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| airline          =Air Post
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| founded          = 15 August 1990
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| ceased           = 30 September 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=AIR POST LIMITED (482535) Struck off|url=https://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/482535|website=BUSINESS.GOVT.NZ|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref>
| parent=[[New Zealand Post]] and [[Airwork]]
| headquarters     =[[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]
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'''Air Post''' was a [[cargo airline]] based in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. It operated night postal services for [[New Zealand Post]] in a joint venture agreement with [[Airwork]], as well as operating ad hoc charter services. Its main base was located at [[Auckland International Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 65 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>

== History ==
The airline was established in 1990 and was owned by Airwork (50%) and New Zealand Post (50%).<ref name="FI"/>
From 2007 all flights were operated solely by Airwork Ltd on behalf of New Zealand Post.

==Fleet==
The Air Post fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!Aircraft
!In fleet
|-
| [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400SF]]
| 3

|}

==Accidents and incidents==
* On 27 February 2003 [[Fokker F27 Friendship|Fokker F27-500 Friendship]] registration ZK-NAN landed at [[Woodbourne Airport]] in [[Blenheim, New Zealand|Blenheim]] at the end of a training flight. After the engines were shut down the undercarriage retracted, causing major structural damage to the aircraft's belly. There were no injuries.<ref name=AirlineUpdate2>{{cite web|title=Accident Brief, Occurrence # 03/559|url=http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Accident_Details.asp?Oc=03/559}}</ref> 
* On 2 May 2005 the crew of [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III]] ZK-POA lost control of the aircraft during a night cargo flight near the town of Stratford. As a result, the aircraft became overstressed and [[Airwork Flight 23 | broke up in mid-air]]. Both crew members were killed.<ref name=AirlineUpdate1>{{cite web|title=Accident Brief, Occurrence # 05/1394|url=http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Accident_Details.asp?Oc=05/1394}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of defunct airlines of New Zealand]]
* [[History of aviation in New Zealand]]
* [[Airwork Flight 23]]

==References==
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