Plans for Whanganui Airport taxiway to be revised after growth fund refusal
23 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley
Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Light aircraft movement at Whanganui Airport is almost back to pre-Covid numbers while Air Chathams flights are up to around two-thirds of the frequency they were at before the pandemic.
What impact a plane suffering engine failure over Denver on Saturday will have on Colorado aviation remains to be seen.
At the very least, the use of Boeing 777 airplanes, especially those with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, will be addressed and evaluated.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson called Sunday for immediate stepped-up inspections of Boeing 777 airplanes equipped with certain engines.
âThis will likely mean that some airplanes will be removed from service,â he said.
Grand Junction Regional Airport Executive Director Angela Padalecki said the largest aircraft that comes
through Grand Junction is a 757, a FedEx plane, that arrives once a day.
âWe donât anticipate any changes to that,â she said. âWe havenât experienced any impacts to operations here or with our United service as a result of the incident (at Denver International Airport).â
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