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...
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...
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...
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 "...