Defunct Companies of New Zealand - Defunct Airlines of New Zealand, Defunct Retailers of New Zealand, Former Registered Banks of New Zealand (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Defunct airlines of New Zealand, Defunct retailers of New Zealand, Former Registered Banks of New Zealand, Freedom Air, National Airways Corporation, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, Kempthorne Prosser, TEAL, Crown Lynn, Georgie Pie, Databank Systems Limited, Origin Pacific Airways, Ansett New Zealand, Kiwi Travel International Airlines, Kiwijet, Independent Newspapers, Air Travel Ltd, Bridgecorp Holdings, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, United Building Society, Big Fresh, Price Chopper, DEKA, FlyDirect, Cavalier Yachts, Countrywide Bank, New Zealand Forest Products, South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand, TANZA, Westland Savings Bank, D.I.C., Union Airways of N.Z. Ltd, Straits Air Freight Express, F. Whitlock & Sons Ltd, Chase Corporation, Skybus, CityJet, Island Air Charters, Superbank, PostBank. Excerpt: National Airways Corporation was the national domestic airline of New Zealand from 1947 until 1978 when it amalgamated with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand. The airline was headquartered in Wellington. Today it exists as a 'paper' airline "Air New Zealand National" to manage that airline's domestic jet fleet. National Airways Corporation was itself an amalgamation of Union Airways and a number of other smaller operators, including the country's first commercial air service Air Travel (NZ) Ltd. At the time of its inception, it was equipped with de Havilland Dragon Rapides, de Havilland Fox Moths, Douglas DC-3s, Lockheed Electras and Lockheed Lodestars which initially operated inside New Zealand. However in the late 1940s NAC also provided international services to some nearby South Pacific countries, using converted ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Short Sunderlands. By the time of the merger with Air New Zealand, the fleet consisted of 25 aircraft comprising Boeing 737s an...