3rd Level New Zealand: ATRs Recommence Whanganui Flights

Air Chathams recommenced ATR flights to Whanganui today with ATR 72-500 ZK-MCO flying the first return service between Auckland and Whanganui.  

Over the next few months the airline’s ATRs will operate the Friday afternoon services leaving Auckland at 3.00pm and the return flight from Whanganui departing at 4.30pm. The ATR will then operate the 6.00pm evening service to Whanganui and then the Saturday departure at 8.00am.

The ATRs will also operate the Sunday afternoon services leaving Auckland at 12.30pm and the return flight from Whanganui departing at 4.30pm. The ATR will then operate the 6.00pm evening service to Whanganui and then the Monday departure at 6.30am.

Air Chathams’ ATR 72 ZK-MCO arriving into Whanganui today with 3C 712. Photo : R Deerness

This is the second time Air Chathams have operated scheduled ATR services to Whanganui but this is the first time since Covid. Air Chathams’ first ATR 72 operations into Whanganui commenced on the 14th of June 2019 with ATR 72-500 ZK-MCO operating the late afternoon flight 3C 704 from Auckland and to Auckland returning as 3C 709. It then operated the evening flight 3C 708 from Auckland to Whanganui. As with this winter, during 2019 winter the ATR operating the Friday afternoon and evening Whanganui flights, the Saturday 8am flight to Auckland, all Sunday flights and the 6.45am departure on Monday to Auckland. This schedule was also operated while the ATR was on the off season for Tauck Tours.