Articles & Papers

The Government has asked the Commission to undertake an inquiry into international freight transport services. The key high-level questions for the inquiry are:

What factors influence the accessibility and efficiency of international freight transport services available to New Zealand firms?
Are there opportunities for changes in New Zealand’s infrastructure and regulatory regimes that could increase the accessibility [...]

Latest newsletter October 2011

On 15 June in the Grand Hall of Parliament Associate Transport Minister Nathan Guy addressed a lively crowd of MPs, airport stakeholders, senior officials, and aviation guests at the NZ Airports Association annual mid-winter Reception

The Ministry of Transport, in partnership with the NZ Transport Agency, is currently assisting the National Infrastructure Unit with drafting the transport chapter of the second version of the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP). In drafting this they want to reflect the significant role the transport sector has on the wider economy and New Zealand’s long-term [...]

NZ Airports Submission regarding AvSec Charges Review – April 2011
Response from Avsec to NZ Airports Submission – 24 May 2011

Purpose
The aim of the Bill as introduced is to enable the Crown to recover the costs of aviation security, biosecurity, and customs traveller processing from the operators of international airports in relation to:

scheduled international flights arriving at, or departing from, new or re-established international airports; and
International flights, where, on request, travellers are processed in a [...]

“During its hearing on Thursday 19 October Committee members expressed interest in the questions of whether new international services simply drew existing passengers from other airports or generated additional traffic and thus net economic benefits, and asked whether further evidence was available; and whether economies of scale at larger airports were a factor to be [...]

 
 “…..Airports are significant infrastructure providers and work under the Resource Management
Act (RMA) on a regular basis. As indicated above, the ability of airports to keep abreast of
rapid changes in air transport demand, safety and security requirements, and technological
change is very important to the New Zealand economy.”  [See full submission here]

The Tourism and Aviation: Critical Linkages project is a three year project undertaken jointly by Covec and the University of Otago. 
As part of this project the key features of the operating environment of the New Zealand aviation sector and the drivers of strategic choices made by airlines have been analysed and described. Many aspects of [...]

NZ Airports has made a submission to the Minister of Transport pointing out the significant downsides – for the flying public – of the alliance proposal.