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Speaker 1: Back here. Great news for Hamilton and Dunedin Trans Tasman

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Speaker 1: flights are going to make a return next year. Jetstar

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Speaker 1: has announced it's going to operate three return flights a

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Speaker 1: week from Hamilton and Dunedin to the Gold Coast and

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Speaker 1: then four return flights a week from Hamilton to Sydney

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Speaker 1: starting in June next year. Now, last time dneed An

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Speaker 1: Airport had international flights was twenty twenty and the last

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Speaker 1: time Hamilton had international flights was twenty twelve. Jetstar Group

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Speaker 1: CEO is Stefphanie Tully has stiffany.

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Speaker 2: Hey how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: I'm good, thank you. Hamilton hasn't been doing this for

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Speaker 1: twelve years. I mean they do.

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Speaker 2: They still have the infrastructure, they need to do a

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Speaker 2: little bit of work, but they're very excited to have

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Speaker 2: jet started. This is the first time jets will fly

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Speaker 2: into Hamilton. So we're really excited about the work we've

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Speaker 2: done with Hamilton Airport to get this going. And obviously,

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Speaker 2: as you said, Dunedin as well.

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Speaker 1: What kind of work do they have to do to

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Speaker 1: set it up.

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Speaker 2: I think that's got a bit of touch up to

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Speaker 2: do on their whole customs and immigrations sort of areas

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Speaker 2: because obviously they haven't had international flying for a while.

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Speaker 2: But apart from nothink, what's good to go to just

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Speaker 2: obviously where the flights start next June, so they've got

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Speaker 2: a bit of time to make sure they're ready for us.

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Speaker 1: Why are you doing this? Why are you flying into

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Speaker 1: those two spots instead of Auckland.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, we just think there's opportunity for je It's

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Speaker 2: what we do. We open up new demand and we

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Speaker 2: look at those catchments, both Hamilton and need and then

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Speaker 2: we see growth and we see lots of opportunity and

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Speaker 2: some fantastic tourism spots nearby. So it's you know, it's

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Speaker 2: an alternative way to enter the North Island, which we

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Speaker 2: think is a good idea.

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Speaker 1: This is not designed to put pressure on Auckland Airport.

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Speaker 2: I'll look at our jobs just to provide loafares to

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Speaker 2: customers and if it puts pressure on off Aukland Airport

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Speaker 2: that's not a bad thing ever. But our job is

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Speaker 2: really stimulate the demand and we think there'll be great

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Speaker 2: demand both ways to Hamilton, and as you say, it's

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Speaker 2: an alternative which is good for competition.

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Speaker 1: Because I mean I'm not wrong if I think that

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Speaker 1: you guys are annoyed about what's going on at Auckland

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Speaker 1: Airport and the fact that they're going to push the

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Speaker 1: fees up.

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Speaker 2: Right. Absolutely, We've said for a long time that we

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Speaker 2: think that the infrastructure, their buildings not fit for purpose

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Speaker 2: and therefore the costs are high and for an ellen

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Speaker 2: that just so. We see our role as providing loafares

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Speaker 2: and competition in the New Zealand market and we'd hate

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Speaker 2: to see cost got to a point where it puts

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Speaker 2: that at risk at all. So we absolutely think there

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Speaker 2: needs to be intervention on that.

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Speaker 1: Heather, what kind of intervention.

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Speaker 2: I would love the government to look at how they

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Speaker 2: can play a regulatory role with that. And ultimately our

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Speaker 2: job is to make sure that get our stays around

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Speaker 2: and our fair stay low. And our job is to

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Speaker 2: provide a real competitor for your national carrier over there.

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Speaker 2: So we you know, we our job is to make

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Speaker 2: sure that the cost of the right amount so we

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Speaker 2: can keep providing loafares to New Zealanders.

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Speaker 1: So what do you want Auckland Airple to do? Just

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Speaker 1: scale back what they're planning.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we think that it's overdone for what's needed. There's

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Speaker 2: lots of examples across Australia of similar sized airports that

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Speaker 2: have not nearly spent that much in their redevelopments. So

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Speaker 2: we think there's definitely opportunities and we've we've provided some

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Speaker 2: of that input that there's an opportunity to or less

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Speaker 2: the grand infrastructure development and we're not sure that the

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Speaker 2: right consultation went on from the airport in this process,

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Speaker 2: so we're really keen that that happens and that obviously

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Speaker 2: jet Staff stays as a competitor in both the domestic

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Speaker 2: and the trans Tasman markets.

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Speaker 1: Hey, so how big is the catchment do you think

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Speaker 1: of people who would travel to Hamilton Airport to fly

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Speaker 1: out of there?

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, it's not that far from Auckland, as you know,

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Speaker 2: probably better than me. But also a lot of people

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Speaker 2: during COVID I understand moved down that way as well,

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Speaker 2: and we're commuting back to Auckland and it's close to

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Speaker 2: obviously the Road U and the Bay of Plenty, so

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Speaker 2: there's lots of opportunity. I think all of you heading

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Speaker 2: down to Taupa as I am in December, you know,

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of opportunity to have that alternate entrance

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Speaker 2: to the North Island, which I think it'll be really

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Speaker 2: appreciated by not only the New Zealanders as a way

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Speaker 2: of getting over to Sydney and the Gold Coast, but

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Speaker 2: also there's a lot of New Zealanders living in Sydney

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Speaker 2: and the Gold Coast that will appreciate that direct direct flight.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then the Dunedan thing. I mean, if I

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Speaker 1: were sitting in Sydney and want to come to New Zealand,

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Speaker 1: I'd fly into Queenstown, not Dunedan. So is this more

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Speaker 1: about flying out of New Zealand.

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Speaker 2: It's both ways. Dunedan's the second biggest city in the

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Speaker 2: South Island, and there's we think the right flows both ways. Again,

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Speaker 2: there's visiting friends and relatives. There's also people that many

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Speaker 2: Australians and other countries that come into New Zealand. They

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Speaker 2: start at one end of the country and end up

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Speaker 2: at the other end. So it gives you the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to really see the beauty of New Zealand.

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Speaker 1: Stephanie, thank you really appreciate your time. That's Stephanie Tully,

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