Airports

The operator reports a net underlying profit of $67.9m, up from an $11.5m loss for the previous corresponding period.

Marlborough Airport has started work on a new car park extension that will provide an additional 290 car parks to cover capacity for the next 15 years.

Hawke’s Bay Airport is urging all incoming travellers to arrange local ground travel before they fly while phone, power and internet outages continue to affect the region.

Queenstown Airport has reported strong passenger volumes over winter, helped by the removal of border restriction and school holidays in New Zealand and Australia.

Judges at the 2022 NZ Airports Awards have reflected on the strong theme of culture-building on show by nominees and winners at the event this year.

Marlborough Airport has introduced ticketless parking for all vehicles.

Total passenger volumes at Auckland Airport in August 2022 reached 1.12 million, or 68% of what it was during pre-Covid August 2018.

The New Zealand Airports Association has selected New Plymouth Airport as the winner of two design and excellence awards.

Strong trans-Tasman demand and the school holidays helped drive July passenger numbers.

Auckland Airport’s Strata Lounge is reopening to passengers after two years of closure.

Qantas is resuming its Wellington and Queenstown services, with the first flights landing in the country this afternoon.

Air Tahiti Nui has resumed flights to and from Auckland, opening up direct connections between Tahiti and New Zealand.

Rob Stratford returns to New Zealand after more than 20 years in senior executive roles in Australia.

The Commerce Commission is reviewing the rules and processes that underpin its regulation of specified airport services.

Christchurch Airport is offering therapy dogs to travellers as it gears up for the influx of Aucklanders and the busy summer period.

Air New Zealand says more than 12,000 customers are booked to travel in and out of Auckland across 170 flights tomorrow.

Nelson City Council is seeking public feedback on the city’s airport and its noise.

Auckland Airport’s bus services are swinging in behind the city’s vaccination drive.

The annual New Zealand Airports Hui will not be held as planned in 2021 as the Delta outbreak continues to upset the events calendar.

There are no scheduled commercial services or general aviation activities at Queenstown or Wānaka airports at Covid-19 alert level 3.

Domestic terminals at Auckland and Wellington have been added as locations of interest in the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

New Zealand’s largest drive-through vaccination centre opened yesterday at the Park and Ride at Auckland Airport in south Auckland.

Additional flights are operating out of Queenstown today for New Zealanders to return home.

The number of passengers going through Wellington Airport is expected to reach pre-Covid levels, says the operator.

Hawke’s Bay Tourism’s chief executive welcomed Monday’s announcement that Originair would start routes between the region and Nelson, Palmerston North and Hamilton.

Air New Zealand has opened a new regional lounge at Napier Airport.

The result follows a review of air traffic services provided at seven regional airports with reduced traffic volumes.

Queenstown is the number one destination, says Air New Zealand.

Kāpiti Coast Airport has not recovered from Air New Zealand’s withdrawal in 2018 and was now losing about $1.2m a year, says Kāpiti Coast Airport chief executive Chris Simpson.

Art and music events proving popular among out-of-towners.

Nelson Airport has appointed a new chief executive with port experience as the local councils move to merge the region’s major air and sea port operations.

Healthy numbers compared to flatline in 2020, but 35% down on same month in 2019.

Wellington International Airport Limited has reported a $35.72m loss for the 12 months to March 2021, down 223.6% from the previous period.

Kapiti Coast Airport has hit back at the campaign to keep the airport open publicly lambasting the local business chamber. 

Queenstown Lakes District Council will not appeal the High Court decision that ruled Wānaka Airport’s 100-year lease unlawful.

The Commerce Commission is seeking submissions from the airports about consumer expectations around decarbonization and alternate fuel use.

Warm welcomes are readied as operators gear up for the return of Australian arrivals.

Three Queenstown Lakes District councillors have come out against the proposed airport developments at Wānaka at Tarras.

A poll run by Save Kāpiti Airport group has revealed that 85% of Kapiti residents oppose the closure of the airport and 83% believe the government should step in to stop the proposed closure.

The Wānaka Stakeholders Group says it is seeking answers from prime minister Jacinda Ardern about the Wānaka and Tarras airport proposals.

Auckland Airport falls into the red but Queenstown and Christchurch manage to stay in the black – but only just.

Domestic passenger capacity at Wellington International Airport in December reached 90% of pre-Covid levels with local demand expected to come close to offsetting the lack of international traffic, says majority owner Infratil.

There is strong opposition to the proposed Tarras international airport, according to a survey from Wanaka Stakeholders Group.

The number of passengers travelling through Queenstown Airport decreased by 48% to 123,553 in January 2021, compared with the same month in 2020.

Research into a risk-based model for New Zealand’s airports proposes a more tailored approach to border management that matches the different levels of traveller risk.

Extra capacity sees December domestic travel up 7.5% on November but still down a third on 2019’s pre-Covid Christmas season.

Auckland Airport has restarted work to improve road access to and from its international terminal.

Australasian airports are unlikely to see a firm recovery until 2022 “but meaningful levels of international travel remain elusive”, says S&P Global Ratings.

Christchurch Airport has become the first airport in the world to achieve the Airports Carbon Accreditation Level 4 certification from Airports Council International.

Nelson Airport’s terminal has won the Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture at the New Zealand Architecture Awards.