A multi-million dollar redesign of Queenstown Airport's
navigation system has cut the chances of flight diversions
due to bad weather and allowed for growth, while saving fuel
and reducing emissions.
Queenstown Airport continues to thrive under the partial
ownership of Auckland International Airport, with both
domestic and international arrivals up during February.
The Queenstown Airport has its uses and on Tuesday evening
four golfers of markedly differing ability took part in what
was ''the longest drive'' in New Zealand.
It was ''critical'' Queenstown Airport acquired an area of
land known as ''lot 6'' and also that it determined the
feasibility of evening flights, the airport CEO told a
Queenstown Lakes District Council finance and corporate
committee meeting yesterday.
Queenstown Airport will host the Touring Print Exhibition, a
showcase of prints from the 2012 Epson-NZIPP Iris
Professional Photography Awards, organised by the New Zealand
Institute of Professional Photography.
In his 10th month in charge of arguably the South's most
important asset, Queenstown Airport chief executive Scott
Paterson says he has never worked in an industry that is so
seasonal.
Queenstown Airport has applied for consent for a building for
Aviation Security Services (Avsec) and, if approved, the
building could be operational by next winter.
