Regional airline Sounds Air says it is retrenching its services to focus on its viability.
It is ending its Blenheim to Christchurch services, as well as its Christchurch to Wanaka services from September 28.
That comes after the company withdrew its Wellington to Taupo and Wellington to Westport trips in December 2024.
Sounds Air says aviation has been hit by escalating costs and a low dollar that have combined to trouble the viability of all regional airlines.
The company is reverting to its roots, starting in 1987, as an airline providing services between the North and South Islands across Cook Strait.
Andrew Crawford is the managing director of Sounds Air.
One of the Sounds Air’s nine-seater Pilatus aircraft which provide the service between Westport and Wellington Photo: Ellen Curnow
