Bergman flew the first scheduled service to Great Barrier Island on 2 December 1983,[3] departing from Ardmore Airport, three nautical miles southeast of Manurewa in Auckland.

The company initially operated three flights a day from Ardmore to Auckland International and on to Great Barrier Aerodrome at Claris.

In July 1984 the airline started flights to Okiwi Airfield on Great Barrier Island as well.

[7] For more than two decades, it was in a long-running commercial battle with its main local competitor Fly My Sky, until the latter went into liquidation in 2021.

[citation needed] A year later a new air service between Tauranga and Great Barrier Island was launched.