Stewart Island Flights

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WK  | RKU  | RAKIURA
Founded| 2000
Fleet size| 4
Destinations| 2
Parent company| South East Air Ltd
Headquarters| Invercargill, New Zealand
Key people| Raymond Hector (Director) Bill Moffatt (Director)
Website| stewartislandflights.co.nz
Flight to Stewart Island, Invercargill Airport

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New Zealand airline

Stewart Island Flights is a commuter airline from New Zealand that conducts scheduled flights on light aircraft between Invercargill and Stewart Island. The airline also operates charter services to several of the island’s beaches. In 2000, Southern Air was acquired by South East Air Ltd, which was founded by Raymond Hector and Bill Moffatt in 1993. Since then, South East Air Ltd has been the parent company and holder of the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) under which Stewart Island Flights and Invercargill Aircraft Maintenance operate. [1][2]

## Services

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The airline operates three flights a day between Invercargill Airport and Ryan's Creek Aerodrome on Stewart Island,[3] with regular additional departures during the summer season (October to the end of April).[citation needed] SIF also arranges scenic flights around Stewart Island and the Southland Region.[4]

The company also flies from Mason Bay on the western side of Stewart Island, to Duck Creek, Martin's Creek, Cavalier, and Kilbride. and beach landing sites at Doughboy Bay, Little Hellfire Beach, West Ruggedy Beach, Sealers Bay (Codfish Island), and Smoky Beach.[4]

Until 2011, the parent company South East Air operated an IFR post run using a Piper PA-32 between Invercargill and Dunedin. As such, South East Air was one of only two companies in New Zealand that had the capability to fly a single-engine piston aircraft at night under IFR.

## Fleet

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As of January 2024, the Stewart Island Flights fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

Stewart Island Flights fleet  Aircraft  | Total  | Orders  | Passengers

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Britten Norman BN-2A-26 Islander | 2  |  | 9
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six | 1  |  | 5
Cessna 185E Skywagon | 1  |  | 5
Total  | 4  |

## References

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1. ^ Steve L (30 May 2010). "3rd Level New Zealand: NZ's Southern Most Airline: Part 4 - Stewart Island Flights". 3rdlvelnz.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
2. ^ "Southern Air (1997)". Airline History. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. ^ "Timetable". Stewart Island Flights. stewartislandflights.co.nz. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
4. ^ a b "Charter & Beach Flights". Stewart Island Flights. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. ^ "Our Fleet". Stewart Island Flights. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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