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Insight for Sunday 29 July 2012

  • Insight for 29 July 2012

    8:12 AM.Steve Wilde asks if safety can be guaranteed if night flights are brought in at Queenstown's challenging airport Audio

Quieenstown airportQueenstown Airport is the fastest growing in Australasia, but is constrained by mountainous terrain and a short runway.

The owners of the airport are keen to expand further with more flights into the evening, but can safety be guaranteed?

Steve Wilde investigates Queenstown Airport and the push to increase tourism earnings.

Picture: View of Queenstown Airport from the flight deck