Mount Cook Group
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Mount Cook Group, earlier called Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Company was a New Zealand
tourism
and transport
operator and former owner of Mount Cook Airline
. The company was split
and sold off in 1989, with the airline business becoming part of Air New Zealand
.
Mount Cook Airline still operates as part of Air New Zealand
's domestic network.
services. Originally providing services to the Aoraki/Mt Cook region of the South Island
, the company grew to take over many other New Zealand bus companies: H&H of Invercargill, Luxury Landlines and Hawkes Bay Motor Co of the North Island
. In 1989 the Mount Cook Landline exchanged several routes with Newmans Coachlines
, the two companies each specialised to the South Island and North Island respectively. When in 1989 Air New Zealand
sold Mount Cook Group's non-airline assets to Tourism Holdings Limited
, the latter scrapped the coach route services and the Mount Cook brand.
company which operated linehaul and rural
freight services and in its last few years provided part of Air New Zealand
's domestic cargo network. Mount Cook Freightlines was later purchased by F.W. McDowall Ltd.
areas of Coronet Peak
and The Remarkables. These are now owned by NZSki Ltd.
s and Pilatus Porters
, and is the only company to land scenic flights on the Tasman Glacier to this day.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
and transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
operator and former owner of Mount Cook Airline
Mount Cook Airline
Mount Cook Airline is an airline based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is wholly owned by Air New Zealand and operates scheduled services throughout the country under the Air New Zealand Link brand...
. The company was split
Demerger
Demerger is a form of corporate restructuring in which the an entity's business operations are segregated into one or more components. It is the converse of a merger or acquisition....
and sold off in 1989, with the airline business becoming part of Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...
.
Mount Cook Airline
- see main article Mount Cook AirlineMount Cook AirlineMount Cook Airline is an airline based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is wholly owned by Air New Zealand and operates scheduled services throughout the country under the Air New Zealand Link brand...
Mount Cook Airline still operates as part of Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...
's domestic network.
Mount Cook Landlines
Rodolph Wigley's Mount Cook Motor Co, later called Mount Cook Landlines, provided inter-city and sightseeing coachCoach (vehicle)
A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...
services. Originally providing services to the Aoraki/Mt Cook region of the South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
, the company grew to take over many other New Zealand bus companies: H&H of Invercargill, Luxury Landlines and Hawkes Bay Motor Co of the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
. In 1989 the Mount Cook Landline exchanged several routes with Newmans Coachlines
Intercity (New Zealand)
InterCity Group Ltd is a passenger transport and tourism company and operates New Zealand's largest coach network and ferries and cruises in the Bay of Islands...
, the two companies each specialised to the South Island and North Island respectively. When in 1989 Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...
sold Mount Cook Group's non-airline assets to Tourism Holdings Limited
Tourism Holdings Limited
Tourism Holdings Limited usually called THL and formerly known as The Helicopter Line is a large New Zealand tourism company that has been listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange since 1986....
, the latter scrapped the coach route services and the Mount Cook brand.
Mount Cook Freightlines
Mount Cook Freightlines was a truckingTruck driver
A truck driver , is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck.Truck drivers provide an essential service to...
company which operated linehaul and rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
freight services and in its last few years provided part of Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...
's domestic cargo network. Mount Cook Freightlines was later purchased by F.W. McDowall Ltd.
Mount Cook Line Skifields
Mount Cook Line Skifields developed and operated the skiingSkiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
areas of Coronet Peak
Coronet Peak
Coronet Peak is a commercial skifield in Otago, New Zealand located 18 kilometres to the northeast of the town of Queenstown and seven kilometres west of Arrowtown, on the southern slopes of the 1,649 metre peak which shares its name...
and The Remarkables. These are now owned by NZSki Ltd.
Mount Cook Ski Planes
Mount Cook Ski Planes now operates a fleet of Cessna 185Cessna 185
-Specification for differing configurations:-References:* Jan Churchill, Hit My Smoke: Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia, Sunflower University Press, Manhattan KS, ISBN 0-89745-215-1...
s and Pilatus Porters
Pilatus PC-6
|-See also:-References:* Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–1994. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0 7106 1066 1.* Taylor, John W. R. Janes's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965....
, and is the only company to land scenic flights on the Tasman Glacier to this day.