INFLITE Charters

INFLITE Charters is the private charter arm of the INFLITE group, a New Zealand aviation and tourism business. Other group brands include Heletranz Helicopters in Auckland and Taupō, Mt Cook Ski Planes & Helicopters, Nelson Tasman Air and several skydiving operations. The listing gives Taupō as the location, but the phone number and the company's independent business records point to Auckland.

The company handles on-demand charter by helicopter, turboprop and private jet. It also offers transfers to luxury lodges, business and group travel, VIP charters, air freight and fleet management. Each client gets a charter manager who plans the itinerary, and the company says that manager is available around the clock.

Aircraft come partly from the group's own fleet and partly from a wider network. Group materials name helicopter types such as the A109S, Bell 427 and EC130, and the website shows Citation jets and a King Air turboprop. For larger or long-range jets, flyers should ask whether the aircraft is run by INFLITE or by a third-party operator.

Charters cover the whole of New Zealand, from Northland and Auckland through Taupō and the Central Plateau to Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Aoraki/Mt Cook, the West Coast, Queenstown, Wanaka and Southland. Flights to Australia, the South Pacific and further afield are also offered.

INFLITE says it runs its commercial fixed-wing and helicopter flights under a Part 119/135 Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. It also says it holds a Part 115 adventure aviation certificate for its tandem skydiving business. The company's website displays a Qualmark logo, and the group is described as carbon-zero certified by Toitū.