Auckland International Airport sees good pipelines of opportunity for traffic growth

Auckland International Airport GM aeronautical commercial Scott Tasker stated while new airlines for New Zealand are on the radar, the New Zealand summer 2017/2018 will see less rapid growth compared to the past 18 months (NZ Herald, 30-Sep-2017). "You want all that growth to bed in and the airlines get to the position of sustainable profitable services". He however noted a good pipelines of opportunity. "That's from existing carriers expanding their operations and there will be new stuff", he said. As previously reported by CAPA, Air New Zealand noted that some competitors were behaving more "rationally" in the market.