Local MP’s Celebrate Airport Extension Approval
June 14, 2010
Local MPs Chris Tremain and Craig Foss are today celebrating the approval of extensions to the Hawke’s Bay runway by the Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Simon Power.
Approval ensures that all shareholders in the airport are now supportive of the extension.
“This is great news! This completes a lengthy process to begin the physical extension of the runway,” says Napier MP Chris Tremain.”Both Craig Foss and I, together with the Region’s Mayors, the Airport Board, and local Iwi, have put in a huge amount of work to ensure this result. A key benefit of the extension is the ability to facilitate increased competition.”
“This is a huge boost to our region’s development. This is a project that Chris and I have been working towards for over 4 years,” says Craig Foss. “The extension provides us with the key benefit of landing passenger jets thereby facilitating more charter flights for the likes of Rugby World Cup and Mission Concerts”.
The extension future proofs the airport and provides a stepping stone to for Hawke’s Bay’s growth alongside the development of the domestic air market with Australia as this grows.
“We’d like to congratulate all those who have collaborated on this project,” say both MPs. “A big thanks to John Palairet and the Airport Board. It really has been a regional effort and shows what can be achieved when all of us across the region put our minds to the same goal.”
The Minister for SOEs, Simon Power wishes Hawke’s Bay Airport all the best with their runway development.
