Freedom Air
Freedom Air is a New Zealand based low cost, regularly scheduled passenger airline owned by Air New Zealand.Freedom Air was modeled after United States company Southwest Airlines, the idea being of providing affordable jet service without the perks that most airlines would offer. It began in 1996 with a single Boeing 737.
By 2001, Freedom Air's fleet had expanded to six Boeing 737s and it is now an international airline, direct non-stop services being provided to several Australian major cities from their base in Hamilton as well as other secondary cities such as Dunedin. Freedom briefly served on the main trunk domestic routes such as Auckland-Christchurch, but ceased these services to concentrate fully on providing value Trans-Tasman flights.
