Malcolm Gayfer

Airways may close seven of its regional air traffic control towers because of a collapse in traveller numbers. The services under review are provided at Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Invercargill Airport as well as the airfield flight information services provided at Kapiti Coast

Exceeding track speed caused a KiwiRail freight train in South Otago to derail, a report has found. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission released its final report after the derailment in March last year at Clinton. The derailment caused damage to the wagons, track and a signal. The three

New Zealand’s network is holding up well despite a 75 percent increase in demand during the day, Chorus’ CEO JB Rousselot told Nine to Noon. On Monday night the evening peak was at 2.57 terabytes per second, and Tuesday’s midday traffic was about 1.7Tbps. “We’ve seen a 75 percent increase compared w

Your ears did not deceive you, the distinctive roar of jet engines was heard again over Invercargill last night. The same jet aircraft that was chartered on a medi-vac mission again made a round trip from Auckland to Invercargill and return. The Hawker-Beechcraft aircraft was also used on a medi-vac

After a couple of days with very little aviation activity, the afternoon peace was shattered with a jet aircraft arriving then departing soon after this afternoon (Sat) It’s understood that the Hawker-Beechcraft jet was chartered from Auckland on a medi-vac mission and flew directly back to Auckland

Hi team and welcome to another lock down weekend. Sorry to report the passing of Bill Withers at the age of 81 following heart complications Withers came from a small West Virginia coal mining town, his father died at a young age. He signed up with the US Navy as his “ticket out”. When his […]

We’ve been getting messages, emails, even phone calls about a Covid-19 So Far-So Good Shout. So far our inquiries have led to a well known fast food restaurant chain planning to put this shout on. Calls to representatives have pretty much come to nought with no one prepared to be quoted. However, ca

Hiya team Wow, what a week , what a month. Things ain’t good at all with all this Covid-19 business. We just hope that you’re not caught up in it. Anyway let’s cap off March with a couple of crackers that are playing on TV ads at the moment. Let’s leave it at that. […]