Kia ora Erika,

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request to the CAA for
the following –

I am requesting the summaries of the domestic flight logs for 1 Jan - 31
Jan 2023  for non- passenger carrying flights. Please include the date,
time, carrier, aircraft type and purpose of such flights. To be clear I
would like to exclude any commercial passenger carriers from this OIA
request

We received your request on 4 February 2023. We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 6 March
2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

Your request is being handled by the OIA team. If you have any queries,
please feel free to contact us at [CAA request email] with the reference
23/OIR/214.

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken
into account.

Yours sincerely,

OIA Team

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

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Kia ora Erika,

 

I refer to your official information request for the following –

 

Dear Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, I am requesting the
summaries of the domestic flight logs for 1 Jan - 31 Jan 2023  for non-
passenger carrying flights. Please include the date, time, carrier,
aircraft type and purpose of such flights. To be clear I would like to
exclude any commercial passenger carriers from this OIA request.

 

The CAA do not hold domestic flight logs or information on the time/date
of every flight. We have also consulted with Airways who do not hold this
information. We therefore would have to refuse this request as currently
framed under section 18(g) of the Official Information Act 1982 as the
information requested is not held by the CAA and the CAA have no grounds
for believing that the information is held by another department.

 

The CAA does hold information about the number of flights and total flight
hours for each aircraft each quarter. If this is information you would
find helpful, please let us know and we can amend the request accordingly.

 

Please note that non-passenger flights includes everything from
Hang-Gliding to Aerial Spraying to Commercial Transport. If you were able
to narrow down or specify what type of flight you are after, that will
assist us in providing you with the most relevant information.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kate Kerrigan (she/her) | Official Information Coordinator

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

* Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO Box
3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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Kia ora Erika

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request to the CAA for
the following –

The number of flights and total flight  hours for each aircraft each
quarter (including all types of flights).

We received your request on 9 March 2023. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 6 April
2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

Your request is being handled by the OIA team. If you have any queries,
please feel free to contact us at [CAA request email] with the reference
23/OIR/253.

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken
into account.

Yours sincerely,

OIA Team

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

 * Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO
Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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Kia ora Erika,

 

I refer to your request for the following –

 

Would you please supply the data and include all the  types of flights.

 

Response

                    

The CAA do not have data to hand for Quarter 1 of 2023 therefore we have
elected to provide you with this data for Quarter 4 of 2022. You may
consider making a further request for Q1 2023 data when this quarter ends
and the data is available. 

 

The “Type Descriptions” tab provides a description of each activity as
well as the sector and certificates they fall under.

 

Note: The data relating to number of flights may be inaccurate as it is up
to the operator how this is recorded. Please feel free to email us if you
have any further questions in that regard.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kate Kerrigan (she/her) | Official Information Coordinator

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

 * Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO
Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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and destroy the message. If you have received this message in error you
must not distribute or copy this e-mail or its attachments. The Civil
Aviation Authority accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this
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Kia ora Erika,  

 

As stated in our email to you on 23 March 2023, data from Quarter 1 of
2023 is not yet available as we are still in Quarter 1. Therefore we would
have to refuse this request under section 18(g) of the Official
Information Act 1982, as the information is not held.

 

I have been advised that this data is due 30 days after the quarter ends,
so is expected to be available in early May. You may wish to make a
further request at that time.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kate Kerrigan (she/her) | Official Information Coordinator

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

 * Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO
Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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adhered to. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender
and destroy the message. If you have received this message in error you
must not distribute or copy this e-mail or its attachments. The Civil
Aviation Authority accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this
message after the transmission from the Civil Aviation Authority. Before
opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and other effects.
This communication may be accessed or retained for information assurance
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Kia ora Erika,

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request to the CAA for
Quarter 1 data.

We received your request on 5 May 2023. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 2 June
2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

Your request is being handled by the OIA team. If you have any queries,
please feel free to contact us at [CAA request email] with the reference
23/OIR/313.

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken
into account.

Yours sincerely,

OIA Team

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

 * Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO
Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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and destroy the message. If you have received this message in error you
must not distribute or copy this e-mail or its attachments. The Civil
Aviation Authority accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this
message after the transmission from the Civil Aviation Authority. Before
opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and other effects.
This communication may be accessed or retained for information assurance
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Kia ora Erika,

 

I am writing in reference to your request for Quarter 1, 2023 flight data.

 

Response

 

Please find this data attached.

 

The “Type Descriptions” tab provides a description of each activity as
well as the sector and certificates they fall under.

Note:

o The data relating to number of flights may be inaccurate as it is up
to the operator how this is recorded. Please feel free to email us if
you have any further questions in that regard.
o We are missing data from two operators who have yet to submit their
quarterly numbers.

 

Kind regards,

 

OIA Team

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand  Q Aviation Security Service

Te Mana Rererangi Tûmatanui o Aotearoa  |  Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi

 

Legal Services | OIA

 * Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO
Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand

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and destroy the message. If you have received this message in error you
must not distribute or copy this e-mail or its attachments. The Civil
Aviation Authority accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this
message after the transmission from the Civil Aviation Authority. Before
opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and other effects.
This communication may be accessed or retained for information assurance
and cyber security purposes.

Kia ora Erika,

As stated in our email to you on 13 February 2023 the CAA does not hold flight logs and therefore the request for flight logs would be declined under section 18(g) of the Official Information Act 1982.

In that email, we informed you that we could provide you with some data held on flight numbers and total flight hours that may be helpful. On 9 March 2023 you responded that you would like this data, hence we have provided you with that information.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Kind regards,

Kate Kerrigan (she/her) | Official Information Coordinator
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand Aviation Security Service
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi
Legal Services | OIA
4 Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011, PO Box 3555, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
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