Hamilton Airport hits back at Air NZ cuts

By WARWICK RASMUSSEN - Waikato Times | Saturday, 11 October 2008 DISMAL SCENE: An Air New Zealand Airbus on the tarmac at Hamilton International Airport. Next year the airport will lose most of its international flights. Hamilton International Airport officials have accused Air New Zealand of distorting the facts in justifying canning the bulk of their international flights to the city. Figures released by the airport after a board meeting yesterday seem to back up that claim more international passengers flew out of Hamilton between May and August this year than the same period last year. The numbers were up two per cent, beating Freedom flight figures from last year. But there was a drop in passengers flying here from Australia 38 per cent down, something the airport says Air New Zealand should take responsibility for.... [read full story]