Williamson spreads her wings
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Mt Cook Airline general manager Sarah Williamson has taken Air Nelson and Eagle Air under her wing in a move that will streamline the Link operators' regional operations.
Ms Williamson is now the Air New Zealand subsidiaries' new general manager, and will manage the three regional airlines from her base in Christchurch. She is currently recruiting a person to take on the role of head of Air Nelson, who will be Nelson based.
The three Air New Zealand Link operators have formed closer ties in recent years, with advantages found in being able to share aircraft as demand dictates, Ms Williamson said.
"We have been able to chop and change capacity to meet needs," she said.
The combined turbo prop fleet operated by the three Link operators is made up of aircraft operated by Air Nelson, Eagle Air's Beech aircraft, and Mt
All three airlines have long histories in their respective regions. Parent company Air New Zealand has placed considerable emphasis on growing a service that connects provincial New Zealand, she said.
Ms Williamson, an Auckland University graduate with a Masters degree in science with honours in psychology, has been Mt Cook Airline general manager for the past four years. Before that she was Air New Zealand's general manager of direct sales. Her background is more in human resources than aviation, backed by a diploma in business management (personnel management and employee relations) but the airline industry has huge appeal.
"Airlines are quite seductive, interesting places in which to work. They are complex, multi-faceted and very fast-paced."
Ms Williamson, mum to two young girls, said the public will not see much change in the immediate future to the services currently provided.
Passenger numbers have not seen huge growth in recent years, but there were signs of improvement. "The global financial crisis in 2010 flattened demand and since then there's been a slight increase in passengers as time has gone by. We're hoping that will continue."
Ms Williamson said the release this year of two million Grabaseat sales has boosted passenger loadings.
The new head of Air Nelson is expected to be announced within the next few weeks.
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