Air New Zealand will launch a new direct service between Masterton and Auckland from Monday 16 February 2009.
The new route will be operated six days a week by Eagle Air, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, utilising a 19-seat Beech 1900D aircraft.
Eagle Air General Manager Grant Kerr says he is expecting particularly strong interest for the new service from business travellers throughout the Wairarapa.
Mr Kerr hopes the new service will stimulate tourism into the Wairarapa – one of New Zealand’s leading wine regions - by making it even more accessible to leisure travellers.
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