Golden Bay Air

Golden Bay Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
G1[Notes 1] GBY[Notes 2][1] GOLDEN BAY[Notes 2][1]
Founded27 September 2006 as Capital Air[2]
26 May 2009 as Golden Bay Air[3]
Operating basesTākaka Aerodrome, Tākaka
Focus citiesWellington
Fleet size4
Destinations4
HeadquartersTākaka
Key peopleMajority shareholders:[4]
Lisa Sheppard
Richard Molloy
Websitewww.goldenbayair.co.nz

Golden Bay Air Limited is a small airline based at Tākaka Aerodrome in Tākaka, New Zealand. The airline currently operates three light aircraft from Tākaka to Wellington and Karamea, and also from Nelson to Tākaka and Karamea with connecting road shuttle services to the Abel Tasman National Park, the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park and to and from Tākaka township. Other services provided by the airline include charter flights around New Zealand flown on demand and preset scenic routes around the national parks as well as Farewell Spit.[5]


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  1. ^ a b "Approved Operator Call Signs" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Capital Air Ltd. – Particulars of name change". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Golden Bay Air Ltd. – Particulars of name change". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Shareholdings of Golden Bay Air Limited". Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Golden Bay Air Scenic Flights". Retrieved 17 September 2010.