Rest and meal break provisions for air traffic controllers were previously expected to cause some regional airports to suffer shut downs during normal operating hours due to prescriptive air traffic controller breaks.
A Court of Appeal ruling released just before Christmas in relation to land held by Auckland International Airport under the Public Works Act provides increased certainty to landowners.
Release Date: January 8, 2010
New Zealand and the United States have agreed to enhance cooperation in science and technology research to improve the shared capabilities of both nations to protect against acts of terrorism and other threats to domestic and external security.
“International collaboration in science and technology is a major part of our ongoing efforts [...]
New forums in the Member’s Area: Communications Strategy; Wildlife Management (Sub Forum of Airport Ops); and RSC (Sub Forum of Aviation Security)
The 2009 Beca NZ Airports Conference was a great success. A highlight was the annual award of the Beca airport project of the year, and the Interspace Airport Adverstising Airports of the year and personality of the year.
The aviation sector position, developed with airlines, airports and others, will be submitted to the UN Climate Change conference in Copehagen in December.
The AGM held during the October Airports Conference elected directors for the NZ Airports Executive Committee for 2009/10.
The latest Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for the 2009 March year, released by Statistics New Zealand, shows that total tourism expenditure continued to grow, reaching $21.7 billion, up by $226 million or 1.1% from the previous year. This was achieved by a 2.6% increase in domestic tourism spend which more than offset a 0.9% decrease in international visitor spend.
Electronic presentations from the 2009 BECA NZ Airports Conference are available in the Members Area
Based on the recent project in Hawke’s Bay, Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the offer to corporatise jointly owned airports is open to to all.
