'Let's get on with it': Wayne Brown leads charge for more Latin America-Auckland flights

'Let's get on with it': Wayne Brown leads charge for more Latin America-Auckland flights
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown convened a roundtable of representatives from China, Japan, India, the aviation sector and government agencies on Thursday. (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is throwing his weight behind a feasibility study to make the case for direct flights connecting Auckland with São Paulo as part of a plan to make New Zealand's largest city the centre of trade between Asia and Latin America.Brown convened a roundtable of representatives from China, Japan, India, the aviation sector and government agencies on Thursday morning to discuss the "Southern Cross" project, an idea to make Auckland an air and freight hub between Asia and Latin America.NZ Brazil Business C...

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