The need for equity to meet the rapid growth of Queenstown Airport was mentioned in the final talk of the 2010 NZ Airport Conference on Friday, but the controversial decision to sell almost a quarter of the airport's shares to Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was not.
The Auckland and Queenstown airport companies are seeking a security of costs order from the High Court against the community group challenging the share sales deal, court documents reveal.
Changes made to the Queenstown Airport Corporation's statement of intent nine days before the sale of 24.99% of shares to Auckland International Airport made public last July are at the centre of claims made by two parties seeking a judicial review of the decision, High Court documents reveal.
A three to five-day High Court hearing about the strategic alliance between Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd is likely to take place next year.
Councillor Cath Gilmour has apologised for the wording of an opinion piece criticising the controversial Queenstown Airport share sale as "flawed", "undemocratic" and "wrong".
Five holes on Queenstown Airport Corporation-owned land at the Frankton golf course are under threat after it was revealed the corporation wants to build an $8 million airport taxiway between 2012 and 2015.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) yesterday accused Air New Zealand of opposing night flights purely to "stymie" competition and charged Remarkables Park Ltd (RPL) with using a "tactical, scattergun" approach in submissions against noise boundary plan change 35 at the airport.
Tempers flared at a committee meeting yesterday as a Wanaka Community Board member refused to be silenced during a spat about the Queenstown Airport shares sales controversy.
Controversy continues to surround a deal between the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL), but Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes says the second phase of share issues to AIAL is not yet a done deal.
Part of next Monday's extraordinary meeting of the Queenstown Lakes District Council to discuss the airport shares issue will be open to the public.
The Commerce Commission will not be conducting an investigation into Auckland International Airport Ltd's (AIAL) acquisition of a minority stake in Queenstown Airport, with Auckland Airport announcing it will "strongly defend" High Court proceedings it was served yesterday.
The Office of the Auditor-general has put on hold a planned inquiry into the strategic alliance between Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) because of the legal proceedings filed with the High Court at Invercargill regarding the issue.
The deal between the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was aired at an invitation-only meeting in Queenstown on Thursday.
Amid the controversy over the sale of Queenstown airport shares, Nick Smith, business manager and director of Allied Press, has an idea to benefit the ratepayers.
The contentious issue of the Queenstown Airport Corporation granting additional shareholding to Auckland International Airport Ltd would likely be dealt with by the new Queenstown Lakes District Council mayor and incoming council, Mayor Clive Geddes said yesterday.
The decision to sell part of the Queenstown Airport Corporation to Auckland International Airport Ltd has been criticised by Queenstown businessmen and the chamber of commerce. Now, three Queenstown Lakes District Council members have added their voices in protest. Cath Gilmour writes.
People were entitled to express an opinion on the controversial sale of shareholding to Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) from the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC), but it was time to look at the "bigger picture", Queenstown businessman Sir Eion Edgar said yesterday.
Craigs Investment Partners is refusing to be drawn into a public argument with Air New Zealand about the stake Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) has taken in the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC).
A shock late bid to overturn the controversial $27.7 million Queenstown Airport Corporation-Auckland International Airport Ltd deal and replace it with an airlines' consortium was launched by Air New Zealand last night.
Speech notes of John Martin for an address to the Queenstown chamber of commerce on 21 July, 2010.
