Air Post is a cargo airline

Cargo airline

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 based in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It operates night postal services for New Zealand Post

New Zealand Post

New Zealand Post, commonly referred by its acronym, NZPost is a State owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand.-History:...

 in a joint venture agreement with Airwork

Airwork

Airwork is an airline based in Auckland, New Zealand. It operates a joint venture airline, Air Post, which is 50% owned by Airwork and New Zealand Post. It also operates freight services in Australia for Toll Priority...

, as well as operating ad hoc charter services. Its main base is Auckland International Airport

Auckland International Airport

Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with over 13 million passengers a year, expected to more than double by 2025...

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History

The airline was established in 1990 and is owned by Airwork (50%) and New Zealand Post (50%).

Fleet

The Air Post fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):

• 2 Fairchild Metro III
  Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
  The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner or the Fairchild Aerospace Metro is a 19-seat, pressurised, twin turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas, United States....