Salt Air

Salt Air is a New Zealand charter airline based in Paihia in the Bay of Islands, in the Northland Region of the North Island.
Until November 2012 Salt Air flew scheduled air services between North Shore Aerodrome in Auckland, Whangarei and the Bay of Islands, with a base at Kerikeri Airport. This 'Xpress Service' was sold to Flight Hauraki 
History.
Salt Air is a family business and was established by Grant Harnish in December 1992, initially operating a Grumman Widgeon seaplane from the Paihia waterfront offering scenic flights around the beautiful Bay of Islands. The business grew steadily in the first season and it was decided to make the Bay of Islands a more permanent base. An office was built in central Paihia at the seaplane ramp and Salt Air established their head office on the Paihia waterfront.
As an extension to the seaplane operation, Salt Air began operating land-based aircraft from the airports at Haruru Falls and Kerikeri. These aircraft were in turn used to develop their tourism business. From 2001 onward helicopters were also introduced to the operation. As well as offering scenic flights over the Bay of Islands from the Paihia waterfront.
In 2007, Salt Air purchased a Cessna Caravan to be utilised on the 'Salt Air Xpress' service from Whangarei to North Shore Aerodrome in Auckland. The bus service connected with Salt Air operated vans which took advantage of the Northern Busway to transport passengers directly to the city centre free of traffic. The service later expanded to Kerikeri in mid-2008.
Also in 2008, the airline purchased a Gippsland GA-8 Airvan to operate Cape Reinga tour packages into a private airstrip 20km from the Cape. The package includes a van tour of Cape Reinga and the Te Paki Sand Dunes, operating twice daily in summer and daily in winter.
Despite reported successes, the 'Salt Air Xpress' service was sold to Flight Hauraki in 2012 as an effort to streamline operations, the last service operating on the 31st of October of that year. The Cessna Caravan was removed from the fleet as a result.
In addition to the scenic flights, a large amount of charter work to various airports in the North Island has increased Salt Air’s profile in the tourism and charter aviation scene within New Zealand.
Fleet.
Salt Air Fleet 