Originair

This article is about the airline founded in 2015. For the airline that operated from 1997 to 2006, see Origin Pacific Airways.
Originair
IATA ICAO Call sign
OG[1] OGN[2] ORIGIN[2]
FoundedMarch 2015
Commenced operations12 August 2015
Operating basesNelson Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations4
HeadquartersNelson, New Zealand
Key people
  • Robert Inglis
Websiteoriginair.co.nz
Originair Jetstream at Christchurch Airport, December 2015

Originair is an airline based in Nelson, New Zealand, that operates domestic flights in New Zealand. It was founded in 2015 by local businessman Robert Inglis, who had previously founded Air Nelson and Origin Pacific Airways. Originair commenced operations on 12 August 2015 with flights between Nelson and Palmerston North; it started flights between Nelson and Wellington the following month. The airline began its operations with one British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft, and now operates a fleet of four aircraft, following the addition of another 2 Jetstream 32 aircraft.[3]

  1. ^ Not an IATA allocation - issued for domestic use by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
  2. ^ a b Not an ICAO allocation - issued for domestic use by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
  3. ^ Basham, Laura (24 June 2015). "New airline Originair set to go". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 26 June 2015.