Dunedin Airport’s executive leadership says there will not be a return to normal in the foreseeable future. Revenue has crash-landed at Dunedin Airport amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and the airport’s executive leadership says there will not be a return to normal in the foreseeable future. The number of passengers passing through the airport in a ‘‘post Covid-19 environment’’ could be half of what had previously been forecast, airport chief executive Richard Roberts said in a statement yesterday. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Virgin Australia, now in administration, offered a regular service between Dunedin and Brisbane, as Dunedin Airport’s only international link. At Level 3, Dunedin Airport has returned to a seven-day-a-week schedule, but only one round trip on a 68-seat aircraft is scheduled, and Air NZ can only sell half the seats due to physical distancing requirements.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 29, 2020 16:31 UTC