eurocap,
great idea about including MC as part of the wanaka connection, things have been very quite in this neck of the woods since MC airline pulled the plug.
we still see the tourists up here but travelling on coaches, things started going down hill when the mount cook company pulled there operation apart. selling off the tour coaches, trucking, GA op's, and airnz taking over the rest. used to have one hell of a one stop shop for the visitor to nz.
then came along THL (tourism holdings limited), well what can i say!! a great example of how to run an avaition business?, the avaition enthusiasts pushed aside and the fat cat accountants in akl left to run the show into the ground...
pioneer have invested in the business up here with widening the runway for the cv580, up until now the runway has been one of the limiting factors in another operator flying into MC airfield to carry on where the airline left off.
some of the loads were very light into and out of MC, sometimes as little as 4-5 pax, but i'm sure with some marketing the table could be turned and crank things up again...fingers crossed .
safe flying.