Barrier Air
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| Founded | 1983 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Great Barrier Aerodrome | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||
| Website | http://www.barrierair.kiwi | ||||||
Barrier Air is a New Zealand airline that was established in 1983 by Jim Bergman as Great Barrier Airlines. The head office is located at the Domestic Terminal at Auckland Airport in Mangere, with additional offices in the terminal buildings at Great Barrier Aerodrome, Kaitaia Airport and North Shore Aerodrome.
The airline's initial fleet was one Cessna 172, one Cessna 206 and a vintage DHA3 Australian three engine Drover. Bergman flew the first scheduled service to Great Barrier Island on 2 December 1983, departing from Ardmore Airport, an airport three nautical miles southeast of Manurewa in Auckland, New Zealand. The company initially operated 3 flights a day via Auckland International onto Claris. In July 1984 the airline started flight to Okiwi airfield as well. The first Britten Norman Islander was introduced in December 1984. First flights to Whangarei from its Auckland base began in August 1987. The airline briefly served Waiheke island from August 1994 to April 1995. They also purchased a subsidiary company, Air Coromandel in 1995 which had sole commercial rights to Whitianga. In November 1996 Rotorua (served via Tauranga) and Pahia were added to the network. Later this flight was extended down to Taupo in November 1998. A new aircraft type was added, the Britten Norman Trislander starting services on 24 December 2002. Since then three other Trislanders have served in the fleet. In early 2015, coinciding with a change in management, and the purchase of an ex-Bering Air Cessna Grand Caravan, the name of the airline was changed from Great Barrier Airlines to Barrier Air.
As of March 2017, Barrier Air operate the following routes:
From Auckland
From Claris, Great Barrier Island
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