Airports and Airways reach agreement
21 Jun 2013
State-Owned Enterprise Airways New Zealand has agreed a standardised level of service that it will provide to all airports.
A Letter of Agreement outlining the service levels and type has been signed by the Chair of NZ Airports Association Kevin Ward and Airways Chair Susan Paterson.
The agreement covers air traffic control, airfield lighting and associated services. Additional services can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis with each airport company.
“Previously the services we provided to airports across the country were inconsistent. There was no agreement on what we were required to do, and what were additional and therefore chargeable service and activities,” says Airways Head of Customer Manager Gareth Owen.
“This agreement protects Airways’ ability to commercialise data and create a platform to offer enhanced services. It also gives airports more assurance over Airways performance with greatly enhanced reporting required of Airways.”
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Caption: signing the agreement at Parliament are: standing left to right chief executive of NZ Airports Association Kevin Ward; Associate Minister of Transport Michael Woodhouse and Airways chief executive Ed Sims, and seated from left to right are NZ Airports Association Chair Jim Boult and Airways chair Susan Paterson.
For more information please contact:
Gareth Owen
Airways Head of Customer Manager
Ph: 021 918 210
About Airways
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Airways is a world-leading commercial Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), and operates in New Zealand as a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE).
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We look after key aviation infrastructure around New Zealand and manage the more than 1 million traffic movements per year into and around New Zealand’s 30 million sq km of airspace, which is 7% of the world’s total.
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Airways provides air traffic control and engineering training, and has delivered air traffic management, Flightyield revenue management solutions, navigation services and consultancy in more than 65 countries.
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For more information about Airways please visit www.airways.co.nz