UPDATE: Airways clarifies fee plans, sees average 1.2% rise per airline, up to 30% hike in capital budget

UPDATE: Airways clarifies fee plans, sees average 1.2% rise per airline, up to 30% hike in capital budget

(Updates with Airways clarification of budget increase, fees to airlines) By Pattrick Smellie May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Airways Corp, the government-owned entity in charge of traffic control, is seeking an increase in its capital expenditure of up to 30 percent as part of a ne...

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2016
Airways NZ seeks 30% fee increase to cope with rampant aviation growth

Airways NZ seeks 30% fee increase to cope with rampant aviation growth

By Pattrick Smellie May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Airways Corp, the state-owned enterprise in charge of air traffic control, is seeking an increase of up to 30 percent in its total annual fees to airlines over the next three years to cope with exponential growth in air traffic. Ai...

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2016
No road user charges feature in govt's electric vehicles package

No road user charges feature in govt's electric vehicles package

By Pattrick Smellie May 5 (BusinessDesk) - Drivers of electric vehicles won't have to pay road user charges and will be allowed to drive in bus lanes as part of a new government plan to double EV numbers annually to a target 64,000 by 2021. Transport Minister Simon Bridges...

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2016
RMA reforms running into heavy weather at select committee

RMA reforms running into heavy weather at select committee

By Pattrick Smellie May 5 (BusinessDesk) - The select committee considering reforms to the Resource Management Act is hearing a chorus of concern about proposals to limit rights of appeal on resource consents, expansion of ministerial powers, and fears over the potential for "...

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2016