Tasman Empire Airways Limited

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airline company

Tasman Empire Airways Limited was the original international airline of New Zealand that later evolved into the modern carrier Air New Zealand.

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Label Occurrences
Tasman Empire Airways Limited canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
company ⓘ
abbreviation TEAL ⓘ
alsoKnownAs TEAL ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dissolved 1965 ⓘ
evolvedInto Air New Zealand ⓘ
expandedTo Pacific routes ⓘ
flagCarrierOf New Zealand ⓘ
fleetType flying boats ⓘ
land-based airliners ⓘ
foundedBy British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
New Zealand government ⓘ
surface form: Government of New Zealand

Qantas Empire Airways ⓘ
Union Airways of New Zealand ⓘ
headquartersCountry New Zealand ⓘ
headquartersLocation Auckland ⓘ
historicalSignificance pioneer of New Zealand’s international air services ⓘ
IATAcode TE ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
industry air transport ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mergedInto Air New Zealand ⓘ
notableRoute Auckland–Sydney ⓘ
Auckland–Sydney Tasman service ⓘ
operatedAircraft Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Douglas DC-8 ⓘ
Lockheed L-188 Electra ⓘ
Short S.25 Sandringham ⓘ
Short S.30 Empire flying boat ⓘ
operatedFromAirport Auckland Airport ⓘ
surface form: Auckland International Airport

Auckland waterfront ⓘ
surface form: Mechanics Bay, Auckland

Whenuapai Airport ⓘ
ownershipStructure government-owned ⓘ
predecessorOf Air New Zealand ⓘ
primaryHub Auckland ⓘ
primaryMarket trans-Tasman routes ⓘ
primaryRegionServed South Pacific ⓘ
Tasman Sea ⓘ
role original international airline of New Zealand ⓘ
serviceType air mail services ⓘ
international passenger flights ⓘ
shareholder British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
New Zealand government ⓘ
surface form: Government of New Zealand

Qantas Empire Airways ⓘ
Union Airways of New Zealand ⓘ
startOfOperations 1940 ⓘ
successor Air New Zealand ⓘ

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Air New Zealand → foundedAs → Tasman Empire Airways Limited ⓘ
Air New Zealand → formerName → Tasman Empire Airways Limited ⓘ
Short Solent → usedBy → Tasman Empire Airways Limited ⓘ