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Air Chathams, along with Sounds Air, will from April 28 pick up regional Air services to Westport and Whakatane

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Air New Zealand bowing out has given other Carriers a chance to step up. Kawerau logging contractor Jacob Kajavala is tipping his safety helmet to Air Chathams, one of the unlikely little Airlines that he believes will help keep rural New Zealand connected. Air Chathams, along with Sounds Air, will from April 28 pick up regional Air services to Westport and Whakatane that Air New Zealand is abandoning because it says they are uneconomic. Air New Zealand's decision has infuriated the Westland and eastern Bay of Plenty communities. Kajavala was one of the business owners who, along with the Whakatane District Council and the chamber of commerce, sought an operator to replace Air New Zealand on the Whakatane run. The answer was Air Chathams, an Airline that has quietly been servicing the Chatham Islands since Mt Cook Airlines quit that service 30 years ago. Kajalava, who regularly used Air New Zealand, said the loss of the service would have been disastrous and adde...

New Airport Plan goes back to Court

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Queenstown Airport's "nationally significant" expansion plans have been blocked by the High Court after an earlier Environment Court battle. The Queenstown Airport Corporation has been engaged in a legal battle over undeveloped land that the airport says is critical to the long-term expansion of the aerodrome, the fastest-growing in New Zealand. The land - owned by Porter family business Remarkables Park Ltd - was subject to a notice of requirement and labelled a nationally significant proposal by Environment Minister Amy Adams in 2011. However, Remarkables Park opposed the bid for "priceless" land and argued other land near the airport was suitable for expansion, namely taxiways and hangars for light aircraft and helicopters. With additional land, the airport proposed that general aviation move north of the runway, but Queenstown Lakes District Council, RPL and Air New Zealand objected. The court decision by Justice Christian Whata in the Inverca...