Mark Price

Close Queenstown Airport, leave Wanaka Airport alone and build a new international airport to serve Central Otago and the Lakes District somewhere else. Mr Mayhew said when considering the growth of the region, it was ''inevitable'' Queenstown Airport was in the wrong place. ''Why spend more money on that location now, and why spend more money on upscaling Wanaka Airport, if down the line you are going to have to move anyway.''

[Otago Daily Times]