While there has been a lot of focus on a potential Air Chathams' service to Paraparaumu, progress is also being made on a possible service to Norfolk Island. There have been a couple of Norfolk Island Regional Council Mayor's update posts on the Norfolk online news website.
On the 29th of the March 2018 the Mayor wrote...
VISIT OF DELEGATION FROM AIR CHATHAMS "I am sure the community would agree with me that the visit of the delegation from Air Chathams — CEO Craig Emeny, General Manager Duane Emeny and Airline Adviser Noel Gillespie — was well timed and positively received", Mayor Adams said. "It was a pleasure for the Deputy Mayor Cr McCoy, the General Manager Lotta Jackson and myself to welcome the Air Chathams team to Norfolk in the arrivals hall on Monday and my thanks to Australian Border Force District Manager Alex Jamieson-Wilby for the courtesies he extended to us all. I particularly thank the Administrator for hosting a reception at Government House to give key tourism operators and stakeholders the opportunity to meet with the Air Chathams team. Councillors had broad and informative discussions with the Air Chathams team Tuesday afternoon and I can assure the community that the conversation between the Council and Air Chathams will definitely be ongoing", the Mayor said. "My thanks to Bart Murray for providing the opportunity and venue for us to meet"
Then on the 20th of April 2018 the Mayor wrote...
AIR CHATHAMS "In my Mayors Update on 29 March I reported on the visit of the delegation from Air Chathams - CEO Craig Emeny, General Manager Duane Emeny and Airline Adviser Noel Gillespie — and at the time I said that I could assure the community that the conversation between the Council and Air Chathams will definitely be ongoing", Mayor Adams said, "It is therefore good news that I can report that at the meeting of Council last Wednesday the 18th of April Council passed a resolution to authorise the General Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement with Air Chathams. With the delegation of authority to the General Manager in this matter further updates will in the main be provided by the General Manager," the Mayor said.
I look forward to hearing about the further updates...
Lots of red tape and gobbledegook by the looks.
ReplyDeleteWhere the reality is, the recent incarnation of a short lived Norfolk-Auckland service achieved passenger loadings struggling into double digits.
In fact I recall several A320 services by Air NZ toward the end, despite harnessing the strength of the Star alliance network, achieve loadings of less than 30 passengers.
The key to its success will be high value perishable cargo. A once a week combi service will be the best opportunity to make this idea work. A few bums on seats and lots of meat and vegetables. Airbus services out of Oz to Norfolk struggle to carry high freight volumes and often tip sizeable chunks off to haul the required fuel.
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