Auckland Airport says it will lower the fees it charges airlines by NZ$33 million over the next three years following a report from the New Zealand Commerce Commission that found the airport’s target rate of return was unjustified. The reduced charges for the use of facilities such as the airfield and terminals reflected Auckland Airport’s
A snapshot of some of the funding measures around airports and aviation in the 2019/20 federal budget handed down in Canberra on Tuesday, April 2 2019.
The federal government has pledged $100 million in funding for upgrades at regional airports, to be available from July 1 2019.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the Productivity Commission's (PC) draft report into the economic regulation of the nation's airports reached its conclusions without a balanced assessment of the evidence.
Some flight delays are expected at Sydney Airport after the air traffic control tower was evacuated when smoke was detected in the facility.
Singapore Airlines says it will use its Airbus A350-900 on all four of its daily flights to Brisbane from the start of May.
