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Does Queenstown need its airport on Main Street?

OPINION: John Hilhorst proposes Queenstown’s economy will not collapse if airline flights relocate to a new airport near Tarras.

Frankton sits at the centre of the Wakatipu’s transport network and already has a ring road protecting its heart.

John Hilhorst Sun, 17 Jul 2022

“Queenstown Airport gazetted in 1936, and the airport was put there for the very good and proper reason because it’s close to town”, insists Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Jim Boult. But does that good and proper reason at a time when the Earnslaw still carried sheep to the Kingston

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