1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: An idea for our airport's integration is what they're talking about, 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: bringing domestic and international terminals together. The Mercurious Group have 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: done this particular work. They so when these customer angst 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: cut overheads and ultimately deliver cheaper plane texts. Do you 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: believe that? Billy Moore's the chief executive at New Zealand 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: Airports Association and as with us, Billy, good morning. I 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: believe you're in China. Are you up early for us? 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: I sure am, anything for your listeners. 9 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: You're very kind, Billy very well said. Has this report 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: got a logic to it? 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: Absolutely it does. Integration is the dream for all airports 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: that helps airports build better and save on kepex spend 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: over time. It also makes a passenger experience better, access 14 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: to more amenities and better and often less screening processes. 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 2: So they're definitely onto something with this. 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: They say, integration's quite common overseas, not so much here. 17 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: Is that true? 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. There's a few reasons why. There's a 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 2: couple of different aspects to this. Ultimately would be for 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: harmonized screening processes, So that's where domestic and international screening 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: processes would be the same, meaning we could integrate screening 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: lanes and dwell spaces. The report talks about the fact 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 2: that there's also stage screening, so processes where international and 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: domestic passengers are screened together first and then international pieces 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: of screened another time, say at the gate before you 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: head to your flight. That's possible in places like Australia. 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 2: They highlight Adelaide And part of the reason for that 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: will be because the reports manage security screening in Australia 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 2: themselves rather than it being a government agency like we 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: have here, giving them more flexibility in how they apply it. 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: Do you believe and all reports would say the same thing. 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: Once you get these so called efficiencies, everyone saves money 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: and the fees are cheaper and the tickets are cheap 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: And none of that's actually true is it? In reality? Oh? 35 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: Look, it's a little bit more nuanced than that. When 36 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: priority for us because when we look at it, we're 37 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: planning infrastructure speed in safe thirty years in advance. There 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: as savings from CAFEX planning when you can create more 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: efficient spaces, but where the savings come and are when 40 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: you can lay around the operational efficiencies on top of that. So, 41 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: for instance, look at Wellington. Right now you've got three 42 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 2: screening areas. If you can reduce that down, the operational 43 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: savings from staff and etc. On top of that really 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: do make a difference. So it's about the combination of 45 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: things and creating better spaces and better efficiencies. 46 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: On top of that, the report talks about a moving 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: passengers into a singular depressurized experience. Is that just gobbledy Google? 48 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: Is that real? 49 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: Look at as real. The more that you can have 50 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: one space, it means that passengers will have access to 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: more retail, more amenities. Sometimes at some reports you do 52 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 2: find that when you get through to your secure warning 53 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: area is less to do. So they're highlighting that, you know, 54 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: there can be a better experience through everyone, the greater 55 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: the spaces and the more integrated the spaces that people 56 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: can wait in. 57 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: Good on you, billy, What time is at four o'clock? 58 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: It's three fifty six. 59 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, what are you doing now? You're going back to better? 60 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: Are you going for a little bit of breakfast? 61 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: Oh? Look, I'll probably have a little bit more resa 62 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: over here. I'm doing some cooperation with the Chinese reports 63 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: and look, the volumes they deal with always have big 64 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: ideas for us so I'll have some sleep and get 65 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: ready for some more discussion. 66 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure, Billy nice one. Billy Moore, chief Executive, 67 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: New Zealand Airports Association, up for us at three fifty 68 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: five in the morning, which reminds me of Simon Wants, 69 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: Minister of the Crown, who the other day was in 70 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: Canberra and would have needed to have been up to us. 71 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: Up for us at five point thirty in the morning, 72 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: but apparently that was far too early, Far too early 73 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: for a minister, but not too early for Billy Moore 74 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: in China. 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