Air Napier

Air Napier Ltd.

IATA ICAO Call sign — NPR —
Commenced operations	April 1993
Operating bases	Hawkes Bay Airport, Napier
Fleet size	5
Destinations	Napier, Palmerston North, Gisborne, New Zealand, Paraparaumu and Wairoa.
Headquarters	Napier, New Zealand
Key people	Gary Peacock
Website	http://www.airnapier.co.nz/

Air Napier is a Third Level Carrier Cargo airline from New Zealand that was founded in April 1993 by Alan Coombe, Gary Peacock and John Finlay, with a single Piper PA-34 Seneca. The following year Air Napier Ltd was formed and Gary Peacock subsequently became the sole shareholder.

History

Operations began serving Napier to Wairoa, Gisborne and Tauranga. The Tauranga courier service only lasted a couple of months and was closed. In 1997 the airline expanded into flight training using the Piper aircraft while the Cessna 172 aircraft continued to be used for general charter work.

With the grounding of United Aviation in 1997 Air Napier began operating a courier run from Palmerston North through Napier and Wairoa to Gisborne. Those operations required more aircraft and in 1998 Air Napier purchased a Piper Cherokee and Piper Pa23-250 Aztec, which was also used from late 1998 till September 1999. These flights were mainly for NZ Post.

The main operation of this small airline is freight but it also carries passengers, offers charter flights and other services.

Destinations

A 1999 timetable shows the following destinations: Napier, Palmerston North, Gisborne, New Zealand, Paraparaumu and Wairoa.

Fleet

Air Napier's has operated the following types of aircraft:

• 2 Piper PA-34 Seneca
• 1 Piper PA-32
• 1 Piper PA-23
• 1 Piper PA-31 Navajo
• 1 Piper PA-28 Cherokee
• 4 Cessna 152
• 3 Cessna 172
• 1 Cessna 150

The current fleet consists of 5 aircraft.

External links

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• Third Level Carrier Information
• Timetable information
• Napier Website