Category: NZ News

A new corporate jet terminal will open in Queenstown early 2014. Auckland-based Air Center One and Capital Jet Services of Wellington have entered a joint venture to develop a fixed base operation (FBO) adjacent to the main terminal building. The Queenstown Corporate Jet Services facility, expected to be operational by March 2014, addresses the increasing

Thirty students from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA), have graduated from their two-year studies at Airways’ air traffic controller training college in New Zealand. The students were selected through the Airways Sure Select program and spent one year in Auckland studying Aviation English, and one year at the Airways training

China Southern Airlines has become the first airline to operate scheduled 787 services to New Zealand following the arrival in airline’s newly-delivered aircraft in Auckland on October 28. Operating a daily service, the 787 replaces the airline’s existing A330-operated schedule and increases annual seat capacity by around five per cent. The daily flights will be increased

Virgin Australia has expanded its codeshare agreement with Air New Zealand, adding its code to an additional 17 routes across New Zealand. The move, which follows regulatory reauthorisation of the trans-Tasman alliance between the airlines, and adds to existing trans-Tasman codeshares and some domestic services. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login