Auckland airport looks to 'repair' Air NZ relationship

Auckland airport looks to 'repair' Air NZ relationship
Patrick Strange has chaired his last meeting as a director of Auckland International Airport. (Image: Supplied)
Pattrick Smellie
Auckland International Airport’s annual meeting heard stout defences of its massive capital expenditure programme, including arguments that this was important to growth in tourism, freight and airline competition.With a total of $6.6 billion of airport redevelopment earmarked over the next decade, the airport has faced stiff opposition from its airline customers, particularly the largest, Air New Zealand.“The results of a survey released in May told us to get on with it,” said Auckland International Airport's (AIA) chief e...

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