Another regional airline - Air Chathams - says it is considering cutting back its services, because of mounting cost pressures.
The latest being Airways New Zealand, the state-owned air traffic controller, yesterday announced a price increase of 17.7 per cent across three years for commercial airlines.
Air Chathams' boss Duane Emeny says the user-pays model is crushing smaller players who stepped up when Air NZ withdrew from some regional routes.
Airlines are paying airport landing fees, have just had a big hike in Civil Aviation Authority charges, and now the increase by Airways.
Kathryn speaks to Air Chathams chief executive, Duane Emeny and Cath O'Brien is executive director of the Board of Airline Representatives NZ (Barnz)
