History
A regular scenic route between Queenstown and Milford Sound was first established by Southern Scenic Air Services. Ltd in August 1951. Mount Cook Airline was the pioneer of tourist flights into Queenstown. Services began on the 6th of November 1961 operating DC-3s with three flights a week being operated from Christchurch on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday to Queenstown via Mount Cook and onto Te Anau/Manapouri. Later in 1969 HS-748 aircraft were used. A Mainstay of the Milford route was the Britten Norman Islander which began service in September 1970. They were used extensively on the flights to Milford Sound as well as on the Queenstown-Te Anau and Queenstown-Alexandra-Dunedin routes.
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