Aspiring Air was an airline based in Wānaka, New Zealand. It operated charter pleasure flights around New Zealand's Southern Alps and scheduled services three times daily to Queenstown, connecting with Air New Zealand. Its main base was Wānaka Airport.

Code data

  • IATA Code: OI

Destinations

Aspiring Air operated scheduled services between Wānaka and Queenstown (at March 2007).

Fleet

In 1986 the Aspiring Air fleet consisted of two aircraft.

  • 1 Cessna 207 Skywagon
  • 1 Cessna A185F Skywagon

The Aspiring Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft in November 2012:

  • 2 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
  • 1 Cessna 177 Cardinal
  • 1 Cessna 172 Skyhawk

Accidents and incidents

  • On 8 August 1989, Nine passengers and the pilot died when the Britten-Norman Islander they were in crashed into terrain in the Upper Dart Valley.

See also

  • List of defunct airlines of New Zealand
  • History of aviation in New Zealand

References

  • Aspiring Air