunately the day we landed the weather wasn't the greatest and I had been in the jumpseat on the WLG-CHC sector so didn't get to jumpseat the approach on CHC-CIC.

The airport is about 30 minutes drive from the main settlement of Te One where the headquarters are.

Also-Kelbrun, did ANZ used to fly to the Chathams?

Posted: **Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:19 pm**

Just posted a few photographs sent to me by the same guy who wrote the info above, here: http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... topic=2724

NZFF

Air Chatham's leasing an Alitalia EMB-170