Transport in New Zealand final sailing of the Rangatira, which was custom built and entered service in 1972, was on 15 September 1976, after two money-losing years (subsidised by the government). New Zealand's air travel sector is served by 15 airlines. The largest airline is Air New Zealand, a state-owned flag carrier. There are 123 airports (and aerodromes) in New Zealand. Six airports provide international air services (besides domestic services); Auckland and Christchurch (the largest airports in the North and South Islands, respectively) providing long-haul and short-haul international air services; and Wellington, Hamilton, Dunedin and Queenstown providing short-haul international air services to Australia and
Linton, New Zealand Linton, New Zealand Linton is a suburb of Palmerston North, situated 11km south-west of the city. It is home to the Linton Military Camp, which is the largest army camp in New Zealand. It was built in 1945 3.5 kilometres to the south-east of Palmerston North. It became the country’s second largest base in 1985 when the permanent force at Singapore was relocated there. More units have transferred from Auckland and Waioru. Manawatu Prison is in Linton. Linton is home to: The population count in 2001 was 1,512. In the 2013, census Linton shed 24.7 percent of its population, or