This week I was traveling in New Zealand’s North Island for work. I had flown earlier in the week between Christchurch and Palmerston North; however, for my return, I had booked an open-jaw, meaning I was flying home from a different city – this time, New Plymouth, the largest city in the region of Taranaki. For this flight, I was set to travel with Air New Zealand, on the smallest aircraft currently in the airline’s fleet, the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300, which is configured to carry 50 passengers across a four-abreast configuration.