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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…
GroupEAD and Airways NZ sign joint venture contract
28 Mar 2014GroupEAD and Airways New Zealand have taken a further step towards the launch of the first aeronautical information management (AIM) company in the Asia Pacific region, with final agreements being signed in Madrid.
The joint venture, which intends t…
Smart partnering for Airways helps achieve good half year results
08 Mar 2014Airways New Zealand has this week reported a solid half-year financial profit of $10.4 million, compared to last year’s half-year result of $5.2 million.
Revenue of $92.4 million to December 2013 compares to $82.3 million for the same six-month peri…
Airways partnership to extend ATC training in Puerto Rico
05 Mar 2014The Inter American University of Puerto Rico (UIPR) has signed a Heads of Agreement with Airways New Zealand for the establishment of an Air Traffic Control training campus in Puerto Rico.
The agreement, announced today at World ATM Congress in Madr…
Airways simulator to boost Cook Islands ATC training
24 Feb 2014Air traffic control trainees in the Cook Islands will soon start training in a real world environment, using a new operational desktop version of the Airways Total Control simulator purchased by Cook Islands Airport Authority.
General Manager Airway…
Aviation scholarship awarded in memory of controller lost in quake
19 Feb 2014A fascination with aviation from a young age, and a career commitment to understanding the human factors involved in aviation safety, have proved a winning combination for a talented air traffic controller. Lucy Mitchell will be announced today as t…
Read moreDemand grows for Airways Study Abroad programme
17 Feb 2014Twelve students from two civil aviation universities in China have travelled to New Zealand to begin their studies in the sought-after Airways Air Traffic Control “Study Abroad” programme.
The Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) and the Civil …
Emirates-Airways NZ partnership addresses global shortage
10 Feb 2014Airways New Zealand and Emirates Aviation College are joining forces to deliver air traffic control training in Dubai, one of the world’s largest air transport hubs.
Emirates Aviation College is part of Emirates Group and Airways is the state-owne…