Air Chathams Convair - ZK-CIF

Air Chathams Convair ZK-CIF has been repainted into the full Air Chathams Colours now is looking rather smart. I actually think it looks great and will be keeping an eye out now for their Metroliner and newly acquired Saab.

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Air Chathams - ZK-CIF

Air Chathams up again this time and ZK-CIF featured this time. The Convair 580 are just great and were built to last. This is what it looks like on the outside !!!!

Want to see to see some great shots taken from the inside of ZK-CIF?

Another great New Zealand Aviation blog site is "3rd Level New Zealand" and on a recent trip to the Chathams, Steve managed to get some great shots out the window on the trip back from the Chatham Islands to Wellington.

Click HERE to see the post and photos from Steve's trip.

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Convair 580
Air Chathams

Got to love the size of the blades !!

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Taken on a different day !!!

Air Freight NZ, Convair CV580

I was on location just before sunset to capture these photos of Air Freight NZ's Convair CV580 ZK-KFL taxing out for takeoff on very warm summers evening on another freight run down the country.

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Air Chathams, Convair ZK-CIB

The Chatham Islands are located 800km east of New Zealand, with a time difference of + 45 minutes from mainland New Zealand. Air Chathams operate to the islands from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, using the Convair 580.
Seen here arriving into Auckland from the Chatham Island, ZK-CIB, which is one of 3 in the fleet.
Air Chathams also operate between the Chatham Islands and Pitt Island using a Cessna 206.

ZK-CIB arriving in AKL from the Chathams