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Jetconnect

Airline of New Zealand (2002–2018)

Jetconnect is a New Zealand airline owned by Qantas. Established in July 2002 as an airline, it ceased operating as an airline in 2018 but continues to employ pilots and cabin crew based at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch airports that operate Qantas flights on Trans-Tasman services between New Zealand and Australia, with cabin crew also operating on Qantas long-haul flights alongside Australian-based crew.2 It is part of Qantas Airways.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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ZK-ZQE 'William Pickering' Boeing 737-838 Qantas (Jetconnect) (10773009394)
Photo: Robert Frola, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons4

Jetconnect is a New Zealand airline owned by Qantas. Established in July 2002 as an airline, it ceased operating as an airline in 2018 but continues to employ pilots and cabin crew based at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch airports that operate Qantas flights on Trans-Tasman services between New Zealand and Australia, with cabin crew also operating on Qantas long-haul flights alongside Australian-based crew.2

Corporate structure

Jetconnect is part of a group headed by Qantas Airways. 15 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Jetconnect was established by Qantas in July 2002, commencing operations in October the same year as a New Zealand-based airline. It operated domestic services within New Zealand until 10 June 2009, when these services were taken over by fellow Qantas subsidiary Jetstar. Jetconnect then operated Trans-Tasman services between New Zealand and Australia under the Qantas brand with New Zealand-based crew.

From mid 2001 to early 2004, JetConnect operated a codeshare agreement with Origin Pacific Airways. When this ceased, Origin lost 60% of its business.

In November 2018, Jetconnect transferred its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft back to Qantas and ceased to operate as an airline, though the company continues to employ pilots and cabin crew to operate trans-tasman and international services for Qantas.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jetconnect, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Destinations

International short-haul

Jetconnect short-haul pilots and cabin crew operate the majority of Qantas-marketed flights from Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown and Wellington to Australian east-coast destinations.

From Auckland

Brisbane

Melbourne

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Sydney

From Christchurch

Brisbane

Melbourne

Sydney

From Wellington

Melbourne

Sydney

From Queenstown

Sydney

Brisbane (seasonal)

Melbourne (seasonal)

Domestic

Jetconnect operated domestic flights in New Zealand until 9 June 2009. The final domestic service was QF2728 from Wellington to Auckland. Domestic services included routes between Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua, Christchurch and Queenstown. Services between Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown and Wellington have been replaced with Jetstar services. Services to Rotorua were discontinued.

Fleet

In November 2018, all seven Jetconnect Boeing 737-800 aircraft were transferred to Qantas.

Jetconnect previously operated the following Boeing 737 series aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Jetconnect, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2002Founded Founded1

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