Media statements
Lowest ever inflight delays recorded – down by 52%
07 Aug 2014New Zealand’s lowest ever inflight delays were recorded in the quarter of May, June and July 2014, down 52% on the same period from the previous two years.
Airways New Zealand’s deployment of a leading-edge integrated air traffic flow and arrival ma…
Airways' new General Manager predicts business growth
06 Aug 2014Airways’ new General Manager Global Services, Jamie Macdonald took up his role last month, bringing a strong development and marketing background to the international training and technology focused division.
“We are delighted to have attracted a pe…
Airways supports Mongolia to safely reduce ATC separation
04 Aug 2014Mongolian air traffic control separation standards will safely reduce from 90 to 30 kilometres in September following an Airways New Zealand review of the Mongolian Civil Aviation Authority safety assessment requirements.
Tim Bradding, a former Airw…
Airways' Study Abroad Chinese students enjoy success
10 Jun 2014Students from the Civil Aviation Flight University of China have this week completed their intensive Air Traffic Control basic training at Airways New Zealand’s purpose-built training academy in Palmerston North.
The students, who are in the third y…
SMART Approaches flight path trial draft report released
30 May 2014Auckland Airport, Airways New Zealand and the Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand (BARNZ) have today released a draft report on the SMART Approaches flight path trial for public feedback.
The SMART Approaches trial tested three new flight …
ATC training success in NZ for Saudi Arabia National Guard graduates
14 May 2014A group of air traffic control students from Saudi Arabia National Guard has graduated at Airways’ world-leading training academy in New Zealand, marking the completion of a successful two-year investment by Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education…
Read moreAirways and CAMIC announce aviation training partnership in China
07 May 2014Airways New Zealand has announced an exclusive partnership with the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) for the delivery of air traffic control short courses in China.
The announcement has been made at the CANSO Asia Pacific confer…
Award-winning flight procedures make Queenstown after-dark flights possible
06 May 2014When after-dark flights commence into Queenstown, they will have been made possible by world-leading advanced navigation procedures introduced by air navigation services provider Airways New Zealand.
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority and Austra…
Airways mobile towers keep an eye on the skies
22 Apr 2014Air traffic control towers typically soar out of the flat airport landscape, their stature obvious from every direction. At Warbirds over Wanaka , and many other events around the country, however, safety in the skies is managed from an obscure, but…
Read moreContinuing success for Airways' Hong Kong partnership
22 Apr 2014Airways New Zealand’s fourth Hong Kong air traffic control class has graduated at Airways’ Palmerston North training academy, after an intensive ab-initio programme.
The students, from Hong Kong International Airport and managed by Hong Kong Civil A…