Unintended Consequences

I landed earlier this morning in Wellington on NZ5312 after a very enjoyable short ATR flight from Christchurch. We touched down 10 minutes early – great I thought with my carry on I will be in a cab and into the city way ahead of schedule…! What I didn’t anticipate is that we landed at gate 15 –…

Long-haul routes from Wellington 2019.

According a new billboard in the Wellington Airport terminal – an extended runway would mean that… 65% of the worlds population would be able to fly within one stop of Wellington. Currently its 35%. Also 33% of the journey time would be saved with direct long-haul flights from Wellington to North America. The existing 2,081m…

May the 4th be with you!!!

Its actually May the 6th and I still can’t get this particular day out of my mind! I first saw Star Wars 38 years ago and I still get a big chill down my spine when I see an Empire Star Destroyer or an X-Wing fighter flash across the screen. I still wonder if what…