Parcelair

Parcelair

IATA ICAO Call sign — APK AIRPAK
Founded	25 June 2015
Fleet size	3
Destinations	3
Parent company	50% Airwork and 50% Fieldair
Headquarters	Palmerston North
Website	www.fieldair.co.nz

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.

A Parcelair Boeing 737-400F in 2016

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

• 3 Boeing 737-300F^[5]

References

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

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