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Put safety first during NASA balloon launch
07 Apr 2016Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flyers are being urged to keep clear of Wanaka aerodrome when NASA launches a super-pressure scientific balloon into near space.
According to civil aviation rules UAVs should not be flown within four kilometres of any a…
First group of students begin Airways ATC training in Puerto Rico
10 Mar 2016An air traffic control (ATC) training programme helping Airways New Zealand students to gain work with one of Europe’s premier air traffic services providers has been launched today at World ATM Congress in Madrid.
Airways, the Inter American Univer…
Strong support for NZ aviation drives Airways’ result
26 Feb 2016Airways New Zealand today reported an interim net profit after tax (NOPAT) of $11.5 million for the six months ended 31 December 2015, an improvement on the prior year’s $6.6 million result. You can view the full interim results announcement here.
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Human factors passion leads to aviation safety scholarship
11 Feb 2016A former commercial pilot with a passion for understanding the ‘human factors’ aspect of aviation safety has been awarded the 2016 Jilly Murphy Memorial Scholarship for Aviation Safety.
Kate Cook now works in the operational safety team of Airways N…
Queenstown Airport improvements on track ahead of winter evening flights
11 Feb 2016Queenstown Airport has reached a key milestone in its six-month project to improve airfield infrastructure, with the widening of the main runway now complete and the runway resurfacing about to commence.
The $18 million project, due to be completed …
Airways New Zealand welcomes new board director
09 Feb 2016Experienced director and business leader Judy Kirk ONZM has joined the Board of Airways New Zealand, the air navigation service provider, effective 1 January 2016.
Kirk has extensive directorship experience in the areas of business and fundraising. …
Drone users reminded to keep off Santa's naughty list
17 Dec 2015The growing popularity of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and a fourfold increase in incidents has prompted Airways New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Authority to remind those who find one under their Christmas tree to think safety first.
And to ed…
Scholarship generates new tablet-based app for safer skies
16 Nov 2015Funding from an aviation safety scholarship was vital to the development of a new app that’s currently being trialled in the South Island to help improve safety in New Zealand’s airspace.
Created to reduce controllers’ workload at peak times, the ta…
Airways selected as Vietnam's ATC training provider
16 Nov 2015Airways New Zealand has this week signed two agreements with Vietnamese aviation authorities, to provide air traffic control training and related services for Vietnam-based students.
The first agreement is a five-year Memorandum of Understanding wit…
New appointments to Airways New Zealand board
11 Nov 2015Airways New Zealand has announced changes to its board of directors, with the departure of longstanding board members Robin Gunston, Susan Huria and deputy chair David Park, and the appointment of Bennett Medary and Mark Pitt. The changes are effecti…
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