If you're achieving 5- 6% domestic passenger growth every single year by focussing on the major markets why bother with the little guys and the complexities it brings to your business?
I expect Air NZ will do some more culling, with airports less than 200K per annum being obvious targets.
I agree a larger 100 seat turbo prop could be quite popular for NZ atleast but the E jets probably aren’t worth talking about given the apparent operating costs and probably not that many routes they would be good for anyway. I think the Bombardier/Airbus C-series is a potentially good gap filler b...
Jump to postAnd an enormous step up in operating costs. The C-17 burns upwards of 10T of fuel an hour - that's not far off how much an A380 drinks! I think the A400m or Embraer KC390 would be a lot more appropriate in terms of size and running costs. Very true, the KC390 is my pick ...although I've heard a few...
Jump to postNZ6\ "No one has questioned that residents who live on the Kapiti Coast travel via air for business and leisure. The issue is getting them to travel on services ex PPQ at the required price point" And this is the nub of the issue isn't it? How a company determines success and required pri...
Jump to postI thought production of C17 was coming to an end? Also, surely the P-8 has so many parts common with 737 in this part of the world that in the event that an aircraft went tech there would be more possible solutions with P-8 than C-17. Or is this not a consideration for such an order? This was a few...
Jump to post[quote="NZ6 Do you pay $5 extra for your jeans so Westfield can redo the food court? Did you pay $10 extra on your rugby ticket so Eden Park can be upgraded? Did you pay extra $2 on parking so they could relay the asphalt? [/quote] I'd liken it more to paying a road tool, than a retail purchase...
Jump to postZaphodHarkonnen wrote:Overall I'd read that as the P-8 being the clear frontrunner.
Isn't this like going to Countdown for some bread and paying $2 extra as a store redevelopment charge? What exactly is the difference? .... In most cases places like Countdown lease their buildings from property investment companies.. Airports on the other hand usually own their own assets and have...
Jump to postLet's see... NZ spits it at the 1900, withdraws fleet. Regions get anxious NZ will withdraw service. Nah no way not gonna happen. Then it happens - not filling enough seats. Plane's too big. Duh. Repeat when the Dash 8s go and they standardise on AT72s. I'd imagine Gisborne, Whangarei, Blenheim, Ti...
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