1st March 2024 CIAL / SustainabilityThe Overseas Investment Office has granted approval for Contact Energy and Lightsource BP Renewable Energy Investments to lease approximately 295 hectares of land from Christchurch Airport to develop a solar farm.
29th February 2024 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch International Airport Limited says it will hold the 800 hectares of land it has purchased for around $50m as a strategic asset while it reassesses its Tarras airport project.
28th February 2024 CIAL / TarrasIt comes after discussions with council-controlled owner CCHL, which said it supports the decision.
28th February 2024 CIALChristchurch International Airport Limited will pay a $19m interim dividend after reporting a net profit of $21.5m for the six months to December 2023, up 34% on the previous corresponding period.
14th February 2024 CIALChristchurch Airport has stopped using the words ‘climate positive’ to avoid confusion around its decarbonisation efforts.
30th January 2024 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch Airport says it will read a new study of Central Otago residents and its findings on the proposed Tarras airport “with caution”.
26th January 2024 CIAL / ComComChristchurch Airport’s 2022-2027 price setting decisions have been deemed to be reasonable, according to the Commerce Commission.
16th January 2024 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch Airport’s CEO says the proposal is being unfairly singled out and he also suggests how the large infrastructure project could be funded.
15th December 2023 Cathay Pacific / CIALCathay Pacific resumes its direct Hong Kong – Christchurch seasonal service this weekend, with the first landing tomorrow starting three return flights per week until 29 February 2024.
11th December 2023 CIAL / United AirlinesThe first direct service between Christchurch and San Francisco has started for the summer.
7th December 2023 CIALChristchurch Airport and nine European airports are the first in the world to achieve a new level in Airport Carbon Accreditation, with Christchurch being the only airport in the Southern Hemisphere.
24th October 2023 Amadeus / CIALChristchurch Airport is upgrading its service infrastructure to improve processes for passengers.
9th October 2023 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch Airport says there will be significant unmet demand for flights into Central Otago airports like Queenstown Airport.
8th September 2023 Air NZ / CIALChristchurch Airport has scooped the sustainability and supreme gongs at the Air New Zealand Tūhono Supplier Awards.
7th September 2023 Air NZ / CIALLiquid hydrogen-fueled aircraft could reduce New Zealand’s carbon emissions by up to 900,000 tonnes annually by 2050, according to a report from a consortium that includes Air New Zealand and Christchurch Airport.
30th August 2023 CIALChristchurch International Airport Limited has reported net profit after tax of $36.84m for the year to June 2023, down 38% on the previous period.
29th August 2023 CIAL / TarrasThe proposed Tarras airport in Central Otago will have a runway aligned north east to the Lindis Valley and south to Lake Dunstan and will be able to take long-distance jet aircraft.
29th August 2023 CIAL / SustainabilityThe Airports Council International Asia-Pacific has awarded Christchurch Airport the Green Airports Recognition 2023 and the Airport Carbon Accreditation – Mentor.
16th August 2023 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch Airport will hold community engagement days on its Tarras airport proposal this month.
31st May 2023 CIAL / EVChristchurch Airport has signed up to buy the world’s first Rosenbauer Electric Fire Truck to operate at an airport.
10th May 2023 CIAL / TNZChristchurch Airport and Tourism New Zealand have formed a three-year partnership to grow tourism in the South Island.
21st April 2023 CIAL / OpinionWith United Airlines soon to reconnect Christchurch direct to the USA, Christchurch Airport is becoming even more than the ‘gateway to the South Island’, writes Nick Ashley, airline development manager for the airport.
19th April 2023 CIAL / United AirlinesThe carrier will fly direct to Christchurch from San Francisco in a new Dreamliner 787 seasonal service.
28th February 2023 CIAL / RecoveryA stronger than expected recovery at Christchurch Airport helped drive net profit after tax to $16.1m for the six months to December 2022, up 39.1% on the same period a year earlier.
9th February 2023 CIAL / ClimateChristchurch Airport has teamed up with Contact Energy and solar developer Lightsource bp to deliver its Kōwhai Park renewable energy precinct.
27th January 2023 CIAL / Tarras AirportProject director Michael Singleton says the new airport can fit within NZ’s emissions targets and meet the climate change challenge.
26th January 2023 CIAL / Tarras AirportA new Central Otago airport runs counter to building a more sustainable tourism industry, states an open letter from the group.
19th December 2022 CIAL / PeopleThe appointment is effective 1 January 2023, with Malcolm Johns finishing up after nine years.
14th December 2022 Air NZ / CIALAirlines and airports are expecting millions of passenger movements over the summer break as travellers make the most of the first restriction-free holiday period since 2020.
1st December 2022 CIAL / Tarras AirportChristchurch International Airport has delayed its decision on the preferred runway alignment for its proposed airport at Tarras in Central Otago.
11th November 2022 APEC / CIALChristchurch International Airport Limited chief executive Malcolm Johns is one of three business delegates representing New Zealand at the APEC Leaders’ Week in Bangkok from Sunday.
3rd November 2022 CIAL / Tarras AirportSustainable Tarras has released its third video in a series investigating the viability of a proposed international airport at Tarras.
19th October 2022 CIAL / SustainabilityChristchurch and Hamburg Airports have embarked on a joint partnership to develop infrastructure for the use of green hydrogen in aviation for both ground vehicles and aircraft propulsion systems.
14th September 2022 CIAL / TarrasThe departure of Christchurch International Airport chief executive Malcolm Johns could be an opportunity to reset the operator’s Central Otago project, says airport opposition group Sustainable Tarras.
12th September 2022 CIAL / PeopleHe will leave next year as the operator’s Tarras proposal prepares for potential consent applications.
9th September 2022 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch International Airport is calling Sustainable Tarras’ claims that a proposed airport at Tarras is being hastily prepared without consultation as ‘opinions and assumptions’.
5th September 2022 CIALThe operator is investigating a private placement to help refinance, while boss Malcolm Johns nears the $1m CEO club.
1st September 2022 CIAL / TarrasChristchurch Airport has hit back at claims its Tarras airport project is greenwashing its carbon emissions reporting.
29th August 2022 CIAL / Tarras AirportA series of videos highlighting issues around Christchurch Airport’s plans to develop an international airport at Tarras in Central Otago has been released by Sustainable Tarras.
14th July 2022 Australia / CIALThe two airports have agreed to work together to convince airlines to fly direct.
4th July 2022 CIAL / RecoveryThe busiest days are expected to be on the 8th, 15th, and 22nd July.
16th June 2022 CIAL / MEETINGSChristchurch Airport has opened a pop-up welcome lounge designed for event organisers to welcome or farewell conference delegates flying into the city.
10th June 2022 Australia / CIALInternational services at Christchurch Airport will get a boost later this month with Jetstar restarting its flights from the Gold Coast on 25 June, and from Melbourne a day earlier on 24 June.
21st April 2022 CIAL / SustainabilityChristchurch Airport says it has achieved climate positive operations in a “milestone” achievement, following its Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 4 in 2020.
7th March 2022 CIALIt’s been a tough six months but there’s much to look forward to in the recovery, says the operator.
24th February 2022 CIAL / Tarras AirportChristchurch International Airport will make $30,000 available each year for community projects in Tarras.
17th February 2022 CIALChristchurch International Airport total passenger volumes decreased by 4.6% to 289,472 in January 2022 from the 303,564 reported for the same month last year
15th December 2021 Airports / CIALChristchurch Airport is offering therapy dogs to travellers as it gears up for the influx of Aucklanders and the busy summer period.
2nd December 2021 CIAL / EnvironmentChristchurch Airport is committing 400 hectares of its Harewood campus to a new solar farm.
24th September 2021 CIAL / Tarras AirportThe airport land might support a 3km-long runway allowing large jets to land, according to an analysis from CIAL.
