Understanding the growth of New Zealand’s domestic aviation industry

By Ross Clark

​A big part of how we grow the rail industry is in seeing passengers shift from flying to using the train. But to understand how to do that we first need to understand where the domestic aviation industry has got to over the years, and why. My working paper deals with three issues in that respect:
 

• the size of the industry as it stood in 2019

 

• when and also how it got to be as large as it has, and

 

• where the sector is currently

 
The analysis of the current situation included what the busy routes are, and where there is scope there is to easily shift traffic onto more sustainable modes.
 
There are also passing comments on the resulting policy issues.
 

Credit:   ZK-BXG in National Airways Corporation/Air New Zealand Hybrid Livery. (Peter Lewis Photo)