The business could have opted for a lift-off date this month but has shifted the plan back to 2025 to complete “final testing and verification activities” and hand its team a break over Christmas.
The Helicopter Line, which operates sightseeing tours from bases in Queenstown, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Franz Josef and Fox Glacier, has entered into a new support-by-the-hour (SBH) contract with Safran to support operational reliability.
In its February 2024 report, the air traffic management body found that only 1.3 per cent of flights for the month were affected by ATC ‘capacity constraints’, the lowest level in 10 months, with 6 per cent of arrival cancellations also attributable to…
The business could have opted for a lift-off date this month but has shifted the plan back to 2025 to complete “final testing and verification activities” and hand its team a break over Christmas.