Just Over Two Weeks to Go Until Warbirds Over Wanaka 2024

Warbirds Over Wanaka organizers are facing the very real possibility of not having any tickets left available at the gate on the Saturday of the international airshow, for the first time in the event’s 36-year history. There has been huge interest in the first Wanaka airshow in six years after 2020 and 2022 were cancelled due to Covid. General Manager Ed Taylor said while they expect to have tickets available on the gate on the Sunday, and the practice day, Friday, they can’t say the same for Easter Saturday. “Saturday is always our most popular day but for some reason it’s way more popular this time around.  I just think airshow fans have decided they’re not prepared to wait another day and are snapping up Saturday tickets flat out.” Taylor said.

If the trend continues there is a possibility there will be no gate sales on the Saturday. “The only thing I can tell people is if you want to guarantee a General Admission ticket for the Saturday then you should get them soon,” Taylor said. Airshow organizers are repeating their warning about people buying tickets from any site other than Ticketek. We have heard of people paying hugely inflated prices for Warbirds tickets on re-seller sites such as Viagogo and there’s no way to know if the tickets are actually real or not. Please make sure you are on the  official Ticketek website before you buy your tickets.

The chance to see a WWII Mosquito fighter-bomber fly has resonated with Warbird fans on both sides of the Tasman. Ticket sales jumped when news of the Mosquito became public a couple of weeks ago. Australian Ross Birnie is one Warbird enthusiast who still can’t quite believe he’s finally going to see the “Wooden Wonder” fly. “The line-up at Wanaka this year was pretty stunning already but the Mossie is just the icing on the cake.  I know there are a lot of fans over here in Oz scrambling to get to Wanaka,” Birnie said.

Andy takes out Advanced title

Warbirds Over Wanaka Display Planner Andy Love is pretty chuffed with himself having taken out the Advanced title at last weekend’s National Aerobatic Championships at Masterton. Andy is one of the most enthusiastic people around and here at Wanaka we are super proud of him taking out this title. Airshow Event Manager Andrena Davis says Andy puts so much effort into making sure we have “the right aircraft in the right place at the right time”.