Commercial air services hanging on by their fingernails are thankful the Government will continue supporting air freight.
The scheme, which started last May, has supported 6000 flights carrying $8 billion worth of airfreight weighing more than 120-thousand tonnes. Today, the Government's set aside $170 million for the scheme to continue until the end of October.
The Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand's executive director Justin Tighe-Umbers told Māni Dunlop the scheme would keep the planes flying, but a trans-Tasman bubble was still essential.
