IFT - Infratil

[andysh]

Chalkie on Wellington Airport Extension:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opin...-citys-saviour

[CJ]

Chalkie on Wellington Airport Extension:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opin...-citys-saviour

I think it all comes down to regulated returns - if they invest $350m, they can put up their landing charges on all flights as they are allowed a set return from any capital investment. Completely unnecessary in my view.

[macduffy]

Yes, it's hard to see how Wellington Airport could attract an airline to contribute to the cost to enable it to fly to an Asian port, given the disparate destinations involved and the relatively small numbers of local passengers wanting to travel to each of them. Not much point in flying from Wellington to Singapore or Hong Kong for example if your destination is Shanghai, Beijing or Manila and there's a direct flight from Auckland or Sydney. A bit of realism from "Chalkie" - Pattrick Smellie - on this occasion.

[FarmerHamilton]

Yes, it's hard to see how Wellington Airport could attract an airline to contribute to the cost to enable it to fly to an Asian port, given the disparate destinations involved and the relatively small numbers of local passengers wanting to travel to each of them. Not much point in flying from Wellington to Singapore or Hong Kong for example if your destination is Shanghai, Beijing or Manila and there's a direct flight from Auckland or Sydney. A bit of realism from "Chalkie" - Pattrick Smellie - on this occasion.

Agree , this is crazy stuff. It would be cheaper to fly from Auckland , and a 45min flight up the North Island is nothing , most people in the world leave home hours and hours before their flights depart with horrendous traffic and 3hr check-ins. Air NZ tried a CHC-LAX run for a while but it just didn't work.