Dunedin Airport

Dunedin International Airport arrivals pumped an extra 60% in revenue into the city and wider Otago region last year, an aviation report shows.

A commercial bus service between Dunedin International Airport and the city would not be economically viable, bus service operators say.

A  freight plane landing at Dunedin International Airport missed hitting a Dunedin airport security officer's vehicle by 10m in appalling weather conditions, a report released yesterday reveals.

The latest development in the turbulent aviation world will be watched in Dunedin with interest, hope and wariness.

Dunedin International Airport Ltd has recorded a small deficit for the year to the end of June, but chairman Richard Walls says the result is a "positive turnaround" from the previous 12 months.

Visitors to Dunedin Airport will be greeted by local art works from today.

Cheap airfares have been cleared for take-off and Dunedin is the first airport in the country to offer Air New Zealand travellers stand-by fares.

Civilian marksmen could be offered a cash bounty to help keep New Zealand airports safe.

Emergency services were put on standby at Dunedin International Airport last night after the pilots smelt something "abnormal" on a flight to Invercargill, an Air New Zealand spokeswoman said last night.

Two Queenstown pilots have been served trespass notices after racing a car along the Queenstown Airport runway in the middle of the night.

Some Welsh supporters had an unscheduled extended stay in Dunedin yesterday when low cloud meant a plane from Wellington could not land.

Ngai Tahu has expressed interest in taking a stake in Dunedin and Christchurch airports, but the Government says it has "no plans" to sell its shares.

Dunedin Hospital's out-moded neonatal intensive care unit and its acute mental health ward will be transformed through a funding injection of $24.4 million announced by Health Minister Tony Ryall in Dunedin yesterday.

Avis rental sales agent Jolani Garner thought nothing of kicking off her boots and pulling waders on over her uniform yesterday to help push one of her cars out of floodwater at Dunedin International Airport.

Dunedin International Airport, the only airport in the country which has sole Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue transtasman services, stands to gain from a proposed alliance between the two airlines, Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe says.

Relieved passengers have been allowed back into the terminal at Dunedin Airport and flights have resumed after a suspected bomb turned out to be a hoax device.

Dunedin airport police continue to investigate the discovery of a hoax bomb in a toilet at Dunedin International Airport last week.

An elaborate bomb hoax which paralysed Dunedin International Airport for five hours yesterday disrupted travel plans for an estimated 600 passengers.