Press Release – Airways New Zealand Airways New Zealand today announced its interim results for the half year ending 31 December 2020. The air navigation services provider has recorded a half year loss of $13.8 million, while safety performance remained strong. Domestic air traffic …
Airways New Zealand today announced its interim results for the half year ending 31 December 2020. The air navigation services provider has recorded a half year loss of $13.8 million, while safety performance remained strong.
Domestic air traffic levels improved more quickly than expected from July to December, reaching 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels by the end of the period. Along with limited continuing international flights, these traffic levels equate to approximately 56 per cent of pre-pandemic revenue for Airways.
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Today, WestJet’s CEO Ed Sims publicly expressed his displeasure regarding the price hikes his airline has had to deal with from Canadian Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), Nav Canada. The comments came during Eurocontrol’s Aviation StraightTalk event where Sims talked about the difficulties of running an airline in the Canadian marketplace, among a number of other topics.
Sims is calling for greater collaboration and greater transparency from Nav Canada. Photo: Getty Images
The ‘scandalous’ price hike
It was around May of 2020 that the organization in charge of managing Canada’s commercial airspace, Nav Canada, announced it would be increasing customer service charges by an average of 29.5% on overall rate levels effective September 1st, 2020. The ANSP said that this was being done only after having
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An Independent review of Invercargill Airport s recommends it should not change its current levels of air traffic control. [File photo]
An Independent review of Invercargill Airport’s controlled airspace recommends that the staffed control tower should stay in light of an Airways announcement to withdraw from the airport. In May, Airways New Zealand announced its decision to withdraw its services from regional airports in Hawke s Bay, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Invercargill. The results of a three-month review for Invercargill Airport, undertaken by Astal Aviation Consultants, in association with Melbourne-based R2A Due Diligence Engineers and Risk Assessors, were announced on Thursday.