Auckland International Airport Ltd has announced it is buying a 24.55 per cent stake in North Queensland Airports, operators of Cairns and Mackay Airports, from Westpac Bank for A$132.8m (NZ$166m). “Since indicating in March 2009 that we would pursue opportunistic but carefully selected step-outs, we’ve looked at a range of opportunities to drive synergies and
Lockheed Martin is pitching RNZAF Base Ohakea as part of its bid to provide advanced training for the Republic of Singapore Air Force, according to Radio New Zealand. Already contracted to provide basic training for the RSAF at Pearce near Perth, Lockheed is competing to provide the aircraft and facilities for Singapore’s advanced Fighter Wings
Air New Zealand announced in late December that it will commence direct services between Sydney and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands from July. The flights will initially operate once a week during a four month trial period over the late winter peak using 223-seat 767-300s, after which a decision on the longer term future of
Pacific Blue will commence twice weekly services between Cairns and Auckland from March 23, parent Virgin Blue announced on December 30. The new services will be the first international flights from Cairns for the Virgin Blue group, and will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Ian Calvert has been appointed the new CEO of CTC Aviation Training New Zealand. Calvert has been with CTC since 2003, and has been acting CEO since May following the retirement of John Jones. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to
Air New Zealand saw an increase in its revenue load factor during October, although it was primarily driven by cuts in capacity, while passenger numbers continued to fall. Capacity at the airline was 10.1 per cent lower for the month, while a fall in passenger volumes of 4.1 per cent saw revenue passenger kilometres fall