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Island Air Charters is an air charter company based in Tauranga, New Zealand. The company is owned by Paul Ensor and offers charter services around the Bay of Plenty using Cessna light aircraft. ==History== The airline commened in August 1995 when its owner, Paul Ensor, acquired a Cessna P206 Super Skylane. In November 1996 a Cessna TU206A was added to the fleet. This was followed in November by a Cessna 172N. In September another Cessna 172K was added. In 2001 a Cessna U206C joined the fleet. By 2004 the fleet consisted of a Cessna TU206A and Cessna 172K. To these, in October, was added a twin-engine Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander.〔http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/motiti-airline-island-air-charter.html compiled by Bruce Garvin September 2011〕 Because of the increase in carrying capacity Island Air began advertising a regular summer service in 2005 from Tauranga to Great Barrier Island via Whitianga two days a week. In 2006 a third flight was added. This increase in flying and aircraft maintenance needs saw the Civil Aviation Authority suspending Island Air’s operating licence in November 2006 over unauthorised maintenance being carried out on the company’s aircraft. A new maintenance controller and chief executive were appointed to address the issues, however the operator’s problems compounded the following month when the Britten-Norman Islander suffered two forced landings on 22 and 28 December 2006.〔 The second forced landing ended with the aircraft crash landing on mudflats in the Te Puna estuary at Omokoroa near Tauranga on 28 December 2006 while being flown by Paul Ensor. Nobody was injured.〔(Hero pilot admits flying unsafe planes ) retrieved 11 August 2015〕 In 2007 Ensor was fined $10,000 after fitting a cracked landing gear component back on an aircraft after maintenance engineers had banned its use. In order to keep flying Island Air used the operating licenses of other companies.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Island Air Charters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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