23/04/2026
Sounds Air is delighted to advise it has secured support through the government’s Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF), part of which is ear-marked to support regional air routes and safeguard essential air services for regional communities.
The funding will assist Sounds Air with avionic upgrades and debt refinancing, helping maintain fleet capability and support ongoing operations across our network.
This contributes to the continuity of air connections between Wellington, Picton, Kāpiti, Blenheim and Nelson, which play an important role in supporting regional wellbeing, resilience and local economies.
Sounds Air would also like to acknowledge the huge amount of work that went into this project from the team at Kānoa and thank Minister Meager and Minister Jones for their unwavering support of regional connectivity in New Zealand.
Whilst the current fuel issues are causing severe stress to industries across New Zealand, and to all New Zealander’s, we hope that sanity soon prevails and we can get back to concentrating on what we do best, serving regional New Zealand.
