News Article
Skylink Boeing 737-300 Flies The Lions Around New Zealand
Monday, 2 May 2005
The New Zealand owned and operated Boeing 737-300 is the only one of its type available on pure charter in Australasia.
The aircraft has been flown especially back to New Zealand from overseas commitments to operate during the Lions Tour.
Simon Smith, Sales & Charter Manager for Skylink commented “We are very pleased to be associated with this important event, we were able to offer the British Lions a unique travel solution by offering flexibility, convenience and most importantly a hassle free travel experience”.
The aircraft will operate at the times which best suits the Lions - not the other way round – which is the key difference between using Skylink Charter aircraft against regular schedule airlines .
On board the Boeing 737-300 has 136 economy class seats – the cabin can be quickly converted to 16 business class seats and 112 economy seats depending on the client’s needs.
The Skylink Boeing 737-300 is a fully equipped International aircraft and is normally seen operating throughout the Pacific and Asia region on charter Operations. We go any where an airliner is needed.
The Boeing 737 300 is operated with a crew of 2 Pilots and 3 Flight Attendants that can cater to clients every need.
Skylink operate a wide range of aircraft – including a Boeing 737 200 with 109 economy class seats and 4 business class seats giving a total seating capacity of 113 seats.
We also have a number of small to medium size aircraft available for charter including our newest addition to the fleet a Learjet 35A with 6 seats.
Aircraft can be chartered by simply submitting an enquiry over our website www.flyskylink.co.nzor calling 0800 475 954.