Direct Auckland to Invercargill announced.
Jun 2, 2019, 12:03 am
#46
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See the link below for details and concepts of the new project
https://invercargillairport.co.nz/in...t/jet-project/
https://invercargillairport.co.nz/in...t/jet-project/
Last edited by samrajapaksa; Jun 2, 2019 at 12:12 am Reason: Update
Jun 2, 2019, 11:53 pm
#47
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The info on that link just makes me think they hadn't actually planned for it at all..... bad for a new airport.
Is this yet another case of ICC related entities being poorly managed or governed?
Is this yet another case of ICC related entities being poorly managed or governed?
Jun 3, 2019, 1:13 am
#48
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As for the baggage area would be interesting to know when the plans were done / area set aside. Was it planned and not built or just not planned?
Why build something before it's needed?
Jun 3, 2019, 2:15 am
#49
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Agreed, but you can design it so that reconfiguration is easy and allowed for. It should have just been a case of 'pushing a button' and it appears to me that isn't the case. After all the Council has been pushing for the return of jet services to Invercargill now for some years. I think there were shortcuts taken when approving the new airport, without too much foresight.
In other words the design should have been future proofed - seems to me it really wasn't and they are 'scrambling' ....
In other words the design should have been future proofed - seems to me it really wasn't and they are 'scrambling' ....