TEAL was first registered in Wellington as a limited liability company on 26Apr1940. The company’s purpose was originally to transport mail, passengers and cargo across the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, during World War II. First flight on 30Apr1940 and name changed to ANZ on 01Apr1965
[ – Air New Zealand originated on 26Apr1940 as Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), a company operating trans-Tasman flights between New Zealand and Australia. TEAL became wholly owned by the New Zealand government in 1965, whereupon it was renamed Air New Zealand. Operations started on 01Apr1965. The domestic side was started in 1947 as NZNAC (New Zealand National Airways Corporation) trading as National Airways. In 1978 the New Zealand government merged all the owned airlines under the ANZ name. The 3 airlines that made up Air New Zealand Link were all merged back under the parent company
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