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Kiwi Launches Sydney-Nz Flights
Kiwi International Airlines was due to begin scheduled services between Sydney and New Zealand as this issue of Australian Aviation was published. Beginning on August 23, Kiwi began a twice weekly service between Sydney and the North Island centre of Hamilton using a 173 seat Boeing 727-200. The standard return fare is $419, increasing to $499 in the December-February peak season. The airline is also increasing the frequency of its existing Brisbane/New Zealand services from one to four flights each week with the introduction of a third service between Hamilton and Brisbane and a new one between Brisbane and Dunedin. Kiwi has been operating weekly charters between New Zealand and Queensland since late last year and has since graduated to scheduled services as travellers have discovered a service not provided by the major airlines.
China’s Massive Airports Programme
China is to launch a massive construction project worth about $A7bn which will see up to 32 new airports built and existing ones upgraded. It is planned to start the programme over the next five years. China’s top 40 airports currently handle about 90% of the country’s rapidly growing passenger traffic but funding for the project is limited and local government money will play a major role. Foreign investment in the project is being sought from Australia, the USA, France, Germany, South Korea and the Netherlands. Japan, Kuwait and France have already contributed funding to about 10 airport projects in China, while the US Export-Import Bank has agreed to provide export credits worth $US30m towards the construction of Harbin Airport. Initially, China plans to seek international funding for four new airports at Guilin, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Haikou plus the expansion of Chengdu. Taiwan is meanwhile considering lifting its 46 year ban on air links with China and has already identified which airports will be used for these direct flights. These services will receive a major boost when Hong Kong becomes part of China in June 1997. Taiwanese travellers wishing to avoid the ban have always managed to sidestep it by flying through other ports, usually Hong Kong.
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