Mechanics Bay landed in Mechanics Bay, which was the centre of international aviation for New Zealand until the 1950s. Even after the construction of Auckland International Airport at Mangere in the 1960s, Mechanics Bay was still used by flying boats to the Pacific Islands, e.g. for the "Coral Route" to Fiji. From 1962 to 1989, Mechanics Bay was home to first Tourist Air Travel, then Mount Cook Airline then Sea Bee Air operating a fleet of Grumman Goose, Grumman Widgeon and Grumman Turbo Goose amphibian aircraft for regular scheduled passenger and freight services to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf (particularly Great
Panama City–Bay County International Airport included Delta Connection to Atlanta, US Airways Express to Charlotte (and other destinations initially in Florida) and Northwest Airlink to Memphis. Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport replaced Panama City–Bay County International Airport, which lacked room to expand. The new airport opened May 23, 2010 with flights operated by Delta Air Lines with mainline jet aircraft nonstops to Atlanta, with this Delta service moving from the old airport to the new airport, and new service flown by Southwest Airlines with Boeing 737 jetliners. From the 1950s until the late 1970s, two airlines served Panama City: National Airlines and Southern Airways. National