Parcelair Explained

Airline:Parcelair
Icao:APK
Callsign:AIRPAK
Founded:25 June 2015
Parent:50% Airwork and 50% Fieldair
Headquarters:Palmerston North
Fleet Size:3
Destinations:3

Parcelair is a cargo airline based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It operates scheduled overnight cargo services on behalf of owners Fieldair Holdings and Airwork Flight Operations.[1] Domestic charter services are also operated.

History

The airline started operations on the 25th of June, 2015.[2] Its primary contract is with the courier division of the Freightways Group and New Zealand Post. It is a wholly owned company by a 50/50 Joint Venture. The Boeing 737 has a payload of 17 tonnes it carries 11 cargons of freight on each trip. Due to the rapid growth of online shopping there was a need to replace the smaller ageing Convair CV580s operated by Air Freight NZ with the larger Boeing 737s.[3]

Destinations

Parcelair operates freight services between Auckland, Christchurch and Palmerston North.[4]

Fleet

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Change for Night Time Flyers. 3rd Level New Zealand. 5 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Parcelair Limited. The New Zealand Companies Office. 5 September 2016.
  3. News: Riddiford. Joshua. Freightways invests in Boeing 737-400 as online shopping grows. 5 September 2016. Stuff.co.nz. 26 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Change for Night Time Flyers. 3rd Level New Zealand. 5 September 2016.
  5. News: Parcelair fleet . 11 December 2023 . www.planespotters.net.