New Zealand aviation tourism company Inflite has partnered with House of Travel's Mix & Match site to offer private charter flight options. Mix & Match is the largest NZ-owned online travel booking agency in the country. This partnership means customers can now easily access Inflite's fleet of jet and turboprop aircraft and helicopters across New Zealand, Australia, the South Pacific and globally.

While charter flights are traditionally perceived to be exclusively for high end clientele, Inflite says its pairing with Mix & Match makes these options more accessible to the general public, breaking the stereotypical image of a charter flight customer. Charter manager Paul Aston explains: “In the case of group travel for sports teams or conferences, charter flights are affordable and offer the benefit of a flexible schedule along with private terminals for departure and arrivals, avoiding standard terminals which often result in delays.” 

Inflite believes the union of these two companies is a first in the global aviation industry, and Aston continues: “The aligning of charter and commercial flight options opens a new door in the travel booking sector.” The partnership allows customers to choose from a range of customised aircraft charter options and pair these up with pre-existing commercial flights. “Raising the profile of charter flights to the public means they can reap all the advantages these trips have to offer. Flexibility and customisation are the key benefits of charter flights, therefore being able to merge these with the commercial flights already on offer results in infinite flight combinations.” 

The company also recently took on carboNZero certification, the first NZ aviation operator to do so. CEO Adam Joyce says: “As an operator, we're also deeply concerned about climate change so chose to commit to going carboNZero certified. Our businesses take guests into spectacular parts of our country, often inaccessible without the use of aircraft, so it's our responsibility to minimise our impact as much as possible to ensure that our sensitive environments are protected for future generations to come.”