Thunder Jet's bid to get back on the Kawarau River has been renewed, more than two weeks after being shut down, with two resource consents being lodged with the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Both consents are being publicly notified, with submissions closing on April 24.
This follows a review by High Court judge Justice Christine French, released on March 9, who found there had been a "serious breach" of the RMA when the council had issued the original consent without consulting rival operator Kawarau Jet.
Thunder Jet's parent company, Frontier Adventure Tours, which trades as Queenstown Water Taxis, has resubmitted its original consent to operate a single jet-boat carrying up to 19 passengers, including the driver, for commercial sightseeing trips on the Kawarau River.
The applicant wants to operate four trips a day, with each taking about one hour.
No stops or landings were proposed.
The consent applied from the head of the river to its confluence with the Arrow River.
The second consent seeks to operate up to three jet-boats, seating up to 23 in each, including the driver, on Lake Wakatipu and the Kawarau River.
The trips would depart from Queenstown Bay or Frankton Marina and extend to the confluence of the Kawarau and Arrow rivers before returning to either the bay or marina.
The excursions were proposed to last about one hour and take place between 8am and 8pm daily in summer, and between 9.30am and 4.30pm in winter.
The consent also seeks to transport passengers to established facilities situated by the Kawarau River.
Queenstown Water Taxis spokesman Duncan Storrier said the company was "very confident" about its applications.
"The previous experience would prove nothing's for sure, but it seems clear to us the consent applications are reasonable and logical.
All the people we believe are genuinely affected have given their written approval.
"Kawarau Jet will be given their due right, and a court again will determine if their appeal on safety grounds is legitimate or anti-competitive."
Mr Storrier said seven individual and qualified parties, including Maritime New Zealand and QLDC harbourmaster Marty Black, had independently reported the river was safe for multiple commercial operations as well as recreational boats.
"We genuinely believe any concerns Kawarau Jet has with safety are well and truly dealt with.
We wouldn't enter into commercial jet-boat operations on the river if we didn't believe it was safe."
Kawarau Jet director Andrew Brinsley said he had not received notification of the consents opening for public submissions as of yesterday, but the company would "absolutely" make a full submission, as it did in the High Court, to have the original consent quashed.
"There . . . [are] safety issues to be considered that haven't been properly aired before the council or planning commissioner.
The judge clearly ruled the safety issues were the concern of the local authority, and Maritime New Zealand are not the definitive authority on safety at this level, as we've always said."
Public notification of the first consent application was sent by Lakes Environmental to Kawarau Jet, Clearwater Pursuits and Queenstown Fishing Guides and Charters as well as the usual parties listed.
The second application was sent to those parties and to Fishing Charters, Million Dollar Cruise, Fishing Boat Trips Queenstown, Queenstown Paraflights, Queenstown Kayaks and Sail Queenstown, as affected Queenstown Bay users.
