Airport
We have a longstanding record of investment across the transportation sector, including ports and airports which provide essential services to the regions and communities in which they operate. Long-term trends of globalisation and global mobility continue to drive demand for these types of transport assets.
Wellington International Airport
Infratil ownership: 66%
Wellington Airport is a nationally critical infrastructure asset servicing Wellington and central New Zealand with 5.5 million passengers using the airport annually.
The international airport occupies 110 hectares of freehold land and is only 8km from the heart of the city, making it the gateway New Zealand’s capital.
Its main airline customers are Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Qantas and Fiji Airways. The Airport also hosts a RNZAF facility and a number of general aviation, aeroclub, air ambulance and maintenance operations.
The airport also features a 134-room onsite hotel, purpose-built conference centre and a diverse property portfolio of commercial, industrial, speciality retail, bulk retail and residential properties adjacent to the airport.
We acquired a 66% interest in the airport when the Crown sold its shareholding in 1998, with the Wellington City Council owning the other 34%.
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