Pacific Wings: New Pacific Airline?
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Pacific Wings: New Pacific Airline?
Anyone heard much more?
www.pacificwings.com.au
http://www.iasc.gov.au/applications/files/4413.pdf
Apparently looking to serve PMR?
www.pacificwings.com.au
http://www.iasc.gov.au/applications/files/4413.pdf
Apparently looking to serve PMR?
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Last time one of these new operators announced its start up, it turned out to be some kid from my old High School playing a prank. Got to love the internet.
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Pacific Wings will wet lease a Our Airline 733 to operate BNE-NOU once a week and flights to PMR from i assume both SYD,BNE thus also helping out, Our Airline,find work for their aircraft which currently has plenty of slack in their schedules.
Cheers Tourismman.
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Me thinks this is just Air Nauru (Our Airline) by any other name. Maybe a need to have domestic Aust and access to Ozzie route, which would not be available to ON in its own right??????????
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Now this is going to be fun!!
Sydney Noumea, typically, is perfect for an OA 733. I mean who would want to fly with QF in a 738 or Air Cal in the 320, when you can have a 300. I mean OA has proven its reliability. Out of the Air for days only a few weeks ago?
As I said, I'm salivating, I can't wait, please God let it happen!!!!! Pre October for demise of OA!!
Sydney Noumea, typically, is perfect for an OA 733. I mean who would want to fly with QF in a 738 or Air Cal in the 320, when you can have a 300. I mean OA has proven its reliability. Out of the Air for days only a few weeks ago?
As I said, I'm salivating, I can't wait, please God let it happen!!!!! Pre October for demise of OA!!
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Cargo744 - looks like their web site ACN/ABN is correct?
Name PACIFIC WINGS PTY LTD
ACN 136 119 947
ABN 11 136 119 947
Type Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares
Registration Date 25/03/2009
Next Review Date 25/03/2010
Status Registered
Locality of Registered Office Balwyn VIC 3103
Jurisdiction Australian Securities & Investments Commission
Name PACIFIC WINGS PTY LTD
ACN 136 119 947
ABN 11 136 119 947
Type Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares
Registration Date 25/03/2009
Next Review Date 25/03/2010
Status Registered
Locality of Registered Office Balwyn VIC 3103
Jurisdiction Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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It has in the local paper here (the Daily Post) that Pacific Wings are applying to do BNE - ROT as part of package holiday deals; not sure if they are looking at this as a charter op rather than proper scheduled.
However, the local airport management do not seem over enthused and are sticking to their guns that the SYD - ROT twice weekly by Air NZ in an A320 will be their launch flights once the runway extension is finished.
However, the local airport management do not seem over enthused and are sticking to their guns that the SYD - ROT twice weekly by Air NZ in an A320 will be their launch flights once the runway extension is finished.
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Rotorua rejects Brisbane flights - Local News - Rotorua Daily Post
Anyone know who Geoffrey Bowmaker is?
A new Australian airline says it is considering launching flights between Rotorua and Brisbane or Sydney.
But Rotorua Regional Airport chief executive George White says the airport has no plans to use the start-up airline, Pacific Wings. Mr White said the airport's "complete focus" was getting Air New Zealand's transtasman flights between Rotorua and Sydney up and running by December 12.
Pacific Wings director Geoffrey Bowmaker told The Daily Post Rotorua Airport was one airport in New Zealand the airline was considering operating from.
He said he had been in discussions with Mr White for between six and eight months.
"We are still doing our planning and discussions about it ... Our plan was to link Rotorua with Sydney and Brisbane."
Pacific Wings, which has operated since May, has advertised on its website a $799 Rotorua Escape package including five nights' accommodation.
However, Mr Bowmaker said the website was not active and was still being developed.
The carrier would use a leased B737 aircraft from Our Airline, formerly Air Nauru, on routes in New Zealand. Australian-based Our Airline has two B737 aircraft which operate daily flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Honiara, Nauru and Norfolk Island.
Mr Bowmaker said the airline would launch on routes in New Zealand abandoned by Air NZ or airports where there had never been a transtasman route.
He said the fact Air NZ had launched transtasman flights between Rotorua and Sydney would influence Pacific Wings' decision but that did not necessarily mean the airline would not fly from Rotorua. Pacific Wings is expected to make its decision within the next month as to what routes it will fly.
But Mr White said that at this stage the airport did not have any plans for the airline to fly from Rotorua.
Other questions were put to Mr White including why Pacific Wings would not be used to fly to Brisbane, whether any other airline would be used to fly to other parts of Australia and whether Air NZ had exclusive rights to transtasman flights between Rotorua and Australia.
Mr White responded by saying: "As you can imagine, at the moment we are completely focused on getting transtasman flights with Air NZ up and running for December 12 - that is our priority at this time. Airlines make their own decisions about where they may fly. Certainly, at this current time, we do not have any plans for them to fly here."
Air NZ communications manager Mark Street said he would not be able to comment on whether the airline had exclusive rights to fly transtasman from Rotorua Airport, citing commercial sensitivity. He said Brisbane was the "next obvious market" but introducing those flights would depend on the success of the Rotorua-Sydney route.
But Rotorua Regional Airport chief executive George White says the airport has no plans to use the start-up airline, Pacific Wings. Mr White said the airport's "complete focus" was getting Air New Zealand's transtasman flights between Rotorua and Sydney up and running by December 12.
Pacific Wings director Geoffrey Bowmaker told The Daily Post Rotorua Airport was one airport in New Zealand the airline was considering operating from.
He said he had been in discussions with Mr White for between six and eight months.
"We are still doing our planning and discussions about it ... Our plan was to link Rotorua with Sydney and Brisbane."
Pacific Wings, which has operated since May, has advertised on its website a $799 Rotorua Escape package including five nights' accommodation.
However, Mr Bowmaker said the website was not active and was still being developed.
The carrier would use a leased B737 aircraft from Our Airline, formerly Air Nauru, on routes in New Zealand. Australian-based Our Airline has two B737 aircraft which operate daily flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Honiara, Nauru and Norfolk Island.
Mr Bowmaker said the airline would launch on routes in New Zealand abandoned by Air NZ or airports where there had never been a transtasman route.
He said the fact Air NZ had launched transtasman flights between Rotorua and Sydney would influence Pacific Wings' decision but that did not necessarily mean the airline would not fly from Rotorua. Pacific Wings is expected to make its decision within the next month as to what routes it will fly.
But Mr White said that at this stage the airport did not have any plans for the airline to fly from Rotorua.
Other questions were put to Mr White including why Pacific Wings would not be used to fly to Brisbane, whether any other airline would be used to fly to other parts of Australia and whether Air NZ had exclusive rights to transtasman flights between Rotorua and Australia.
Mr White responded by saying: "As you can imagine, at the moment we are completely focused on getting transtasman flights with Air NZ up and running for December 12 - that is our priority at this time. Airlines make their own decisions about where they may fly. Certainly, at this current time, we do not have any plans for them to fly here."
Air NZ communications manager Mark Street said he would not be able to comment on whether the airline had exclusive rights to fly transtasman from Rotorua Airport, citing commercial sensitivity. He said Brisbane was the "next obvious market" but introducing those flights would depend on the success of the Rotorua-Sydney route.
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Now I am curious Zanzibar - what is he now?
I know he was CEO of Air Nauru and Our Airline at least until relatively recently.
I know he was CEO of Air Nauru and Our Airline at least until relatively recently.
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ON boss
Geoffrey was CEO of ON for some years, and decided to move on (mutually agreed, I think.....could be corrected here??).
Karam Chand, ex Pac/Poly Blue Commercial boss was appointed CEO of ON mid April this year.
Karam Chand, ex Pac/Poly Blue Commercial boss was appointed CEO of ON mid April this year.