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WELLINGTON, June 7 -- Auckland Airport, New Zealand's maininternational gateway, announced Thursday it is cutting passengercharges on international flights as it pushes ahead with a campaignto boost services with Asia and China. The company's new pricing schedule for the next five years wouldcut the average international passenger charge by 58 NZ cents (45U.S. cents) to 21.55 NZ dollars from July 1. However, the average domestic passenger charge would rise by 1. 32NZ dollars to 5.55 NZ dollars, which would contribute to thecapital raised for building a new domestic terminal, said companychief executive Simon Moutter. Over the following four years, average charges, which are collectedfrom airlines, would rise by 2 percent annually, Moutter said in astatement. "Over recent years, we've put in a massive effort to growinternational passenger volumes. We've been investing significantlyin initiatives to grow tourism and encourage more airlines to flyhere, more often especially from the high growth travel markets ofAsia," said Moutter. Increases in the number of passengers passing through AucklandAirport had helped to spread airport costs over a larger base andreduce international charges on a per passenger basis, he said. "This gives us greater alignment with airlines on the risk andreward of passenger volume growth, and more importantly is greatnews for the tourism sector, which is such an important contributorto the New Zealand economy." Auckland's international charges were "middle of the pack" comparedwith other airports around the world served by Air New Zealand, andthe new pricing would ensure they remained competitive and near orbelow average, he said. Last month, Auckland Airport announced it was aiming to triple thenumber of services flying to China by 2020 as part of an ambitiousplan to expand New Zealand's tourism industry. The airport's Ambition 2020 growth plan showed there was potentialto grow the number of international visitor arrivals from 2.6million last year to more than 3.5 million in 2020, with Asia, andespecially China, showing the greatest growth potential. The airport forecast the number of visitors from China rising from160,000 a year to more than 430,000 by 2020. The plan stated that the number of direct flight visitors fromChina could grow from 50,000 a year to 170,000 by 2020 if airservices between New Zealand and China tripled in number. Many more opportunities to deepen existing country markets existedthrough connections to relatively untapped regions, such as theSunshine Coast, Perth and Adelaide in Australia, and Shenzhen,Qingdao, Shenyang and Chengdu in China, it said. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Pneumatic System Components , Pneumatic Air Cylinders, and more. For more , please visit Pulse Jet Valves today!
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